IP/Gender: Female Fan Culture and Intellectual Property

WCL Announces the Sixth Annual IP/Gender Conference

On April 23-24, WCL's Women in the Law Program, the Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law, and the Program on Information and Intellectual Property will host the 6th Annual IP/Gender Conference. The symposium will feature projects that investigate ways in which issues of originality and ownership as related to intellectual property intersect with a gendered understanding of cultural productions and engagement. For more introduction and context, click here.

2009 IP/Gender Agenda

The Washington College of Law is pleased to introduce the 2009 IP/Gender Conference with an evening reception and show featuring multimedia works by conference attendees. The Friday symposium on “Female Fan Culture and Intellectual Property” will feature twelve presentors from various backgrouns including lawyers, literature professors, political bloggers, and media experts. For detailed agenda information, click here.

2009 IP/Gender Presenters

Francesca Coppa, Muhlenberg College | Melissa Tatum, University of Tulsa | Robert Spoo, University of Tulsa | Tisha Turk, University of Minnesota | Casey Fiesler, Vanderbilt University | Laura Murray, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario | Jordan Gilbertson, University of La Verne | Karen Hellekson, STransformative Works and Cultures | Kristina Busse, University of South Alabama | Zahr Said Stauffer, University of Virginia | Abigail De Kosnik, Berkeley Center for New Media | click here