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From:    Saskia Hin &#60;saskia.hin@kuleuven.be&#62;Date:    31.01.2017Subject: CFP: The impact of WWI on marriages, divorces and genderrelations in Europe - Leuven 10/17------------------------------------------------------------------------Saskia Hin (KU Leuven), Sandra Bree (UCL/Paris Sorbonne), Koen Matthijs(KU Leuven) at KU Leuven05.10.2017-06.10.2017, Leuven, KU Leuven, Department of SociologyDeadline: 15.02.2017CALL FOR PAPERSCONFERENCE AND EDITED VOLUME ONThe impact of WWI on marriages, divorces andgender relations in EuropeWith support from: The Great War from Below(http://www.thegreatwarfrombelow.org),the WOG Historical Demography(https://soc.kuleuven.be/ceso/historischedemografie/eng/),and the Sociéte de Démographie Historique(http://www.societededemographiehistorique.fr/)Now that we are approaching the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI, wewould like to invite you to submit an abstract for a paper presentationat KU Leuven on October 5 and 6, 2017.The conference theme will be the impact of The Great War on thelife-courses of "ordinary" citizens who lived through this war. Morespecifically, we will focus on the impact of WWI on marriage, divorces,and gender relations in Europe. As historians, sociologists anddemographers, we seek to join both approaches into an endeavour thatbalances quantitative and qualitative perspectives.We intend to publish the most suited and thematically complimentarypapers as an edited volume with a high profile international publisher,and have already undertaken steps to work towards timely publication.Please have a look athttp://prep.cc.kuleuven.be/soc/ceso/fapos/files/Background%20info_WWIconfbook.pdffor more details about the intended scope of the conference and bookproject before drafting your proposal.We look forward to hearing from you whether this project appeals to you,and whether you would like to submit an abstract for the conferenceand/or the edited volume. If so, we will be happy to receive yourabstract (2-3 pages, with information on data and methods) by February15th. Please send it to all three convenors at: saskia.hin@kuleuven.be,sandra.bree@uclouvain.be and koen.matthijs@kuleuven.be.We are happy to let you know as well that we are able to provide onenight in a hotel, dinner (Thursday) and lunch (Friday) for all acceptedspeakers at the conference. Unfortunately, we are not able to covertravel costs.The conference will start on October 5 (Thursday) in the mid-afternoonand end on October 6 (Friday) before dinner time.We are looking forward to hearing from you.With best wishes,Saskia HinSandra BréeKoen Matthijs------------------------------------------------------------------------Saskia HinFaPOS, KU Leuvensaskia.hin@kuleuven.beHomepage&#60;http://soc.kuleuven.be/ceso/fapos/calendar/the-impact-of-wwi-on-marriages-divorces-and-gender-relations-in-europe-conference-call-for-papers&#62;