• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Click here for more information: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Click here for more information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call for Papers Exploring Childhood Studies, A Graduate Student Conference Department of Childhood Studies Graduate Student Organization at Rutgers University, Camden, to be held April 9, 2010 on the Rutgers University, Camden, NJ campus We invite proposals from all disciplines, including education, literature, economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, law, political science, history, criminology, philosophy, medicine, religion, film studies, and cultural studies as well as multi-disciplinary scholarly work. The range of possible topics includes: war, health, rights, gender, poverty, wealth, policy, ethics, popular culture, globalization, school, family, home, sexuality, community, social constructions, theorizations and representations of children and childhood in all modes of fiction. Please send a 250-word abstract plus cover letter together with your name, current level of graduate study, affiliated university, and email address By October 31st, 2009 to m_modica@vfcc.edu . Include the words "conference abstract" in subject line and include name on the cover letter only. Contact Patrick Cox at ptcox@camden.rutgers.edu or Anandini Dar at anandini@camden.rutgers.edu if you have questions about the conference or visit http://crab.rutgers.edu/~bowman/conference/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call for Papers Children and War: Past and Present International multidisciplinary conference to be held at the University of Salzburg, Austria September 30th–October 2nd, 2010 Organized by the University of Salzburg and The University of Wolverhampton (UK) All proposals which focus on any topic and theme on ‘Children and War’ are welcome, ranging from the experience of war, flight, displacement and resettlement, relief and rehabilitation work, gender issues, persecution, trafficking, abuse and prostitution, trauma and amnesia, the trans–generational impact of persecution, individual and collective memory, educational issues, films and documentaries, artistic and literary approaches, to remembrance and memorials, and questions of theory and methodology. Specific conference themes anticipated are: – Children as witnesses and victims of war and conflicts – Holocaust, genocides and forced labor – Child soldiers, partisans and resistance fighters – Army mascots – Deportations and displacements, refugees and asylum seekers – War crimes, trials and human rights Please send an abstract of 200–250 words together with biographical background information of 50–100 words by 31 December 31st,2009 to J.D.Steinert@wlv.ac.uk All proposals are subject to a review process. Conference language: English. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special Issue of Anthropology News on Childhood!

  Anthropology News In Focus Archive, 49(4) This AN issue features two In Focus commentary series on Children and Childhood. "Transforming the Anthropology of Childhood" examines new ways of thinking about childhood and children's roles and experiences that move beyond the traditional limits of our discipline, and between subdisciplines...

• September 7th - 10th 2009

Children and the Law
International approaches to children and their vulnerabilities
Prato, Tuscany
More Information
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