International Conference: Representations of Reproductive Justice in the United States: Past, Present, Future(s)
When: July 3rd-4th, 2025
Where: Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Description: This international conference invites scholars to explore how reproductive justice has been represented in literature, film, television, visual media, and other cultural texts across different historical periods. Grounded in Loretta J. Ross and Rickie Solinger’s definition of reproductive justice – which encompasses the right to have children, the right not to have children, and the right to parent in safe and supportive environments – this conference seeks to examine the ways in which cultural narratives have shaped, contested, and reimagined reproductive rights.
We welcome contributions that engage with diverse depictions of reproductive experiences, including pregnancy, abortion, (non)motherhood, reproductive technologies, parenting, and gender roles. We especially encourage intersectional approaches that highlight how reproductive justice is shaped by race, age, class, sexuality, disability, migration, and nationhood. Additionally, we are interested in how cultural texts respond to legal, medical, and political frameworks of reproductive justice, from historical struggles to contemporary and speculative futures.
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