Dear All,
It would be lovely if geographers could contribute to the following
conference.
Cultural Aspects of Sex/Sexuality Education
One-day Conference at the Institute of Education,
University of London, 25 May 2005
We are holding a one day conference on cultural aspects of sex/sexuality
education in central London on 25 May 2005. The conference is intended for
academics, professionals, policy makers and practitioners in schools,
colleges and elsewhere. We hope that you will be able to come – whether to
offer a paper or simply attend.
Offers of papers are welcomed from within a variety of academic
disciplines – particularly cultural studies, health education, sociology,
philosophy and psychology – and from a variety of ideological standpoints.
The conference will not assume that sex/sexuality education takes place
only in educational institutions and the family. Contributions are
therefore welcomed which, for example, analyse the impacts of media and
other vehicles of culture on sexual behaviour and attitudes. Medical and
epidemiological papers (e.g. of trends in the incidences of sexually
transmitted infections) will not be accepted unless their educational
implications are discussed adequately. We are particularly interested in
papers that evaluate, extend and/or critique existing theory and/or
practice.
If you would like to offer a paper, please e-mail a title and abstract of
up to 400 words to Professor Michael Reiss at [log in to unmask] by January
17th 2005 at the latest. Presented papers should be 20 minutes in length
and will be followed by 15 minutes of discussion and questions. There will
be parallel sessions. A selection of the papers will be published in a
special issue of the journal Sex Education, to be edited by Judy Hemingway.
If you would like to come to the conference, whether or not you will be
giving a paper, please send a cheque for £55.00 (£40.00 if you are a
registered student and provide appropriate documentary evidence of this)
made payable to ‘Institute of Education’ to Sanam Javed, MST, Institute of
Education, University of London, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL, UK by
February 1st 2005.
The price may rise for registrations made after that date. Clearly state
your name, institution and e-mail / postal address. The cost includes
registration, lunch, all morning and afternoon refreshments and a personal
subscription to the journal Sex Education for the year 2005 (unless you are
already a personal subscriber).
If coming from overseas and unable to pay in pounds sterling, please e-mail
Sanam Javed at [log in to unmask] or telephone her at +44 (0)20 7947 9522.
The conference will run from 10.30 to 16.30. Coffee/tea will be available
from 10.00 to 10.30. There will be lunch at 12.30 and coffee/tea with
Danish pastries at 15.00.
The venue is the Institute of Education, University of London, situated in
Bloomsbury in the heart of London. There is a map at
http://www.ioe.ac.uk/locationMap
Judy Hemingway
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Doctoral School and School of Mathematics, Science & Technology
Institute of Education
University of London
20 Bedford Way
London WC1H OAL.
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
telephone: +44 (0)20 7612 6515
fax: +44 (0)20 7612 6792
website: www.ioe.ac.uk/mst
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