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PENAL SPACES ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP 7th March 2007 9.30am - 5pm School of Geography University of Leeds The Citizenship and Belonging research group in the School of Geography is running a one-day international workshop on the production of social and personal space in prisons in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and the United States. Whilst there has been considerable interest in the social sciences in prisons as disciplinary spaces, much of this inspired by the writing of Michel Foucault, less attention has been paid to the experience of inmates, their relationships with each other, with the staff, and with the material spaces of the prison. This workshop, based on empirical research in a number of settings, will explore various aspects of prisoner experience and the constitution of prison space. The discussions will have wider implications for an understanding of institutional geographies and the intersections of material spaces, age, gender, sexuality and race. Speakers: Azrini Wahidin, Centre for Criminal Justice Policy and Research, University of Central England: 'Space and prison time' Anita Wilson, University of Lancaster: 'Prison as limen, pause, or third space' Janine Janssen, Netherlands Police, The Hague: 'The experience of Latin American women in Dutch prisons' Bettina van Hoven, University of Groningen, and David Sibley, University of Leeds: 'Contamination and the construction of social-spatial boundaries in a North American prison' This event is free to attend but all delegates must register in advance as places are limited. For further information and to register please contact: Hazel Blackburn Email: [log in to unmask] Phone: 0113 3438245 Fax: 0113 3433308 ALL WELCOME ------------------------------------------------ Professor David S. Wall, Head of School, School of Law, University of Leeds. Leeds. LS2 9JT UK + 44 (0)113 343 5033 + 44 (0)113 343 1881 [log in to unmask]