Gender and/in Migration
Parthenope University of Naples, Villa Doria D’Angri, Naples
3-4 July 2025
Convenors: Raffaella Antinucci, Claudia Capancioni, Mariaconcetta Costantini
Parthenope University of Naples in collaboration with Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln (UK) and G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara. Sponsored by the L&GEND Research Group and CRILLS
This conference aims to explore narratives and representations of migration and the diaspora across temporal and geographical borders, with a special attention for the gendering of migrants’ identities. It intersects the interdisciplinary fields of travel writing, diaspora and migration studies with gender studies to examine stories of human migration and how they are shaped in multiple media. Speakers are invited to investigate the modes and ways of migrant identity formation and reformation, their circulation and the diverse issues arising from representations of migrant identities. Potential topics may include:
Authorship and reception of migrant journey narratives
Expatriation and exile
Displacement
Economic migrancy
Forced migration and the diaspora
Migrating sensibilities
Gender models in migrant communities
Heterosexuality and homosexuality in migrant communities
Migrant travel
Undocumented migrancy
Diaspora, colonial studies and changing ideas of gender
Memory and gender
Gendered experiences of migration
Migration and parenthood
Language, gender and migration
We would ask for 20-minute final papers. 250-word proposals (either in English or in Italian) and a short bio note (50 words) should be submitted by 15th March 2025 to raffaella.antinucci@uniparthenope.it, claudia.capancioni@bishopg.ac.uk, mariaconcetta.costantini@unich.it
Comitato Scientifico
Emilio Amideo (Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope)
Raffaella Antinucci (Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope)
Claudia Capancioni (Bishop Grosseteste University, UK)
Mariaconcetta Costantini (Università degli Studi “G. d’Annunzio” di Chieti-Pescara)
Manuela D’Amore (Università degli Studi di Catania)
Maria Renata Dolce (Università degli Studi del Salento)
Bronwen Hughes (Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope)
