The Women’s History Association of Ireland University of
invites proposals for the 2012 annual conference 26-27 April 2013 that will address the themes of migration, diaspora and foreign relations. The conference will also have a dedicated postgraduate panel. Covering the period from the early modern to modern periods, several overarching themes are planned including the following:
- Internal migrations
- Seasonal migration
- Migration as exile/punishment
- Social impact of migration on women
- Impact of migration on sending communities
- Impact on receiving communities
- ‘Communities’ of Irish women overseas
- Transnational cultural encounters
- Political power of the migrant Irish woman
- Recording the e/immigrant voice War and female migration/resettlement
- Advocacy/campaigning groups of Irish women abroad
- Immigration and foreign relations
Paper proposals should be 500 words and be sent by 24th March to Dr. Bernadette Whelan (bernadette.whelan{AT}ul.ie) Department of History, University of Limerick, Ireland.