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But some of you might not have come across this.
AR
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From: Lightfoot Simon <[log in to unmask]>
To: SMALLTALK <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 5:16 PM
Subject: call for papers


> Gender, Identity and Nationalism in Europe: From the Nineteenth to the
> Twenty First Century
>
> International Conference
>
> 11-14 October 2001
>
> Call for Papers
>
> The fall of communism generated particular expectations about the future
of
> Europe.
> The expectation of a united Europe, inclusive of East Central Europe, has
> not fully recognised the tensions created by different perceptions of the
> role of national identity in the East and in the West. The preoccupation
of
> Western Europe with the preservation of some sense of national identity
> within a united Europe runs parallel to the preoccupation of Eastern
Europe
> with securing and finalising the structure of the nation-state. In other
> words, the current aspirations of Eastern European nationalism, in many
> ways, reflect the aims of earlier European nation-builders. A key factor
in
> the process of nation-building has been the assigning of specific symbolic
> roles to women in a national community. To what extent do current
> differences in perceptions of national identity impact upon debates about
> gender in different 'Europes'?
>
> This conference aims to explore the relationship between gender images and
> national identities in Europe since the end of the nineteenth century. It
> will focus particularly on the construction of gender identity and the use
> of stereotypical images of gender in shaping nationalist discourse across
> Europe. The conference will compare and contrast debates surrounding the
> historical construction of national and gender identities in Western and
> Eastern Europe and will explore the implications of the differences in
this
> area between the West and the East for the political processes in Europe
> post-1989.
>
> We are especially interested in receiving proposals for papers in the
> following areas: (1) How and why specific images of gender have been
> selected to generate both nationalist discourses and assumptions about
> national identity and the means by which these images have been
> disseminated; (2) The impact these images have on political processes,
> particularly the development of gender emancipation movements; (3) The
> impact of nationalist discourse on renewed debate around civil society and
> gender in contemporary multi-ethnic states;  (4) Nations and issues of
> gender in post-1989 Europe.
>
> Plenary speakers will include
> Cherie Booth Q C
> Professor Sylvia Walby (Leeds)
>
> Offers of papers, accompanied by an abstract of 300-500 words, should be
> sent by post, e-mail or fax by 7 May 2001 to Miss Louise Graham, European
> Studies Research Institute, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, UK
> Tel. +44(0)161 295 5614, Fax. +44 (0)161 2955223,
> e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
> For further information about the conference, please contact
> Vera Tolz and Stephanie Booth, European Studies Research Institute,
> University of Salford; Tel. +44 (0)161-2955606, Fax +44(0)161 2955077,
> e-mails: [log in to unmask] and [log in to unmask]
>