[Fwd: CFP : 6th International Bisexual Conference]

[Nagy Beáta]

6th INTERNATIONAL BISEXUAL CONFERENCE
Friday 24 August – Monday 28th August 2000
Manchester
England

Call for proposals

The conference provides a social space for Bisexuals, their friends,
partners and families to meet, as well as space  for those involved with
activism and developing resources for Bisexuals, to share and discuss
ideas and strategies. In addition the conference also provides the space
for those involved in aspects of research and general scholarship to
present papers of interest to attendees or related to aspects of
Bisexuality. The Conference also offers the opportunity for the
development of dialogue between activists and academics. The conference
organisers would welcome presentations and workshop proposals from those
engaged in the fields of anthropology, legal studies, sociology,
politics, philosophy, cultural studies, psychology, history, film and
media studies, literature, art history, theology, gender studies, women
studies, queer theoretical perspectives, as well as those involved with
health care provision particularly HIV/AIDS, counselling and
psycotherapy.

To submit a proposal for a presentation or workshop, please supply, name
and contact details, title of session, a brief description of the
session, a short personal biography, and description of intended session
format ( e.g. Group discussion, presentation ) .

Send proposals to

IBC6 Programme
BM BiCon,
London
WC1N 3XX.
United Kingdom

Alternatively send your session proposals to

BiConprogramme at post.com

For further information concerning the Conference and Conference Booking
contact

Email : bicon at bi.org

Web :  http://come.to/bicon/

BM BiCon,
London,
United Kingdom
WC1N 3XX
(send an SAE/IRC).

Notes :

1. Due to space limitations we may not be able to accept every session
proposal. We will try and select sessions in order to make a balanced
and interesting programme for all.

2. The main language of the Conference will be English.

3. This will be the 6th International Bisexual Conference. The 5th
International Bisexual Conference was held at Harvard University,
Boston, USA in the summer of 1998 and attracted up to 1000 attendees.
The 7th International Bisexual Conference is planned to take place in
Australia in 2002.