Thought you all might be interested in this, or know someone who is.
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>Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 12:48:27 +0100
>To: [log in to unmask]
>From: jay ginn <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Call for papers
>
>
>Invitation to participate in an International Symposium on
>
>Reconceptualising Gender and Ageing
>
>25-27 June 2002, University of Surrey, UK
> Organised by the Centre for Research
>on Ageing and Gender (CRAG)
>
>This international Symposium will bring together leading researchers
>and theorists to further sociological understanding of gender and
>ageing, particularly relating to older men. It is expected that
>about 20 papers will be presented at the symposium and that revised
>versions of selected papers will be published in a book on
>‘Reconceptualising Gender and Ageing’.
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS.
>Proposals for papers on the following topics are invited:
>· Changing gender roles and relationships in terms of living
>arrangements, repartnering, social networks and lifestyles
>· The changing meaning of masculinity in later life
>· Gender and increasing physical frailty; factors influencing
>the maintenance of power, control and autonomy
>· Differences in gender identity and roles relating to social
>class, ethnicity and sexual orientation
>· Methodological issues and challenges in research on older men
>Proposals are invited in the form of abstracts of 300 words sent by
>15th December 2001. Authors of selected papers will be invited to
>submit full papers by 1st June 2002. Papers will be available to
>participants in advance to allow maximum time for discussion.
>
>The symposium will be restricted to 45 participants. Those
>interested in participating but not presenting a paper, should
>contact the organisers (Sara Arber, Kate Davidson and Jay Ginn). The
>cost of two nights accommodation and meals will be £140 in rooms
>with en suite facilities and £110 in other rooms. There is no
>conference fee. The Surrey Campus is located in Guildford, a
>cathedral city 30 miles south-west of London. It is within 20 miles
>of both London airports and 35 minutes by train from London’s
>Waterloo station.
>
>The symposium will begin at 2.00pm on Tuesday 25th June and close at
>4.00pm on Thursday 27th June.
>
>For further information visit our website at www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/crag/
>
>
>Proposals and enquiries should be sent to:
>Sue Venn, Administrator, CRAG,
>Department of Sociology,
> University of Surrey, Guildford,
> GU2 7XH, UK
> Email: [log in to unmask],
> Phone: +44 (0) 1483 683966
> Fax: +44 (0) 1483 259551
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