The Kinship and Family Network is organizing a roundtable and three panels for the 2017 Annual Conference of the German Studies Association (GSA) (Web)

Time: October 5-8, 2017
Venue: Atlanta, Georgia
Proposals by: 20.01.2017

The roundtable explores the central themes of the GSA Family and Kinship Network. Contributors will present short papers before broadening into a discussion that will include the audience members. Contributions could consider (among other things): What constitutes „family“ or „kin“—blood ties, patronage, affection, shared history/narrative? How are the boundaries of family and kinship determined and reinforced, or transgressed? How, and in response to what factors, might these ideas have changed over time? How do understandings and/or depictions of the family reflect or shape larger social issues in periods of historical change (in the early modern period, „around 1800,“ during NS, post-Reunification, to name a few)? How do these changes and historical periods relate to—or differ from—Western/European history more broadly? How might literary, cinematic or artistic depictions of the family relate to the historical or sociological record? Contributions that consider the role of the family in relation to questions about gender, sexuality, immigration, and diversity are warmly welcomed. Read more and source … (Web)