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2017 Big Berks

17th Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Genders and Sexuality, June 1-4, 2017, Hofstra University

TThe Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Genders, and Sexualities – was hosted by Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY on June 1-4, 2017.

The conference theme will be Difficult Conversations: Thinking and Talking About Women, Genders, and Sexualities Inside and Outside the Academy. Visit the 2017 Conference site for more more information, call for papers, book exhibit and announcements.

 

 

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The 2020 Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Genders and Sexualities will be held in Baltimore, Maryland. The exact dates will be announced shortly. Please stay tuned for details. Keep up-to-date with Big Berks News Sign me up to receive information about the … Read More »

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Become a Member The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians is a vital network of scholars that welcomes all women in the historical profession. We offer two kinds of events: our triennial … Read More »

Annual Meeting

Little Berks

Fall meeting of the Berkshire Conference of Women's Historians October 27-29, 2017 The 2017 Little Berks will be held at the Historic Inns of Annapolis in Annapolis, MD from Friday, October 27 to Sunday October 29, 2017. Members will be emailed a sign up form and hotel reservation information in … Read More »

Prizes

Book and Article Prizes

The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians awards two annual book and article prizes in the following categories: An article in the fields of the history of women, gender, and/or sexuality. An article in any field of history other than the history of women, gender, and/or sexuality. A first book that deals … Read More »

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Berkshire Conference of Women Historians

2 months ago

Berkshire Conference of Women Historians

Gender & History is very pleased to grant the prize for best paper by a graduate student at the 2017 Berkshire Conference to:

Jeongmin Kim (New York University) for her paper “Sexual Economy of War and Base: Global MPC Black Market and the R&R Economy during the Korean War.”

The paper perceptively traces the transnational connections between the U.S. military presence in Korea and Japan in the early 1950s and the growth and transformation of “sexual economies” in the region. The paper begins with an analysis of the complexities of the MPC (Military Payment Certificate) as a basic currency for all sorts of transactions between American soldiers and local people, but in particular as payment for sexual transactions. Kim then shows how manipulation of this currency on black markets affected national and international currency markets, led to increased exploitation of sex workers, and brought huge profits to brothel owners and other go-betweens. The paper artfully demonstrates how the U.S. military presence in East Asia was "built on and sustained by the gendered exploitation of geographic and human resources in the region.” Through extensive research, Kim demonstrates the intersection of formal geopolitics, economic exchange, and sexuality. ... See MoreSee Less

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