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The Seattle University Wismer Center for Gender & Diversity Studies =
welcomes submissions to an upcoming interdisciplinary conference - =
INTERSECTIONS OF RACE AND GENDER: (RE) IMAGINING THE FAMILY. The =
conference will be held at Seattle University from April 12-14, 2007.

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Continuing with the theme of our 2005 conference -- (Re) Examining Race =
and Gender -- this upcoming conference will provide an opportunity for =
scholars and activists from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds =
to engage in discussions concerning race, gender, and their =
intersections. Narrower in scope than the 2005 conference, (Re) =
Imagining the Family will focus on the roles of race, ethnicity, class, =
gender, and/or sexual orientation in the context of the family.=20

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While we welcome submissions from family scholars that address any of =
these identities, we are particularly interested in work that examines =
intersections of two or more of these identities. We hope to attract a =
variety of perspectives -- historical as well as contemporary, domestic =
as well as global, theoretical as well as empirical.=20

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Possible topics include cross-cultural and international adoption; =
health care disparities by race, gender, and class; welfare reform; =
same-sex marriage; family law; care of the young, the old, and the =
disabled; motherhood; fatherhood; social mobility; reproductive =
technology and rights; immigration; the concept of love as a commodity; =
queer theory; ethics, spirituality, and religion; third world and global =
feminism; and representations of the family in art, literature, and the =
media.

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Please submit abstracts for papers or panel proposals to Vanessa =
Casta=F1eda, wismer_at_seattleu.edu by January 2, 2007.=20

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For submissions and proposal forms, please download =
http://www.seattleu.edu/wismer/intersections07_callforpapers.pdf.=20

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There is no registration fee to participate in the conference, but =
participants are encouraged to register to assist with organization and =
conference planning. Participants are responsible for their travel and =
accommodation expenses. Information about hotel accommodation with =
special university rates will be made available to all participants. For =
more information, please contact Vanessa Casta=F1eda at =
wismer_at_seattleu.edu, (206) 296-2597 or visit =
http://www.seattleu.edu/wismer

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