The conference will address gender issues as they relate to East, South and Southeast Asia, with priority given to theoretically aware approaches. The conference is intended to enable scholars and researchers in a variety of fields to communicate across disciplinary boundaries so as to provide mutual awareness of ideas, issues and data in a more rich and productive way. All topics and theoretical ideas are welcomed.

Postdocs and graduate students are encouraged to submit abstracts (maximum 300 words) to the organizers (Beverley Foulks, foulks@fas.harvard.edu, and Nick Tustin, ntustin@fas.harvard.edu) by February 24th 2006. Notification of acceptance will be made by March 3rd.

Abstracts must include: your name, department, academic institution, contact information, working title, and summary of your paper in a maximum of 300 words.

Presentation time will be 15 minutes.