Network for Historical Studies of Gender and Social Work
Center for Social Policy and Gender Studies
Department of Social Anthropology and Social Work
Saratov State Technical University, Saratov, Russia
CALL FOR PAPERS
International seminar
“Social Work History in XX century Russia”
Saratov, Russia, 18-19 March 2005
Network for Historical Studies of Gender and Social Work, University of
Siegen, Germany, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, Center for Social
Policy and Gender Studies in Saratov, Russia invite proposals for papers for
the interdisciplinary International Seminar on “Social Work History in XX
century Russia” to be held at the Saratov State Technical University in
Saratov, Russia on 18-19 March 2005.
The event will be jointly hosted by the Social Work in Eastern Europe
Project (SWEEP) of the Network for Historical Studies of Gender and Social
Work supported by Volkswagen Foundation, Journal for Social Policy Studies,
Center for Social Policy and Gender Studies and Saratov State Technical
University.
Proposals topics relating to all and interdisciplinary aspects of
scholarship in the history of social work in Russia XX century will be
welcome. The seminar languages will be Russian and English.
The topics are presented but not limited by the list below:
Construction of social work history
Methods of social historical studies of social work: archival studies and
personal narratives
Public and private in social history of welfare state, local and micro
histories of social help
Changes in ideology of social policy and public structures of welfare state
in Russia through the XX century
The activities of non-government organizations in Russian history (Red
Cross, Rockefeller fnd, etc.)
Social networks, community help and self-help practices in XX century Russia
Changing theories, social work education and training priorities, target
groups and methods of social work
Gendered history of social work
Symbols and meaning of social work (social care, social upbringing) in
Soviet history
Professional structures and identities of social work
Hidden histories of social work, social work under totalitarian regimes
The papers accepted for the conference will be published in a proceedings
book, which will appear by the start of the seminar. The best papers will
be distinguished with a prize.
Submission of Proposals: 1) Name, 2) Current Institutional Affiliation, 3)
Title/Position, 4) E-mail address, 5) Postal address, 6) Telephone number,
7) Fax no., 8) Title of paper, 9) Abstract of paper (200-300-word summary),
10) Full paper (5 000 words), 11) Any audio-visual equipment required
(specify: overhead projector, slide projector, video player, multi-media
projector)
Deadline: 20 January 2004
Conference-Related Correspondence should be addressed to:
Elena Iarskaia-Smirnova and Pavel Romanov
Department of Social Anthropology and Social Work
Saratov State Technical University
Polytechnicheskaia 77
Saratov 410054 Russia
Tel. +7 8452 526638
Fax + 7 8452 506837
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Note:
The Seminar organizers DO NOT have funds to support the costs of conference
participation. Participants should obtain their own funding.
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