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Chers collègues,voilà un appel à communications susceptible d'intéresser certains d'entre vous. La date limite d'envoi des propositions est le 26 octobre.Bien cordialement,Anne MontenachCALL FOR PAPERSGENDER IN THE EUROPEAN TOWN: MEDIEVAL TO MODERNUniversity of Southern Denmark, Odense,22-25 May 2013As places which fostered and disseminated key social, economic, political and cultural developments, historically towns have been central to the creation of gendered identities and the transmission of ideas across local, national and transnational boundaries. The Gender in the European Town Network invites proposals for papers of 20 minutes, completed panels (3 papers, chair and commentator) and poster sessions.We encourage papers that address one of the three strands, or proposals that cross the theme boundaries. They should also explore what influence gender has on the shape of towns themselves, as a force for change. We welcome local studies as well as more comparative approaches and encourage historiographical, theoretical and empirical considerations.Keynote SpeakersProfessor Elizabeth Cohen, York University (Toronto), Canada: ‘Women in a "Male City": From Sex Ratios to Social Relations in Rome circa 1600.’Professor Rachel Fuchs, Arizona State University, US: ‘Exploring Citizenship in Creative Ways: Gender, the Family and the Courts in Modern Paris.’Professor Hannu Salmi, University of Turku, Finland: ‘Catastrophe, Emotions and Guilt: The Great Fire of Turku 1827.’Professor Pamela Sharpe, Hobart University, Tasmania, Australia: ‘Gender in Place: Early Modern Economic and Social Perspectives.’Professor (Assoc) Deborah Simonton, University of Southern Denmark: ‘”to merit the countenance of the Magistrates”: Gender and civic identity in eighteenth-century Aberdeen’&#160;Political culture and Civic IdentityWe want to discuss how civic identity and citizenship were negotiated and used in the urban space and how these were established and institutionalized. Proposals could include:Gendered civic identity in different time periodsGender and different sites of political actionsRelations between local civic identity and national political developmentPolitical culture and political actionsReligion as politics·       Intersectional discussions of how changing social conditions interacted with gender and citizenshipSpace Place Environment: Rethinking SpaceThe role of gender in shaping, and being shaped by, space and place, particularly in the urban environment, provides historians and cultural geographers with the opportunity to look afresh at the changing nature of the town and its inhabitants over time. Proposals could include:Historiography of spatial studiesGendered urban environment in historical processMeanings of spaceUrban places as gendered meaning makers·       New directions in the study gendered urban space Stretching the urban economyThis strand will explore the influence of gender on the economic shape of towns and the ways men and women articulated their relationship to the urban economy. We encourage papers that stretch the traditional idea of economy by exploring different types of markets and nexus. Proposals could include:Workplace organisation / relationshipsConsumption and production interfacesNetworks (urban rural links, family business, etc.)Cosmopolitanism in economic systemsInfluence of econo-political debatesGendered illicit economy Master Classes: PhD-students participating in the conference will also have the opportunity to take part in a special master class with one of the keynote-speakers on the opening day of the conference. Note: some postgraduate bursaries are available.Proposals of 200 words for papers or sessions should be submitted to geneton@sdu.dk by 26 October 2012. Poster and Master Class deadline, 1 December 2012.For further information and submission details see: www.sdu.dk/geneton.