This maybe of interest to some of you,
Best
Maria
> The University of Houston Women's Studies Program is sponsoring a
conference
> in the fall of 2005 (Oct. 20-22) entitled "21st-Century Motherhood." This
> conference will focus on the changing dynamics of motherhood in the 21st
> century. Issues addressed will include: the impact of biological research,
> new health and fertility technologies, negotiating/resetting the work and
> family balance, shifting gender roles in care taking, the adoption
> revolution, same-sex parenting, merged families, impact of corporate and
> economic structures on motherhood and vice versa, childcare, the maternal
> feminism movement, and how these issues play out over time and in diverse
> environments and cultures.
>
> The keynote speaker will be New York Times science writer Natalie Angier,
and
> panel leaders will include Ann Crittenden, Kathleen Gerson, Sarah Blaffer
> Hardy, Claudia Rankine, Judith Stacey, and France Winddance Twine.
>
> Submissions for papers for presentation on the following panels are
invited:
> Economics
> Work/Family Balance
> Class/Race/Globalization
> Biology/Fertility Technologies
> Emergent/Innovative Forms of Motherhood
>
> Please submit a 250-word abstract by e-mail (Word attachment) to
> [log in to unmask] or by snail mail to: Kasi Jackson, Women's Studies
Program,
> University of Houston, 624 Agnes Arnold Hall, Houston, TX 77204-3005.
>
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