*Call for papers*

The Department of Sociology at Masaryk University and the Department of
Education at the University of York are inviting for a conference


*Educating young people about sex: Addressing issues of gender, sexuality,
and diversity*


   *Date: *April 11-13th, 2014

*Place:* Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

*Website*:http://www.gender.fss.muni.cz/poradane-akce/67-educating-young-people-about-sex.html


*AIMS OF THE CONFERENCE*

This conference aims to highlight the challenges we face in educating young
people about sex and the impact that current social and educational
discourses and practices may have on young people's gender and sexual
identities and practices. In particular, we are interested in drawing
attention to the necessity of addressing issues of gender and sexual
diversity and identity in sex education.


*KEYNOTE SPEAKERS*


*Dagmar Herzog *Daniel Rose Faculty Scholar and a professor of history at
the Graduate Center, City University of New York (USA).

*Claire Maxwell *
Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of Education at the Institute of
Education, University of London.

*Deborah Youdell*
Professor of Sociology of Education, School of Education, University of
Birmingham (United Kingdom).


  *We invite papers addressing issues within the general theme of this
conference. Following, examples of the subtopics that could be addressed**:*

*Subtopics:*

    - Gender issues in sex education in curricula and in teaching practices
    - LGBTQI issues in school
    - Political contexts of sex education
    - Sex education and/in policy
    - Addressing sexuality issues as a cross-curricular subject
    - History of sex education
    - Addressing inequality issues in sex education (presenting best
    practice)
    - Teachers' gender identities and sexual subjectivities in the process
    of teaching
    - The construction of children's sexuality in contemporary society
    - Moral panic about the sexualisation of youth



*HOW TO APPLY:*

Please submit one page abstracts (300 words) by January 15 2014 to

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1smgh-h-E3PXNpSLSUqttmde-0qLPtWLeAOv8lIccy8Q/viewform

The proposal should contain a) the title, b) topic/ research question(s),
c) theory, d) data and methods, e) (provisional) findings. Furthermore, it
should include authors´ contact details, institutional affiliation and
short bio.


*CONFERENCE FEE:*

Full 110 Euro
Students 90 Euro

*ORGANIZING COMMITTEE*

Lucie Jarkovská, assistant professor at gender studies programme, Faculty
of Social Studies, Masaryk University (Czech Republic), [log in to unmask]

Vanita Sundaram, Senior Lecturer in Education, Department of Education,
University of York, [log in to unmask]

Analia Inés Meo, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
(CONICET) and Research Institute "Gino Germani", Univeristy of Buenos Aires
(Argentina), [log in to unmask]


<http://www.gender.fss.muni.cz/poradane-akce/67-educating-young-people-about-sex.html>


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Katerina Liskova, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Gender Studies, Department of Sociology
Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University
Jostova 10
Brno 602 00
Czech Republic

Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship - European Commission  
Seventh Framework Programme (2012-2014)
Project "Constructing Sexuality and Gender in Czechoslovak Sexological  
Discourses during Communism (1948-1989)"