[NIS_GS:] UK conf: Gender and the City in Canada

Gender and the City
Location: United Kingdom
Call for Papers Deadline: 2005-11-25 (in 21 days)

The London Conference for Canadian Studies and the Institute for the Study of the Americas at the University of London invite proposals for papers for a one day conference which will take up this issue of the relation between gender and
the city in Canada. This one-day conference will be held Friday 24 February 2006 at Canada House in London.

The organisers are open to papers in a variety of fields including history, geography, cultural studies and literature. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

· Gender and urbanisation
· Gender in Canadian literature about the city
· The spatial dynamics of gender in Canadian cities
· Masculinity and/or femininity and the modern city
· Gender and architecture
· The urban and gender dynamics of Canadian politics and society
· Gender history of particular Canadian cities
Christopher Dummitt
Lecturer in Canadian Studies
Institute for the Study of the Americas
University of London, School of Advanced Study
tel: +44 (0) 207 862 8689
fax: +44 (0) 207 862 8886
Email: christopher.dummitt@sas.ac.uk
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