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Hi All, Please see the following event which is particularly aimed at early and mid-level career researchers. Best wishes, Katherine ***************************************** - Apologies for any cross posting; please distribute to relevant lists - Gender, Equality and Intimacy: (un)comfortable bedfellows? Call for papers 1-day workshop at the Institute of Education, London, 7th April 2014 The topics of gender, equality and intimacy are becoming increasingly established as important subjects of investigation in the social sciences, with much of the literature pointing to their intersections in the context of personal life (Gabb 2010, Jamieson 1998, Smart 2007) and the clash between 'ideal' relationships promoted by policy and expert or self-help literature with the pragmatics of family life (Gillies 2009, Jensen and Tylor 2013). For example, while there is a commitment to encouraging 'gender equality' in working cultures and family life in contemporary UK policy, wider cultures of parenting rely on heavily gendered models of appropriate care (Dermot 2008, Faircloth 2013). This workshop seeks to explore further how such intersections of equality and intimacy are experienced by men, women and families, whether as part of a wider 'therapeutic turn' in the ethics of self-knowledge (Furedi 2004, Hochschild 2003, Illouz 2007) or as part of a modernisation project in the context of nation building (Twamley 2011). The workshop will showcase research from junior and mid-level academics with more senior scholars invited to act as discussants. Confirmed discussants include Prof Lynn Jamieson, Prof Jeffrey Weeks and Dr. Jacqui Gabb. We anticipate producing an edited volume or special journal issue from the workshop. Further information about potential topics and abstract submission are attached. Dr Katherine Twamley John Adams Research Fellow Social Science Research Unit Institute of Education, University of London 18 Woburn Square London WC1H 0NR tel: +44 (0)207 612 5333 fax: +44 (0)207 612 6400 Webpage<http://www.ioe.ac.uk/staff/37973.html>