Author Archives: Rachel Hirsch

Call for Peer Reviewers: Feral Feminisms

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Rachel Hirsch

Feral Feminisms needs Peer Reviewers! We are looking for reviewers in all areas but are especially in need of reviewers with knowledge in the following areas: feminist pedagogy, methodologies, the body, affect, and sexualities. We also require reviewers who can … Continue reading →

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CFP [Due – Nov 10]: Voices from the Margins

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Rachel Hirsch

Call for Chapter Proposals Voices from the Margins: Conversations About Schooling, Social Justice and Diversity Editors: Sonya Singer and Mary Jane Harkins, Faculty of Education, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS, B3L 1R9 Proposal Format: Chapter proposals should be 400 … Continue reading →

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CFP [Due – Nov 28]: Monsters, monstrosity and blood

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Rachel Hirsch

Monsters and the Monstrous Journal | In The Blood The Call This themed issue on the Monsters and Monstrosity Journal focuses on the connections between monsters, monstrosity and blood. In terms of the nature and physicality of blood itself, as … Continue reading →

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CFP [Due – Jan 15]: Journal of Industrial Ecology

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Rachel Hirsch

The Journal of Industrial Ecology is pleased to announce a call for papers for a special issue on Linking Local Consumption to Global Impacts. (Details) Guest Editors: Klaus Hubacek, University of Maryland College Park; Kuishuang Feng, University of Maryland College … Continue reading →

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CFP [Due – Oct 31]: Rethinking Prefigurative Politics

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Rachel Hirsch

Journal of Social and Political Psychology Special Thematic Section: Rethinking Prefigurative Politics Guest Editors: Jan Haaken, Flora Cornish, Catherine Campbell, Sharon Jackson, Liora Moskovitz Full details…

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Witnessing the PSF | Sherri Vansickle

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Rachel Hirsch

Shekon! I would like to thank Dr. Raddon and Dr. Hirsch for selecting me to be one of the Transdisciplinary Witnesses to the Peoples’ Social Forum in Ottawa. It was quite a journey. I immediately decided that I wanted to … Continue reading →

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Talk [Oct 27]: The Beyond Bullying Project

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Rachel Hirsch

The Beyond Bullying Project: Stories of Youth, Sexuality, and Schooling Drs. Jessica Fields (San Francisco State University) and Jen Gilbert (York University) Location: Sankey Chamber Date: Oct. 27, 2014 from 10:30-12 noon Conversations about LGBTQ youth in the United States and Canada … Continue reading →

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SJRI Affiliates Elected to Royal Society of Canada | Brock News

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Rachel Hirsch

English Language and Literature professor Elizabeth Sauer is among 90 fellows elected this year to the Royal Society of Canada. One of the country’s foremost scholars of John Milton and 17th-century literature, Sauer earlier this year published “Milton, Toleration and Nationhood“. … Continue reading →

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New Book: Socialist Cowboy by Larry Savage

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Rachel Hirsch

Socialist Cowboy is a political biography detailing the life and activism of longtime New Democrat MPP Peter Kormos, one of the most colourful and controversial political personalities in the history of Ontario politics. Throughout his illustrious twenty-three year career as … Continue reading →

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SJRI at the Peoples’ Social Forum

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Rachel Hirsch

by your Projects Facilitator, Rachel Hirsch Through this blog post, I share some of my experiences at the Peoples’ Social Forum (PSF) held in Ottawa from August 21-24, 2014. To me, the forum stood as an exemplar of a transdisciplinary space … Continue reading →

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