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CALL FOR PAPERS Gender and Historical Geography RGS/IBG Annual Conference, September 2007 Sponsored by the Women and Geography Study Group and the Historical Geography Research Group Despite the substantial body of theoretical work on gender and geography, historical geographers have not recently given sustained consideration to the implications of this work for their sub-discipline. Indeed, whilst the importance of place in understanding gender is continually asserted, the histories and historical geographies of these social processes and relations are sometimes elided. Whilst some historical geographies have been well developed over the last 20 years, the geo-historical constitution of masculinity and, indeed, transgender, remain less well understood. This session hopes to cover work on femininity, masculinity and transgender in the recent or distant past. We would also like to offer a space to reflect on existing gender research in historical geography and to consider directions that future work may take. Papers are invited on the following themes, though this list should not be seen as exhaustive: Gender and historical landscapes Theorising historical masculinities, femininities and transgenders Rematerialising gendered historical geographies Understanding gender in histories and geographies of modernity Researching the multidimensional nature of embodied experience(s) Gendered historical geographies of identity, power and difference Reflections on feminist historical geographies Theoretical and methodological challenges of researching gender in an historical context Abstracts of up to 200 words should be submitted either as hard copy or via email to: Professor Catherine Brace, Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Treliever Road, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9EZ, UK; [log in to unmask] Dr Nicola Thomas, Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Rennes Drive, Exeter, Devon, EX4 4RJ; [log in to unmask] DEADLINE 31ST JANUARY 2007