SOCIAL SCIENCE HISTORY ASSOCIATION, WOMEN/GENDER NETWORK
Proposals are invited for the Women/Gender Network of the Social Science History Association Meeting, Chicago, 2004. The theme of the conference is "Markets as Sites of Interdisciplinary History. At the Women/Gender Network meeting in Baltimore in November, 2003, a number of interesting suggestions were put forward for sessions or individual papers relating to this overall theme.

Some of the topics suggested and discussed were:

• Women's participation in labor markets and/or educational markets Markets in free and unfree labor, slave markets The market in pharmaceuticals Black market activity and gender The commercialization of caring, especially, global markets in caregivers
• The commercialization of intimate life
• Women/gender in literal markets: financial districts, city squares, shopping malls.
• The gendered effects of "free market" politics and ideologies

Papers and whole sessions on these and related topics can be co-sponsored with other networks. If in doubt about where your proposal fits, contact us and we can discuss sending your proposal to another network, if appropriate.

The SSHA has a strong interdisciplinary tradition. As in the past, the SSHA program seeks sessions with representatives of more than one discipline and institution. It also welcomes panels dealing with different places and times.

Please note that all proposals for sessions or individual papers will be handled electronically by the Network Chairs.

Names and e mail addresses of the GENDER/WOMEN NETWORK CHAIRS are:

Ruth Crocker (U.S. History/theory)crockrc@auburn.edu

Michelle Mouton (German and European History) Mouton@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu

The deadline for receipt of individual papers is February 2, 2004 and for complete sessions, February 16, 2004.

You are encouraged to discuss your idea for a panel or session with the Network chairs before submitting electronically. Notice of acceptance or rejection of proposals will be sent out by April 30, 2004. Also, we remind everyone that participants in the SSHA conference must be members of SSHA and will be required to pre-register for the conference.