2016 International Symposium on Gender Studies
3 December 2016 – Warsaw, Poland
organised by Interdisciplinary Research Foundation
Keynote speaker: PROF. LIANA SAKELLIOU-SCHULTZ, UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
The conference seeks to explore the past and current status of men and women around the world, to examine the ways in which society is shaped by gender and to situate gender in relation to the full scope of human affairs.
Papers are invited on topics related, but not limited, to:

gender equality
women’s rights and women’s history
gender and education
women and leadership
women’s and men’s health
gender and sexuality
gender and religion
gender and literature

The conference is addressed to academics, researchers and professionals with a particular interest related to the conference topic. We invite proposals from various disciplines including history, sociology, political studies, anthropology, culture studies and literature. The language of the conference is English.
Proposals up to 250 words and a brief biographical note should be sent by 20 September, 2016 to:
Dr Olena Lytovka olena.lytovka@irf-network.org. Download Paper proposal form.
Selected papers will be published in the post-conference volume.
Full registration fee – 70 EUR or 300 PLN
Student registration fee – 50 EUR or 220 PLN
Conference Venue: As-Bud Conference Centre, Al. Jerozolimskie 81, Warsaw