Announcement: 7th IASSCS

[Posted by Dede Oetomo on ap-rainbow Yahoo! Group, 06 September 2008]

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
VII IASSCS CONFERENCE
"Contested Innocence – Sexual Agency in Public and Private Space"
April 16-18, 2009, Hanoi, Viet Nam

We are very pleased to remind you of the seventh biennial meeting of the International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society (IASSCS), entitled "Contested Innocence – Sexual Agency in Public and Private Space." This conference is co-hosted by the Institute for Social Development Studies, and the Consultation of Investment in Health Promotion, and co-sponsored by the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations.

The main themes of the conference sessions include, but are not limited to:

• Innocence and scandal: Sexuality and the mass media
  
• Cyberspace and virtual sexual reality
  
• Deconstructing sexuality: Public image and private reality
  
• Diverse sexualities in a globalize world
  
• Social movements and gender/sexual inequality
  
• Sexuality across generations: Adolescence to old age
  
• Religion and sexuality
  
• Socio-political mapping of desires and identities
  
• Sexual stigma, sexual norms and the regulation of sexuality
  
• Sexual health, public policy and advocacy
  
• Sexual-economic exchange
  
• Family planning, reproductive health, and HIV/AIDS

Updates of the conference will be provided regularly on the 2009 conference site.

If you have any question you can contact us.

More information about IASSCS can be found here.

We look forward to the participation of individuals from community-based organizations, policy agencies, and academic institutions.

Sincerely,

2009 IASSCS Conference Committee