Call for Papers: Perceptions of Pregnancy: From the Medieval to the Modern
Organised by School of Humanities, University of Hertfordshire,
United Kingdom 16 - 18 July 2014
This three day conference aims to bring together scholars
working across a range of disciplines, time periods and global perspectives to
examine perceptions of pregnancy throughout history.
We welcome papers considering a range of issues,
including, but not limited to,
-- Pregnancy, including the pregnant body and the
experience of pregnancy,
-- Unlawful pregnancy, including rape, incest and sexual
abuse,
-- Fertility and infertility, including IVF, miscarriage
and still-birth,
-- Abortion and contraception, including pro-life and
pro-choice debate,
-- Parenthood, single parenthood, and infanticide.
Potential themes for discussion are:
-- Magic, ritual and religion,
-- Technology and medicine,
-- Gender, including male involvement and experiences,
-- Government policy and politics,
-- Work life, domesticity and childcare.
300-word proposals for twenty-minute papers should be
sent to the conference organisers by 1 February 2014. We welcome postgraduate
papers.
Informal enquiries can be directed to Dr Jennifer Evans
(j.evans5@herts.ac.uk)
and Dr Ciara Meehan (c.meehan2@herts.ac.uk<mailto:c.meehan2@herts.ac.uk>).