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Conferences and Calls for Papers
2008
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have an event to add here?
Please email
susan(at)desireealliance.org to have it included.
January
UNC
Center for South Asian Studies- Poverty, Inequality, and the state:
January 11-13,
Chapel Hill, NC
(there is a paper being presented on India sex workers:
Kim
Blankenship
(Yale), Gender,
Poverty, and Health: Experiences of Women Sex Workers in Southern
India)
http://www.jhfc.duke.edu/csas/poverty%20conference%20012008.php
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February
Thinking Gender graduate student research
conference: UCLA, Feb 1st, Los
Angeles
http://www.csw.ucla.edu/thinkinggender.html
Gender and Technology conference, Feb
13-16th, Albequerque, NM
http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/index.html
Biannual International Microbicides
Conference: Feb. 24-27, UK?http://www.icw.org/node/317
Sexuality Netowrk,
European Social Science History Conference, 2008, Lisbon February 27 - March 1, 2008
Seventh European
Social Science History Conference
26 February - 1 March 2008
http://www2.iisg.nl/esshc/Programme.asp?selyear=9&nw=22
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March
2008 2nd Annual
MARGIN Training Conference
[3/9/2008 - 3/11/2008]
Sheraton Annapolis, 173 Jennifer Road, Annapolis, MD
Workshops Include: Gangs 101 Gangs and Arson Investigations RISS
Gang Cryptology and Codes Gang Trends in Maryland, Virginia and
Washington,DC Gang Prosecution in Maryland, Virginia and Washington,DC
Human Trafficking and Prostitution
http://www.nygia.org/trainingDirectory.asp (Scroll to next to last
entry)
Persons, Intimacy and Love-
Probing the Boundaries: March 10-13, Salzberg, Austria
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/ptb/persons/pil/pil2/cfp.html
Technology and Persons with Disabilities
Conference: March 10-15, SF
http://www.csun.edu/cod/conf/
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April
Sex Trafficking Conference: April 2-4,
South
Texas
Ciollege,
McAllen, TX
http://womensspace.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/sex-trafficking-conference-call-for-papers/
Combating Trafficking Conference: April
3-4,
Chapel HIll, NC
http://womenscenter.unc.edu/08conference/
Witches and Queens,
Whores and Libertines: Early Modern History on Screen will be held at the University of Glamorgan on 34
April 2008.
http://history.research.glam.ac.uk//Conferences/witches/
Frontiers of Feminism: At Home and Abroad:
April 3-5, UNC,
Charlotte, NC
http://womensstudies.uncc.edu/SEWSA/ (Keynote speakers bell
hooks
and Cynthia Enloe!)
I want your sex?: sexuality and gender in
historical perspective:
Carbondale, IL,
April 4-5, 2008 (CFP ends 2/1/08)
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=158821
2008 CAPS Conference: New Directions in HIV
Prevention: April 10th, SF
http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/conference/
2008 Women's Economic Justice Summit:
April 10-12th,
Atlanta, GA
http://www.nowfound
ation.org/ issues/economic/ events/ejsummit2 007/index. html
Sex 2.0: The intersection of social
media, feminism, and sexuality.
When? April 12, 2008.
Where? Spring4th
Center, 728 Spring St., Atlanta, GA. How much? $10.
http://www.sex20con.com/
Catherine Breillat: Women, Sex, Violence,
Cinema: April 12,
London
http://www.film-
philosophy. com/announcement s/files/20de588b 36dd49187f68294a f2348681-
4.php
WHRN's Intersectionality from theory to
practice: an interdisciplinary dialogue: April 16-18, 2008 -
Simon Fraser University Downtown SFU Harbour Center,
Vancouver, Canada
http://www.whrn.ca/events.html
The Sword of Judith: A muliti-disciplinary
conference: April 17-18, New
York Public Library,
NY
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=159313
The Local Demography of
Deviance: Crime, Prostitution and Illegitimacy in Britain 1700-2000:
19 Apr 2008, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, Herts
AL10 9AB
http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/cgi-bin/medhistevents_full.pl?handle=20071018171840
(scroll down page to see)
Adult Con- the Adult Conference. Los Angeles. April 25th-27th
http://www.adultcon.com/
2008 AIUSA Annual
General Meeting (AGM): April 25-28, 2008, Hyatt Regency Hotel in
Washington D.C.
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May
The Second Eastern Europe and Central
Asia AIDS Conference (EECAAC): May 3-5,2008, Moscow, Russia
http://www.eecaac.org/en/index.phtml
Homeland Insecurities: Sexuality,
Citizenship, and Empire: May 8-10, Indiana University, Bloomington,
IN
http://www.iub. edu/~homeland/
Harm Reduction 2008: IHRAs 19th
International Conference: May 11-15, Barcelona, Spain
http://www.ihra.net/Barcelona/Home
2nd Northern European Conference on Travel Medicine (NECTM), May
21-24, Marina Congress Centre in Helsinki.
http://www.nectm.com/firstannouncement.pdf (has
presentation called: "People on the move: international prostitution,
health tourism")
International Symposium on HIV
and Emerging Infectious Diseases (15th ISHEID): May 28th -may 30th,
Toulon, France
http://www.isheid.com/html/en/index_html
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June
Naming the Truth About Violence Against
Women Conference: June 4-6,
Sydney, Australia
http://www.womenanddepression.herwill.net/modules/wfchannel/
Intervening Feminisms: Social Justice and
The Feminist Art Movement A Graduate Student Symposium:
Chicago,
DePaul U, June 7
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=159893
European Feminist Forum
2008
Meet in
Poland!
Put 13-15 June 2008 in your calendar and be prepared to come to Poland
to join a dynamic community of European feminists in creating the agenda
for a feminist Europe. Come with your tents, or stay in a comfortable
hotel. Watch this space for details on how to enroll, earlybird
participation fees and the event program!
http://europeanfeministforum.org/spip.php?article319
RCN Sexual Health Forum
conference & exhibition
Date: 14
June 2008 to 14 June 2008
Location: Royal College of Physicians, Regent's Park, London
http://www.rcn.org.uk/newsevents/event_details/rcn_events/event3575
The Third National Conference on Peer
Education, HIV and AIDS: June 18-20, Nairobi,
Kenya
http://www.icw.org/node/315
Reproductive Health (RH) in Emergencies
Conference: June 18-20,
Kampala, Uganda
http://www.raiseinitiative.org/conference/#abstracts
National Womens Studies Association
2008, June 19-22, Cincinnati, OH
http://www.nwsaconference.org/
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July
Women's Worlds- 10th International
Interdisciplinary Congress on Women: July 3-9,
Madrid, Spain
http://www.mmww08.org/index.cfm?nav_id=51 (Marilyn Waring and
Sandra Harding on invited speaker's list!)
Desiree Alliance Conference! July 16-20
NOW conference: July 18-20 in
Washington DC
http://www.now.org/organization/conference/
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August
AIDS
2008: XVII International AIDS Conference: August 3rd-8th,
Mexico City, Mexico
http://www.aids2008.org/
Crossing Borders in the History of
Technology-The ICOHTEC) 35th Symposium in Victoria, British Columbia,
Canada: Aug 5-10 (CFP ends 1/14, but really ends 3/3, and encourages
submissions on Technologies of social mobility and gender, Migration and
social mobility in the history of technology)
http://www.icohtec.org/meeting2008.htm
TRAUMA AND THE SUBLIME, an international
interdisciplinary conference: August 6-8, Swansea University,
Wales, UK
http://www.h-
net.org/announce /show.cgi? ID=159651
Exotic Dancer Expo.
August 24th- 27th. Las Vegas.
http://www.exoticdancer.com/
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September
International Christian Conference on
Prostitution Sept 7-12,
Green Lake, WI
http://www.glcc.org/files/conferences/ICCP%202008.pdf
Prostitution, Sex
Work, and Human Trafficking Sept. 18 and 19, 2008
University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Deadline for Submissions: June 30, 2008
http://www.prostitutionconference.com/
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October
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November
7th National Harm
Reduction Conference:"Towards a
National Policy"
November 13 -16, 2008
Hilton Hotel, 1601 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, Florida 33132
http://www.harmreduction.org/article.php?list=type&type=60
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December
The 15th International Conference on AIDS
and STIs in
Africa
(ICASA): December 8-11,
Dakar, Senegal
http://www.icasadakar2008.org/en/
Aids in Culture: Explorations in the
Cultural History of Aids: Dec. 9-13, Mexico City
http://www.enkidumagazine.com/eventos/aidsinculture/intro_en.htm
Adult Con- the Adult
Conference. Los Angeles. December 19th-21st.
http://www.adultcon.com/
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individuals across the US working in harm reduction, direct services,
political advocacy, and health services for sex workers. We provide
leadership and create space for sex workers and supporters to come
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