CFP: Mothers and History: Histories of Motherhood

July 17, 2011, kadincalis metugws, Call For Papers, Genel, , 0

Organizers: Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (MIRCI)
Location: Toronto, Ontario (venue TBA)

Conference Date(s): May 10th, 2012 – May 12th, 2012
CFP Deadline: September 15th, 2011

Conference URL: http://www.motherhoodinitiative.org/

Keynotes/Speakers: TBA

Theme: We welcome submissions from scholars, students, artists, mothers and others who research in this area. Cross-cultural and comparative work is encouraged. We are open to a variety of types of submissions including academic papers from all disciplines and creative submissions. This conference will explore the nature, status and experience of mothers and motherhood in various historical, cultural and literary contexts, and examine the many ways in which mothers in different historical periods have been affected by, viewed, and/or challenged contemporary cultural norms and dominant ideologies regarding their role.

Suggested Topics: normative & disruptive discourses about mothers and motherhood in any historical period, including but not limited to the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment; the Victorian era; mothers/motherhood and early feminism(s); mothering bodies: mothers and childbirth/lactation and maternal health in any historical period; mothers & midwifery; mothers and education in any historical period; mothers and sons/daughters in any historical period; mothers of color, teen mothers, First Nation/aboriginal/Native American mothers, low-income mothers in any historical period; “good” and/or “bad” mothers in history; mothers and paid/unpaid work in history; adoptive motherhood/adoption in any historical period; wet-nursing, and surrogate motherhood; transmitting maternal knowledges, creative expression and motherhood;
reproductive rights and wrongs, including rise of contraceptive technology alongside state-coerced sterilization; momism and mother blame with the rise of psychology; maternalist political rhetoric in favor of suffrage, labor rights ; rise of intensive mothering; queer/transgendered mothers/mothering in a historical perspective; maternal associations and more!

CFP Address: Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (MIRCI)
140 Holland St. West,
PO Box 13022,
Bradford, ON, L3Z 2Y5

CFP Email Address: info@motherhoodinitiative.org

Contact: Andrea O’Reilly

E-Mail: aoreilly@yorku.ca

Alternate E-Mail: info@motherhoodinitiative.org

Telephone: Andrea O’Reilly – (905) 775-9089

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