The call for papers for the Austerity, Gender and Household Finance conference taking place in June 2015, has been extended until 21 November.<\/p>\n
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).<\/p>\n
Full details of each thematic stream are available in the official ‘call for papers<\/a>‘ document.<\/p>\n 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<\/em><\/a> 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.<\/p>\n Submissions to the Austerity,\u00a0Gender 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<\/a> by 21 November 2014<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Plenary speakers at the conference will include: Professor Mary Evans (London School of Economics); Professor Suzanne Soederberg (Queen\u2019s, Canada); and Professor Rebecca Tunstall (York).<\/p>\n