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  CRFR International Conference 2010
Changing Families in a Changing World
June 16 - 18 • 2010
John MacIntyre Centre • University of Edinburgh • Edinburgh • UK

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Provisional programme (may be subject to change)
Wednesday 16 June
10.00 - 12.00 Conference Registration
12.30 - 1.30 Lunch
1.30 Welcome
1.30 - 2.30 Speaker: Lynn Jamieson
Changing Families and Relationships in a Changing World
2.30 Papers 1
4.30 - 5.00 Tea/coffee
5.00 - 6.30 Papers 2
6.30 - 8.00 Drinks reception
Welcome from Dorothy Meill, Head of College of Humanities
and Social Science
Thursday 17 June
8.30 Tea/coffee
9.00 Keynote presentation

Barrie Thorne
The Current Economic Crisis and Children's Experiences
and Management of Family Shame

Irene Rizzini
Young people and their families managing adversity:
examples from Brazil and International contexts
10.30 Tea/coffee
11.00 Papers 3
1.00 Lunch
2.00 Papers 4
4.00 Tea/coffee
4.30 - 5.30 Keynote presentation

Loretta Baldassar

Transnational Families and the Future of Transnational Care
7.00 Informal dinner
Friday 18 June
9.00 Tea/coffee
9.30 Papers 5
11.00 Tea/coffee
11.30 Keynote presentation

Stevi Jackson

Changing sexualities, changing families: what can we learn
from East-West comparisons?

Anita Chan
Reproducing inequalities and initiating changes: family
and maternal practices of married women in Hong Kong
1.00 Closing remarks
1.15 - 2.15 Lunch