The call for papers for the Austerity, Gender and Household Finance conference taking place in June 2015, has been extended until 21 November.
Four thematic streams at the conference will explore the impact of austerity on women and the vulnerable in society: Austerity and Housing (organised by Kent Professor Helen Carr); Austerity and Debt and Credit (organised by Dr Julia Gumy from Bristol and Dr Simone Wong from Kent; Austerity and Parenting (organised by Dr Ruth Cain from Kent); and Austerity and Financialisation: What can we learn from the Global South? (organised by Kent Law School Teaching Assistant Serena Natile).
Full details of each thematic stream are available in the official ‘call for papers‘ document.
The conference, which will be held at the University of Kent on 27/28 June 2015, has been organised as part of the Radical Women: 50 years of Feminism at Kent project. The project aims to celebrate the celebrate the important role that Kent has played (and continues to play) in the development of academic feminism and is one of a number of projects marking the University of Kent’s 50th anniversary.
Submissions to the Austerity, Gender and Household Finance conference are invited from a broad range of disciplines including law, sociology, social policy, economics, psychology and gender studies. Abstracts of 200-300 words should be submitted via email to kentausterityconference@kent.ac.uk by 21 November 2014.
Plenary speakers at the conference will include: Professor Mary Evans (London School of Economics); Professor Suzanne Soederberg (Queen’s, Canada); and Professor Rebecca Tunstall (York).