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International seminar

"Social Work History in XX century Russia"

Saratov, Russia, 18-19 March 2005

Network for Historical Studies of Gender and Social Work, University
of Siegen, Germany, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, Center
for Social Policy and Gender Studies in Saratov, Russia invite
proposals for papers for the interdisciplinary International Seminar
on "Social Work History in XX century Russia" to be held at the
Saratov State Technical University in Saratov, Russia on 5-6 March
2005.

The event will be jointly hosted by the Social Work in Eastern Europe
Project (SWEEP) of the Network for Historical Studies of Gender and
Social Work supported by Volkswagen Foundation, Journal for Social
Policy Studies, Center for Social Policy and Gender Studies and
Saratov State Technical University.

Proposals topics relating to all and interdisciplinary aspects of
scholarship in the history of social work in Russia XX century will
be welcome.  The seminar languages will be Russian and English.

The  topics are presented but not limited by the list below:

"       Construction of social work history
"       Methods of social historical studies of social work: archival
studies and personal narratives
"       Public and private in social history of welfare state, local
and micro histories of social help
"       Changes in ideology of social policy and public structures of
welfare state in Russia through the XX century
"       The activities of non-government organizations in Russian
history (Red Cross, Rockefeller fnd, etc.)
"       Social networks, community help and self-help practices in XX
century Russia
"       Changing theories, social work education and training
priorities, target groups and methods of social work
"       Gendered history of social work
"       Symbols and meaning of social work (social care, social
upbringing) in Soviet history
"       Professional structures and identities of social work
"       Hidden histories of social work, social work under
totalitarian regimes

The papers accepted for the conference will be published in a
proceedings book, which will appear by the start of the  seminar.
The best papers will be distinguished with a prize.

Submission of Proposals: 1) Name, 2) Current Institutional
Affiliation, 3) Title/Position, 4) E-mail address, 5) Postal address,
6) Telephone number, 7) Fax no., 8) Title of paper, 9) Abstract of
paper (200-300-word summary), 10) Full paper (5 000 words), 11) Any
audio-visual equipment required (specify: overhead projector, slide
projector, video player, multi-media projector)

Deadline: 31 December 2004

Conference-Related Correspondence should be addressed to:

Elena Iarskaia-Smirnova and Pavel Romanov
Department of Social Anthropology and Social Work
Saratov State Technical University
Polytechnicheskaia 77
Saratov 410054 Russia
Tel. +7 8452 526638
Fax + 7 8452 506837
E-mail: socwork@online.ru

Note:

The Seminar organizers DO NOT have funds to support the costs of
conference participation.  Participants should obtain their own
funding.

-- 
Martin Wählisch
mailto:martin.waehlisch@gmx.de