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PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Date of the Conference
12-14 August 2005, Turku, Finland
Conference venue
University of Turku (http://www.utu.fi/english/)
and Åbo Akademi University (http://www.abo.fi/aa/engelska/)
Conference Languages
Conference languages include English and the Nordic languages.
General information
The Nordic Women's and Gender History Conference (Det Nordiska Kvinnohistorikermötet)
is organized in one of the five Nordic Countries every third year. In 2005,
the eighth conference will take place in Turku. Participants have been asked
to comment on the main theme "Gender and knowledge" from different
theoretical, methodological and empirical points of view.
Different types of presentations
The conference program consists of main sessions, keynote lectures and individual
papers grouped as theme sessions and round table discussions. It is also possible
to organize poster sessions.
Individual papers
Individual papers, commenting on the main theme, should be sent to the organizers
by the 15th of June. More information about the sessions and deadlines, is available
here.
Roundtables
Roundtable discussions are meetings with several (4 or more) short papers or
presentations discussing new perspectives and introducing new projects. Prostitution,
war memories and women's movements will be discussed. More detailed information
is available here. Please also note that a continuation of the seminar is being
planned after the meeting in Åbo (in Swedish)
Posters
The conference committee would like to encourage individual participants or
research groups to publish posters (size approx. A1 or A0) on their research
projects.If you would like to present a poster, please contact: www.qhist2005@utu.fi
Registration, conference fee, and accommodation,
see instructions
Additional social program
Chamber music by female composers, 15 €
On Friday 12 August at 21.30 the conference participants are given a unique
opportunity to hear some rarely heard women's voices. During the conference
the Turku Music Festival is organizing a concert with chamber music by female
composers. Distinguished musicians - the Swedish violinist Cecilia Zilliacus,
who in 1997 was awarded with Solistpriset, the pianist Eveliina Kytömäki
and cellists Erkki Lahesmaa and Martti Rousi - will perform music by Kaija Saariaho,
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847) and Clara Schumann (1819-1896). Ticket
reservations can be made in connection to the final registration and the tickets
can be paid together with the conference fee. Concerts tickets are sold at a
special rate to conference participants. Social
program.
After the concluding words on Sunday the 14th August, the social program of the conference continues with an excursion to Naantali, an idyllic seaside town close to Turku. Please note that this tour is not included in the conference fee. The excursion costs 25 € (including bus services from the conference venue, guided tours in Naantali and finally a buffet dinner). The excursion has been planned by taking into consideration the timetable of the ferries to Sweden and the bus will stop at the Silja Line and Viking Line termini on it's way back to Turku. The number of places available for the excursion is limited to 50. Places will be reserved on a "first-come, first-served" basis. Reservations can be made in connection to the final registration and also the fee can be paid together with the registration fee. More information about the excursion will soon be available on the www-page Social program.
How to Reach Turku
There are good flight connections to Turku via Helsinki, Stockholm and Copenhagen.
Participants may also take a ferry from Stockholm to Turku at a very reasonable
price. Participants arriving from the Baltic States may take a ferry from Tallinn
to Helsinki and continue their journey to Turku by train or coach. For more
information, please check the Links
page.