Membership benefits

Members of ATGENDER contribute to the strengthening of the networks of students, researchers, activists, policy makers and activists in women's & genderstudies, feminist research, gender equality and women's organizations. They help the field of this expertise to grow and be heard inside and outside universities. ATGENDER organizes the three-annual European Feminist Research Conference, and supports applications for research funding of individual members by offering options for dissemination. The website of ATGENDERoffers members the opportunity to advertise MA-programs, summer schools and research opportunities offered by institutional ATGENDER members, to publish calls for papers for conferences, seminars and congresses organized by ATGENDER members. The yearly conferences offer international networks an opportunity to work together, to prepare applications and publications. The book series "teaching with gender" publishes, after peer reviewing and approval volumes on teaching gender by ATGENDER members.

 

A. Individual members are entitled to:

·  One vote at the ATGENDER Annual General Meeting;

· One reduced registration fee for the European Feminist Research Conference;

·  ATGENDER members are granted one reduced subscription rate for a number of academic journals. Subject to on-going negotiations with various publishers, at this moment the following journals have committed their cooperation: European Journal for Women’s Studies, Nouvelles Questions Feministes and the Routledge Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality;

·  Regular information about the association's activities through the ATGENDER newsletter and website (http://www.atgender.eu);

·  Access to the discussion list / mailing list.

B. Student members are entitled to:

·  One vote at the upcoming ATGENDER Annual General Meeting;

·  One reduced registration fee for the European Feminist Research Conference at the CEU in Budapest, May 2012.;

·  ATGENDER members are granted one reduced subscription rate for a number of academic journals. Subject to on-going negotiations with various publishers, at this moment the following journals have committed their cooperation: European Journal for Women’s Studies, Nouvelles Questions Feministes and the Routledge Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality;

· Regular information about the association's activities through the ATGENDER newsletter and website (http://www.atgender.eu);

· Access to the discussion list / mailing list.

·  Student members are eligible for travel grants for activities organized by ATGENDER.

C. Institutional members:

· Three votes in general assembly

· Three reduced registration fees for individuals attending the 8th European Feminist research Conferencein Budapest, CEU, May 2012.

· ATGENDER members are granted one reduced subscription rate for a number of academic journals. Subject to on-going negotiations with various publishers, at this moment the following journals have committed their cooperation: European Journal for Women’s Studies, Nouvelles Questions Feministes and the Routledge Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality;

· Regular information about the association's activities through the ATGENDER newsletter and website;

· Access to the mailing list of ATGENDER;

· Right to advertise activities organized by your institution or organization on the ATGENDER website ( such as conference announcements, MA / Phd programmes, publications, calls for cooperation)

· Right to mention ATGENDER as a network & infrastructure for dissemination in any grant applications your institution participates in.

 


Receive a 30% reduced rate on a subscription on the European Journal of Women’s Studies, Feminist Theory or the Routledge Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality Book Series.

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The ATGENDER board has contacted journals that stand as solid references for anyone interested in the field of gender studies and feminist research, in order offer ATGENDER members a reduced rate of a publication in this field.

We are now proud to inform that ATGENDER members can get a subscription on European Journal of Women’s Studies and Feminist Theory at a reduced rate. A member deal with the Routledge series Routledge Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality is also settled (30% reduced rate). Currently we are negotiating with other publishers and hope to be soon able to offer more journals at a reduced rate. If you have any suggestion on a journal that you would like us to arrange member deals with, we are happy to know. In that case, send your proposal to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

 

How to?

European Journal of Women’s Studies or Feminist Theory:

To purchase a subscription at a 30% reduced rate, please contact SAGE Customer Services quoting ‘ATGENDER’. Email:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Tel: +44 (0) 20 7324 8701.

 

Routledge Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality:

More info coming soon.

 

 

 

  • National Associations Campaign

During the Spring Conference which took place in Utrecht in early April of 2011 a meeting was organized where ATGENDER members discussed the issues connected with National Associations membership. It was decided that ATGENDER should concentrate on all associations that are committed to the aims of ATGENDER connected with:

- Gender & Women’s Studies, Feminist Research and the related fields (such as: postcolonial, migration, anti-racist, queer, sexualities, labour & care studies, masculinities);

- Documentation (librarians, documentation & information specialists, women’s centers)

- Gender Equality & Diversity (equal opportunity agents, women’s and feminist activists, HR, employers)

The group agreed that it is crucial to unite such associations and that a focused effort should be made to increase the number of National Associations’ membership. The group also decided to compose a list of names & email addresses of associations in different countries that could be targeted.

Board-members: Pat Treusch, Aino-Maija Hiltunen and Berteke Waaldijk promised to bring these suggestions to the ATGENDER Board.

As a result with the beginning of summer 2011 ATGENDER Board decided to launch a campaign which is aimed to introduce many of the National Associations connected with gender and feminist research to what ATGENDER as a growing European association has to offer. In short:

1. Project development, representation and networking:

  • Your association will be part of the strong transnational network of women’s/feminist/gender experts & activists in Europe. We have excellent working relations with EU (the European Institute for Gender Equality), with members in the European Parliament.
  • ATGENDER may represent European associations in the field of feminist/women’s/gender studies in the World Organizations of Women’s Studies (WOWS).
  • Your association will be eligible for co-organizing ATGENDER conferences. At this moment we organize two types of conferences: the 3-yearly European Feminist Research Conferences (2012 Budapest, CEU) and the yearly ATGENDER spring conference in different locations. The spring conference can be organized back-to-back with a conference that your association is organizing.
  • When you apply for funding (e.g. with the EU, or with your national government) you may refer to ATGENDER as an instrument for dissemination of results.

2. Easier access to feminist press and publishing

  • Your association may propose new volumes in our book series 'Teaching with Gender'
  • Your association will be able to take advantage of reduced subscription for a number of international journals in the field of gender studies

3. International Influence and involvement in the decision making of ATGENDER

  • Your members will have access to the information (website and newsletter) provided by ATGENDER.
  • If you join ATGENDER, we will with your help provide some information about ATGENDER in the language of your choice on our website; this will invite your members to join transnational activities.
  • You and your members will gain visibility through information about your organization on the ATGENDER website. You may advertise jobs, internships, meetings, conferences.
  • Institutional ATGENDER members will have three votes in the elections of the ATGENDER board.
  • When ATGENDER organizes a conference, each institutional ATGENDER member may propose three persons to benefit from reduced registration fees. This advantage may be up to €100
  • Your association may set up a permanent working group within ATGENDER, for example to work with other associations in other countries on a specific theme or topic.

Crucially ATGENDER Board has designed new categories of Institutional embership effective July 2011:

1) An institutional membership for July – December 2011 for € 250 (when applying for a reduced fee € 125)

2) An institutional membership from July 2011 until December 2012 € 500 (when applying for a reduced fee € 250). The first half -year membership for free!

3) Special offer*: for 2,5 year membership:

July 2011 until December 2013 for € 1000 (or reduced: € 500). When your association commits to a membership of 2,5 years, you may propose a maximum of 10 members of your association who can become new individual members of ATGENDER for two years (2012 & 2013) for the price of one year. The price of individual membership is € 75 (full), € 45 (reduced) or € 25 (students). This also means that these proposed individual members will be entitled to the €100 fee reduction for the 8th European Feminist Research Conference in Budapest 2012 and to participation in the ATGENDER spring conference in 2013.

* This offer stands until 30th of September 2011 and will expire when the yearly institutional membership fee is not paid. The membership fee may be paid in two installments (before December 2011 and before March 2012).

How to become a member?

On our website you will find a new digital form to register for the institutional membership, on this form you can propose the (max.) 10 members of your association for the individual membership discount. We will contact them for more information. The members can also be proposed later when more convenient.

More information?

Feel free to contact us with any questions ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) and to visit our website for more information about ATGENDER, our Tuning and Teaching publications and the current ATGENDER working groups: www.atgender.eu For more personal information and advice you may also contact one of the following board members: in German Patricia Treusch, in Italian Sveva Magaraggia,  in Bulgarian Nadezhda Alexandrova and in Dutch Berteke Waaldijk.