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The Sixth International Conference on Dowry, Bride-Burning and Son-Preference
3-6 January 2003, New Delhi, India
Recent research on dowry-related deaths shows an alarming rate of increase. Many women are being harassed, maimed and killed despite active campaigns and legal reforms. This has led to a sense of urgency amongst both academics and activists. As a result an ongoing series of conferences on dowry and dowry-related violence has been organized by the International Society against Dowry and Bride Burning in India (ISADABBI) in collaboration with the Universities of Harvard and London (School of Oriental and African Studies, SOAS). All these conferences have proceeded on two fronts: as a venue for academic papers and discussion, and as a basis from which to formulate programs for practical action.
The First International Conference (Harvard Law School, October 1995) established the primary contexts for dowry-related violence and drafted a six-point program for action. The issues and implications of this first conference were further explored at the second (Harvard, 1996), third (SOAS, 1997), fourth (Harvard, 1998) and fifth (Delhi, 1999) conferences.
The Sixth International Conference on Dowry, Bride-Burning and Son-Preference, originally planned for January 2002, has now been rescheduled for 3-6 January 2003. As the title indicates, the conference is extending its brief to include the related topic of son-preference, thus recognising a key issue in the broader context of violence against women.
Call for Papers
Papers are invited on any of the following approaches:
a.. Historical studies; b.. Textual analysis; c.. Legal issues; d.. Ethnographies; e.. Theoretical perspectives; f.. Practical proposals.
Possible topics include:
a.. Patrilinear inheritance traditions; b.. Domestic violence; c.. Legal issues; d.. Son-preference; e.. Gender identity; f.. Family structures; g.. Dowry in the diaspora context; h.. Cross-cultural comparisons.
Abstracts
Please send 100-300 word abstracts (electronic copy) to Dr. S. Hawthorne at the address below or by email (sh79@soas.ac.uk). Please indicate whether you would like your paper to be considered for either the academic or activist forum.
Deadline: 2 September 2002.
For further information contact:
Conference Organisers,
GRR Department of the Study of Religions
SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square
London WC1H 0XG
