with apologies for any cross-posting CHORD Workshop and Call for Papers: Retailing, Shopping and Gender: Historical Approaches 15 May 2013 University of Wolverhampton The Centre for the History of Retailing and Distribution (CHORD) invites proposals for papers that explore the relationship between retailing, shopping and gender, in Britain and beyond. We welcome papers exploring either buying or selling, and focusing on any historical period. Possible topics include (but are not limited to): § Salesmanship and gender identities § Marketing, gender and sexuality § Gendered practices of shopping § Gender and spatial strategies of selling § Men, women and the economics of retail § Gender, shopping and popular culture § Entrepreneurship, credit and gender To submit a proposal, please send title and abstract of c.300/400 words to Laura Ugolini at [log in to unmask] by 22 February 2013. The workshop will be held in Millennium City Building, located on the University of Wolverhampton’s City campus, just 10 minutes’ walk from Wolverhampton’s bus and train stations. For directions see http://www.wlv.ac.uk/default.aspx?page=6856 For further information, please e-mail: Dr Laura Ugolini at [log in to unmask] Or see the workshop web-page at: http://home.wlv.ac.uk/~in6086/gender.htm Dr Laura Ugolini Reader in History Joint editor, Textile History School of Law, Social Sciences and Communications MC Building University of Wolverhampton Wolverhampton WV1 1LY E-mail: [log in to unmask] -- Scanned by iCritical.