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Conference Announcement: Women’s Studies Network (UK) Association 14th Annual Conference Gender and Culture: leisure, consumption and women’s everyday lives 12th – 14th July 2001, Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education, UK The Leisure and Sport Research Unit at Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education is pleased to announce the 2001 Women’s Studies Network (UK) Association conference (www.chelt.ac.uk/lsru). The conference will provide a major inter-disciplinary event exploring the intersections of gender with contemporary culture and consumption. The conference will draw together participants from across the social sciences and humanities to engage with new developments in feminist and gender theory, policy, practice and activism. Art, fashion, film, leisure, literature, media, shopping, sport, television, and tourism will all be explored as cultural sites and sights that play significant roles in forming, performing and reforming contemporary gender relations, identities, and spaces. Major national and international researchers in cultural studies, gender studies, geography, leisure studies, literary studies, media studies, social policy, sociology, sports studies, tourism studies, visual arts, and women’s studies will lead discussions examining gender and culture in relation to three major themes: · leisure space, violence and the city · consumption, fashion and (life)style · language, media and visual culture Submission of abstracts Researchers, lecturers, policy makers, practitioners, activists and postgraduate students are invited to submit abstracts of papers. Abstracts of 300-400 words, together with brief biographical details of the researcher (s)/presenter(s) (maximum of 200 words), should be submitted to the Conference Administrator by May 4th 2001. Abstracts should contain: · name of researcher/presenter, title and organisational affiliation where appropriate · title of paper and conference theme to which the paper is submitted · 300-400 word summary of the context, theoretical and/or subject underpinning and findings Dr Cara Aitchison, Conference Chair Reader in Leisure Policy and Cultural Theory Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education [[log in to unmask]] Please submit abstracts to: Heather Sheridan, WSN Conference Administrator Leisure and Sport Research Unit Faculty of Environment and Leisure Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education Swindon Road Cheltenham GL50 4AZ Telephone +44 [0]1242 544073 Email [log in to unmask] Fax +44 [0]1242 543283