{"id":21,"date":"2011-07-17T01:17:20","date_gmt":"2011-07-16T22:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/gws\/?p=21"},"modified":"2011-07-17T01:17:20","modified_gmt":"2011-07-16T22:17:20","slug":"cfp-mothers-and-history-histories-of-motherhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/gws\/2011\/07\/17\/cfp-mothers-and-history-histories-of-motherhood\/","title":{"rendered":"CFP: Mothers and History: Histories of Motherhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Organizers: <\/strong>Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (MIRCI)<strong><br \/>\nLocation:<\/strong> Toronto, Ontario (venue TBA)<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nConference Date(s):<\/strong> May 10th, 2012 &#8211;  May 12th, 2012<strong><br \/>\nCFP Deadline:<\/strong> September 15th, 2011<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nConference URL:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherhoodinitiative.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.motherhoodinitiative.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Keynotes\/Speakers:<\/strong> TBA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Theme:<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Suggested Topics:<\/strong> normative &amp; 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 &amp; 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; \u201cgood\u201d and\/or \u201cbad\u201d 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;<br \/>\nreproductive 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!<\/p>\n<p><strong>CFP Address:<\/strong> Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (MIRCI)<br \/>\n140 Holland St. West,<br \/>\nPO Box 13022,<br \/>\nBradford, ON, L3Z 2Y5<\/p>\n<p><strong>CFP Email Address: <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:info@motherhoodinitiative.org\">info@motherhoodinitiative.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact: <\/strong>Andrea O&#8217;Reilly<\/p>\n<p><strong>E-Mail: <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:aoreilly@yorku.ca\">aoreilly@yorku.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alternate E-Mail: <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:info@motherhoodinitiative.org\">info@motherhoodinitiative.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Telephone:<\/strong> Andrea O&#8217;Reilly &#8211; (905) 775-9089<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organizers: Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (MIRCI) Location: Toronto, Ontario (venue TBA) Conference Date(s): May 10th, 2012 &#8211; 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. 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