Second International Conference of the Trans-Atlantic Research Group In association with

THE ECHERUO CENTRE FOR PUBLIC POLICY
17 Otamiri Street
Owerri, Imo State
Nigeria

GENDERING TRANSFORMATIONS: GENDER, GLOBALIZATION, AND STATE TRANSFORMATION IN AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA

VENUE: Alvan Ikoku College of Education, Owerri, Nigeria
DATE: July 28-30, 2006

The Second TARG conference aims to bring together scholars and policy makers interested in exploring historical, policy, and development phenomena and their intersection with gender using the methods of the social sciences. Individual papers or panels are invited from academics, independent scholars, and postgraduate students. We encourage submissions on a wide range of themes relating gender to globalization, democratization, and state transformation in Africa and the African diaspora. Papers should have some historical context and content. Proposals are welcome but not limited to the following areas:

Gender and Social Transformation
Transformation of Gender Roles
Gender and Language in Africa
Gender & Economic Transformation
Gender, Crime, Law, and Justice
Gender, War and Peace-making
Trans-Atlantic Encounters & Transformation
Migration\Displacement Experience
Children and Migration Experience
Globalization of Poverty
Trans-Atlantic Relations
Policy Implications of Gender and Globalization

All interested persons and groups are welcome. Those who wish to make presentations at the conference should submit 300-word long abstracts of their presentations. Please send abstracts by January 30, 2006 by email to the conference coordinators:

Dr. Chima J. Korieh, Department of History, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028, USA. Korieh@rowan.edu Fax: 856 2564791

Dr. Femi Kolapo, History Department, University of Guelph, Guelph, On. Canada, N1G 2W1. kolapof@uoguelph.ca