[Gesth-l] Fwd: Call for papers: Single women in history

[Borgos Anna]

> >West of England and South Wales Women's History Network 12th Annual
> >Conference >23- 24 June 2006 University of the West of England, Bristol, 
>UK
> >Call for Papers >Single Women in History: 1000 -2000
> >
> >
> >Plenary Speakers
> >Amy Froide, University of Maryland-Baltimore County
> >The Spinster and the Old Maid: Representations of Never-Married Women in
> >Early Modern England"
> >
> >Katherine Holden, University of the West of England
> >The shadow of marriage: defining the single in twentieth century Britain
> >
> >The links between gender and marital status have been insufficiently
> >explored or theorised within women's history. This conference will bring
> >new perspectives to a neglected area of research by examining the lives 
>of
> >single women during the last millennium in any period and any country.
> >Speakers may focus on different categories of female singleness including
> >spinsters, lone mothers, widows and divorcees and discuss single women's
> >involvement in areas such as health and welfare, politics, work, 
>religion,
> >culture, family, friendships, partnerships and networks.
> >
> >Papers that offer new conceptual or theoretical approaches to singleness 
>or
> >compare the experience of single women and single men are also welcome. 
>All
> >papers must have some historical content.
> >
> >The original inspiration for this conference came through discussions in
> >April 2004 at Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis during the course of
> >their project: 'Gendered Passages in Historical Perspective: Single 
>Women'.
> >Ex-Fellows from the Rutgers project have now joined with the West of
> >England and South Wales Women's History network in the UK to host a
> >conference which we hope will attract international interest and offer
> >important new insights into this area of research.
> >
> >Please send abstracts by 31 January 2006 to Kath Holden
> >email: Katherine.Holden at uwe.ac.uk
> >
> >For further information and details of how to join the network visit our
> >web site http://humanities.uwe.ac.uk/swhisnet/swhisnet.htm
> >or write to Dr Katherine Holden, Faculty of Humanities, Languages and
> >Social Science, University of the West of England, St Matthias Campus,
> >Oldbury Court Road, Fishponds, Bristol BS162JP Tel +44 (0) 117 32 84395
> >Email: Katherine.Holden at uwe.ac.uk
> >Fax +44 (0) 117 32 84417
> >Dr Katherine Holden,
> >Faculty of Humanities, Languages and Social Science, University of the 
>West
> >of England, St Matthias Campus, Oldbury Court Road, Fishponds, Bristol
> >BS162JP
> >Tel +44 (0) 117 32 84395 Email: Katherine.Holden at uwe.ac.uk
> >Fax +44 (0) 117 32 84417
> >Faculty Elearning Tutor
> >Research Fellow in History,
> >Membership Secretary and Treasurer, West of England and South Wales 
>Women's
> >History Network

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