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The National Law School of India University (NLSIU) is an institution of legal education focusing on undergraduate and graduate legal and policy education in India. The University’s Chancellor is the Chief Justice of India, and the Chairman of the Bar Council of India is the Chairman of the General Council. NLSIU, since 2018 has consistently maintained the top rank in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranks higher educational institutions across India.
The Centre for Women and the Law (CWL) at NLSIU invites contributions for their edited volume that is due to be published in August 2025. The proposed title is ‘Politics of Waiting and an Expanding Gender Horizon – The Social, Historical, and Legal Discourses’.
The Centre is seeking thematically driven contributions that are cross-cutting from academic disciplines. Policy perspectives from the activists based on their field-based experiences are also welcome.
What Are The Details Of The Opportunity?
- Proposed title: Politics of Waiting and an Expanding Gender Horizon- The Social, Historical, and Legal Discourses
- Submission Categories: We welcome substantively argued and well-researched chapters (between 5,000-6,000 words, inclusive of references) making meaningful arguments in the field. Policy notes (between 2,000-4,000 words, inclusive of references) from the field perspectives of the activists and civil society members are also welcome.
- Deadline for Abstract Submission: 4th February 2024
- Themes: Questions and themes they aim to explore include but are not limited to:
- How, if at all, can we reimagine gender vis-à-vis the politics of waiting?
- How do we establish the gendered aspects of the politics of waiting?
- How are the socio-legal discourses constructed at an intersection of gender and the politics of waiting?
- What different feminisms are included/excluded in reimagining gender in this manner and with what constitutive socio-political effects?
- What contributions do global South countries make to this discursive formation of gendered waiting?
- How does this expansive domain of gender surrounding the conceptual category of ‘waiting’ reconcile with the global challenges stemming from international politics?
- What are the Indian manifestations of viewing gender from the perspective of waiting?
- How do we reformulate the waiting for justice/accessibility/resources from the perspective of gender?
- How do we understand the historically evolving norms surrounding gender with time and at the end of waiting?
- How do we develop a gender-mainstreamed economic/policy approach transcending the exasperation of waiting?
- How do we see the politics of waiting at an intersection of colonialism and gender?
- Submission Process: CLICK HERE to do the abstract submission.The abstract should be 300-500 words, with some key references (if relevant) that include a clear overview of the contribution including, its context and focus and, where appropriate, some indication of methodology, key findings /reflections/arguments /lessons learned/recommendations.
- Expected Year of Publication: August 2025
- Key Dates (Tentative) & Proposed Activities:
- Deadline for submission of abstracts: by 4 February 2024
- Review and selection by: 1 March 2024 (results will be intimated over an email)
- Book proposal submission 15 March 2024
- Submission of first draft contributions: 15 April 2024
- Review (by the editorial team) of first draft submissions: 15 May 2024.
- Round 1: Workshop (Offline/Online) at NLS campus with feedback on contributions: June 17- June 18 2024 (2 days)
- – Contributors are invited to join an offline workshop at the NLS campus where the first draft of contributions will be presented. Participation in the workshop is mandatory for publication. Online participation may be allowed on exceptional cases/for the contributors living abroad. The discretion for allowing online participation lies in the hands of the editors.
- – Outstation contributors attending the workshop offline, will be facilitated for travel and accommodation only after the first draft submission meets the adequate standard after the editorial review.
- Round 2: Workshop (Online) to evaluate and discuss the progress in incorporating the comments made during the in-person workshop by the editors: 30 July, 2024
- Final submission of contributions: by September 2024
- Final review and editing: by November 2024
- Submission of the full manuscript to the publisher: by January 2025
- Publication: August 2025
For More Information:
For further queries, please write to Dr. Debangana Chatterjee at debangana.chatterjee@nls.ac.in
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