Call for Abstracts Due January 31 at 5:00 pm for:

Philosophical Inquiry into Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Mothering Conference
May 14-16, 2009
University of Oregon

The conference will be primarily philosophical in focus, but we also invite scholarship from fields outside of philosophy including, but not limited to, sociology, psychology, women’s and gender studies, and health care related fields.
Hosted by the University of Oregon and the Pregnancy, Childbirth and Mothering Research Group. Sponsorship provided by the University of Oregon Graduate School, the Center for the Study of Women in Society, the Oregon Humanities Center, the University of Oregon Philosophy Department, and the Graduate Student Philosophy Club.

Keynote Speakers:
Eva Kittay, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Lisa Guenther, Vanderbilt University
Invited Speaker:
Andrea O'Reilly, the Association for Research on Mothering, York University

Call for Abstracts:
Paper abstracts should be approximately 750 words.
Panel abstracts can be up to 1500 words.
They should include a description of both the panel as a whole and the individual papers.
Include a cover sheet with name, institution, department, & contact information.
Document should be submitted in MS Word (.doc file).
Due January 31 at 5pm.
Email submissions or questions to:
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If you are interested in serving as a moderator, contact us with a brief overview of
your interests.

Some suggestions for paper or panel topics include:
Single parenting
Parenting in academia
Unwanted pregnancy
Eugenics
Queer and transgender pregnancy and
parenting
Discipline
Alternative birth methods
Cultural differences in parenting
Sexuality
Definitions of Mothering
Roles of the medical and legal
establishments
Reproductive rights
Pregnant embodiment
Freedom
Intersubjectivity
Related disability issues
Representations of mothers
Nursing
& Other metaphysical, sociopolitical
ethical, and epistemological concerns.

Conference registration is free.
For additional information please link to: http://philosophy.uoregon.edu/events.html