We invite abstract submissions for a panel that explores the relationships between gender, tradition, “customary law”, and the law. We encourage multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary contributions that draw from diverse methodologies and sources, including, but not limited to, historical archives, legal cases, policies, ethnographies, literary and visual texts. Papers might address the coexistence and conflicts between tradition, custom and the law with regard to gender (and gendering); appeals to tradition and the customary as the basis for legal policies around gender and gendering (or for attempts to challenge them); the prohibition of what are framed as harmful gendered cultural traditions; literary and visual representations of gender, tradition, customary law, and the law; ethnographic insights into contemporary cases and/or beliefs regarding gender and the law; or historical perspectives on intersections of gender, customary law and the law.
Please send your 200-word abstract to datuhura@missouri.edu and to cjcynn@vcu.edu, along with the title of your abstract, contact details (email and phone), institutional affiliation, and a brief one-paragraph bio by March 12.
Gender, Tradition, Customary & Legal Frameworks
