Family, Marriage and Parenthood
A conference on the Baltics, Russia and Eastern Europe - in present times and history
CBEES, Södertörn University College, Stockholm, 11-12 September 2008
This conference aims at gathering researchers to discuss topics on family, marriage, childhood and parenthood in contemporary, historical and comparative perspectives. The papers and the keynote lectures bring up questions on family and marriage policies and laws, demographic strategies, childcare - with or without the help of the state, parenthood in a gender framework, gendered violence within the family, and others.
For detailed information see www.sh.se/family
The conference marks the start of a new research project called 'The Family vs. the Strong State in Eastern Europe and the Baltic Sea Region: Freedom or Coercion?' financed by the The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies (Östersjöstiftelsen). For more information on the project see the provisional web site at www.sh.se/familyeast
Participation
Participation in the conference is free, but please register by sending an email to Nadezda Petrusenko, [log in to unmask], by 8 September 2008, at the latest.
Contact
If you have any enquires regarding the conference, please contact Helene Carlbäck, [log in to unmask]
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