Visions and Voices of Childhood: A Graduate Student Conference
Department of Childhood Studies
Rutgers University - Camden

The Rutgers University-Camden Childhood Studies Graduate Student Organization (GSO) invites submissions for paper presentations for its
second formal graduate student conference to be held May 21-22, 2012 on the Camden, NJ campus. Graduate students from all disciplines who
are engaged in research relating to children and childhood are encouraged to submit proposals.

As the field of childhood studies continues to grow, old and new debates and concepts continuously impact the study of children and childhood.
Representations and interpretations of children's lives and perspectives have become central to these debates. This conference proposes an open, broad definition of children's visions and voices. Both the theoretical debates surrounding visions and voices and the application of such concepts are encouraged.

We invite proposals from all disciplines—education, literature, economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, law, political science, history, public policy, criminology, philosophy, medicine, religion, film studies, cultural studies, and the arts — as well as multi-disciplinary scholarly work.

SUBMISSION: 250-word abstract plus cover letter with name, current level of graduate study, affiliated university, and email address to
childgso@rutgers.camden.edu . Include the words "conference abstract" in subject line, and include name on the cover letter only.

DEADLINE: December 15, 2011. Accepted presenters will receive notification by February 1, 2012.

Contact Matthew Prickett at prickett@camden.rutgers.edu if you have questions about the conference, or visit
http://clam.rutgers.edu/~childgso/conference2012.html
Visit the Department of Childhood Studies here: http://childhood.camden.rutgers.edu/

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Call for Papers
Venue: University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Date: Thursday, May 5 - Saturday, May 7, 2011

This multidisciplinary conference will engage scholars and practitioners from a wide variety of academic disciplines (including the sciences, arts, humanities, social sciences, policy studies, and education) in a consideration of the state of child studies, which has changed significantly in recent decades. Disciplines long dedicated to the study of the child, and childhood, have been recently revitalized and are engaged with the central problematic of what the child and childhood represent, including how these categories relate to others such as infant and youth. Figured in the plural, childhoods pose a significant crossroads for theoretical and empirical work on the nature of being human and development broadly construed. Various disciplines consider childhood as an experience, as a biological fact, as a social category, as an artistic and literary construct, as a category for historical and demographic analysis, as a category of personhood, and as a locus for human rights and policy interventions. Participating scholars will examine childhoods of the past, present, and future from around the world, and will present research results, policy approaches, and theoretical paradigms that are emergent in this re-engagement with the child and childhood. Bringing together divergent networks of expertise, this conference offers the opportunity for new research collaborations and the scholarly dissemination of innovative research.

For more information and to submit abstracts, please see the conference website
www.uleth.ca/conreg/childhoods. For general inquiries, please contact childhoods@uleth.ca.

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