Gendering the Millennium Conference

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GENDERING THE MILLENNIUM

International Conference

University of Dundee, Scotland, UK

11 - 13 September 1998

The conference will provide a forum for the debate on gender transformation=
 in the late modern world.  The context of the discussion will be social, c=
ultural and economic changes in family structures, sexualities and division=
s of labour.

We are seeking to understand the dynamic and often contradictory changes in=
 the balance of gender power in both local and global contexts and in riche=
r and poorer countries in the post-colonial era.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS INCLUDE
HALEH AFSHAR,  BEA CAMPBELL,  BOB CONNELL,
JOY KWESIGA,  SYLVIA WALBY,  JEFF WEEKS


There will be four major streams but other contributions and suggestions ar=
e welcomed.  Streams and themes within them are:

=B7 REPRESENTATIONS, DISCOURSES AND IDEOLOGIES
(convened by Halla Beloff and Jane Goldman)

The degendering/regendering of cultural discourses
The sexualised body
The fluidity of gender representation

=B7 POWER AND CONFLICT
(convened by Brigid Fowler and Lyn Tett)

Violence - private, public and state
Patriarchy in crisis?
Gender and the rise of fundamentalism
Feminist politics

=B7 MATERIALITIES: DIVISIONS OF LABOUR AND RESOURCES
(convened by Gabriella Lazaridis, John MacInnes, Margaret Reid, Fiona Wilso=
n and Anne Witz)

The mediation of gender inequalities: issues of class and =91race=92
Gendered work and gendered time
Gender and the global economy
Gender and health

=B7 LEGITIMISING AND QUERYING SEXUALITIES
(convened by Stevi Jackson and Lynn Jamieson)

Essentialism, social constructionism and agency in sexual identities
Power and pleasure
Challenging heterosexuality and subverting gender

Across all of these themes we will be concerned with: continuities and chan=
ge; generational shifts; the link between the personal and the political.


ABSTRACTS FOR PAPERS ARE INVITED

These should be between 300 and 500 words and should be submitted by 31 Jan=
uary 1998.  Successful applicants will be informed by 30 March 1998.


CONFERENCE COSTS

=B7 Conference fees=09=A325 per day or =A360 for 3 days (2pm Friday to 2pm =
Sunday)

=B7 Accommodation (24 hour rate which includes 3 meals, tea and coffee)
Standard single room=09=A338.50
En suite single room=09=A351
Standard twin room=09=A360
En suite double room=09=A372

=B7 Conference Package (all conference fees, 2 nights accommodation, meals,=
 tea
and coffee)
Standard single room=09=A3135
En suite single room=09=A3160
Standard twin room=09=A3118 (per person)
En suite double room=09=A3260 (for two)

CLOSING DATE for reserving accommodation is 31 July 1998


Please address submissions of outlines for papers, applications for registr=
ation and requests for other information to  Gerda Siann/Johanne Phillips a=
t:
The Institute for Education and Lifelong Learning,=20
University of Dundee,=20
Dundee  DD1 4HN
United Kingdom

Telephone: +44 (0)1382 345033 =20
Fax: +44 (0)1382 221057 =20
e-mail: g.siann at dundee.ac.uk