Canadian Committee on Women’s History/Comité canadien d’histoire des femmes (CCWH-CCHF) (Web)
Venue: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby
Time: 12-15 August, 2010

The conference program crosses national boundaries, with sessions on women’s and gender history in Canada, the United States, Japan and Great Britain. Themes are wide-ranging, including social policy, art history, literature,activism, the law, pedagogy, health, religion and sexuality, and participants include academics, scholars, teachers, public historians, visual artists and community activists.
Please join us for the conference and for a series of special events, including:

• Keynote: Adele Perry, University of Manitoba. „Terms of Reference and Endearment; the Global, the Local and the Writing of Gender and Women’s History.“
• Plenary sessions: Celebrating the work of influential feminist historians Jean Barman, Andrée Lévesque, and Veronica Strong-Boag
• Panel: „Absence, Silence, Action and Voice in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.“ Panel and presentation featuring the work of artist/activist Pamela Masik, and including residents and activists from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
• Play: „Ribbon,“ written and performed by Patricia Darbasie. This play tells the story of Alberta’s turn-of-the-century black history through the lives and stories of two women. Free to conference participants.

For further information on the program, on-line registration, and Vancouver accommodation, see our website at: http://www.chashcacommittees-comitesa.ca/ccwh-cchf

Contact
Lara Campbell
Assistant Professor
Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive
Burnaby BC V5A 1S6
lcampbel@sfu.ca
Source: H-WOMEN@H-NET.MSU.EDU