Type:
Call for Papers
Date:
September 30, 2018
Location:
Hungary
Subject Fields:
Childhood and Education, Early Modern History and Period Studies, World History / Studies, Islamic History / Studies, Asian History / Studies
Call for papers deadline 30 September 2018 for the 30-31 May 2019 Stepfamilies in the Early Modern World, 1400-1800 conference in Budapest, Hungary.
The stepfamily in its various forms across Asia, Europe and its colonies, the Ottoman Empire and across world faiths.
Themes:
Counting stepfamiies - historical demography
Children of 1st, 2nd & 3rd marriages or extramarital relations
Step-parents
Half-siblings, stepsiblings
Divorce and widowhood
Household types & stepfamilies
Visual sources
Legal structures
Emotions and the stepfamily
The conference is a precursor to the special issue of a journal (articles subject to peer review)
Gabriella Erdélyi, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
Lyndan Warner, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Canada
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