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[M T Znayenko <znayenko@andromeda.rutgers.edu>]

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Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 18:36:08 -0500
From: Serguei Alex. Oushakine <oushakin@Princeton.EDU>
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Subject: CFP: 3rd Biennial Conference of the Association for Women in Slavic
     Studies

Call For Papers:

Interdisciplinary Conference

3rd Biennial Conference of the Association for Women in Slavic Studies

"Beyond Little Vera: Women's Bodies, Women's Welfare in Russia and
Central/Eastern Europe"

26-27 April 2007
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

This Conference will focus on discussing new research on women's health and
welfare in Russia and Central/Eastern Europe since 1990. From a variety of
disciplinary, theoretical and methodological approaches, participants will
consider the changing social, cultural and political situations in this
important part of contemporary Europe and their impact on women.

BEYOND LITTLE VERA will follow up on recent conferences addressing
trafficking of
women in these parts of the world, but will expand that focus to a more
general consideration of the treatment and representation of women's bodies
and welfare. Crises in women's treatment and exploitation in Russia and
Central/Eastern Europe have perhaps never been more acute, given the now
more entrenched negative impact of the market and "globalization" in this
area. Scholarly exchange on these issues will thus be more than merely
academic, and the cross-disciplinary conversations that emerge may have an
effect on policy both in the U.S. and abroad.

Using a multi- and inter-disciplinary approach to women's health issues -
from domestic relations to sex education, from prison conditions to artistic
representations - the conference will explore the wide-ranging implications
of the collapse of social networks and government structures in the former
Communist bloc countries.

All proposals are due by: January 15, 2006 and must include:

A 150-200 word abstract for each paper; and,
A one-page CV for each participant

Limited funding may be available for housing.

Proposals should be submitted electronically to: csees@osu.edu