THE THIRD CARLETON CONFERENCE

on the

HISTORY OF THE FAMILY

Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada: May 15-17, 1997

The Carleton Conferences bring together scholars from a range of disciplines for three days of papers on the history of the family. The program for 1997 comprises some 200 individual papers in 63 panels, as well as three plenary lectures. The plenary speakers are:

• Olwen Hufton (European University Institute, Florence, Italy)
• Karen Dubinsky (Queen's University, Canada)
• Roy Porter (Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London, U.K.)

• The banquet talk will be given by John Gillis (Rutgers University, U.S.A.)

Other participants in the conference, who include many of the leading scholars in their fields, will come from across Canada, the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Australasia. Panels cover a broad range of themes including gender (highlighted at this conference), sexuality, law, religion, culture, and politics. Geographical coverage includes North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Australia, and papers traverse history from the classical period to modern times.

The conference begins at 9 a.m. Thursday, May 15, and ends at 4:30 p.m., Saturday, May 17. There will be a welcome reception and buffet dinner on the evening of Wednesday, May 14. Accommodation will be available in residences on the campus of Carleton University. The banquet will be held on the evening on May 16, and a publishers' display will be held throughout the meeting.

For a registration package or more information, please contact Professor

Roderick Phillips
Editor, Journal of Family History/
Professor, Department of History

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