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>Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 12:48:27 +0100 >To: [log in to unmask] >From: jay ginn <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Call for papers > > >Invitation to participate in an International Symposium on > >Reconceptualising Gender and Ageing > >25-27 June 2002, University of Surrey, UK > Organised by the Centre for Research on > Ageing and Gender (CRAG) > >This international Symposium will bring together leading researchers and >theorists to further sociological understanding of gender and ageing, >particularly relating to older men. It is expected that about 20 papers >will be presented at the symposium and that revised versions of selected >papers will be published in a book on ‘Reconceptualising Gender and Ageing’. > > CALL FOR PAPERS. >Proposals for papers on the following topics are invited: >· Changing gender roles and relationships in terms of living >arrangements, repartnering, social networks and lifestyles >· The changing meaning of masculinity in later life >· Gender and increasing physical frailty; factors influencing the >maintenance of power, control and autonomy >· Differences in gender identity and roles relating to social class, >ethnicity and sexual orientation >· Methodological issues and challenges in research on older men >Proposals are invited in the form of abstracts of 300 words sent by 15th >December 2001. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit full >papers by 1st June 2002. Papers will be available to participants in >advance to allow maximum time for discussion. > >The symposium will be restricted to 45 participants. Those interested in >participating but not presenting a paper, should contact the organisers >(Sara Arber, Kate Davidson and Jay Ginn). The cost of two nights >accommodation and meals will be £140 in rooms with en suite facilities and >£110 in other rooms. There is no conference fee. The Surrey Campus is >located in Guildford, a cathedral city 30 miles south-west of London. It >is within 20 miles of both London airports and 35 minutes by train from >London’s Waterloo station. > >The symposium will begin at 2.00pm on Tuesday 25th June and close at >4.00pm on Thursday 27th June. > >For further information visit our website at www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/crag/ > > >Proposals and enquiries should be sent to: >Sue Venn, Administrator, CRAG, >Department of Sociology, > University of Surrey, Guildford, > GU2 7XH, UK > Email: [log in to unmask], > Phone: +44 (0) 1483 683966 > Fax: +44 (0) 1483 259551