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8.45-9.15
registration and coffee
9.15-10.15
OPENING PLENARY
Mary Eagleton
Re-reading the Seventies: Re-reading Women's Silence
chair: Helen Graham
10.25-11.55
PARALLEL SESSIONS ONE
SESSION A SESSION B SESSION C SESSION D WORKSHOP
10.30-11.30

Mary Joannou
Revisiting the Best-Selling Confessional Novels of the 1970s

"I hope to circulate extracts from some of the above novels for discussion and that other women will wish to talk about the fiction which influenced them, perhaps bringing their own books or extracts."

11.55-12.10
coffee
12.10-1.10
PARALLEL SESSIONS TWO
SESSION A SESSION B SESSION C SESSION D WORKSHOP

Laura Potts, Jane Watts, Dena Attar
Reviving and Revisiting Consciousness-Raising as Feminist Practice

"The final part of the session will invite discussion from the other participants, to consider the potential usefulness of CR to current feminist practices."

1.10-2.00
lunch
2.10-3.00
3.00-3.15
tea
3.15-4.45
  PARALLEL SESSIONS THREE
SESSION A SESSION B SESSION C SESSION D WORKSHOP

Women's Reproductive Rights Campaign Wrinklies
The unravelling of a `woman's right to choose': Reproductive health politics from abortion to genetics

"Women from York were particularly active in setting up the ... Women's Reproductive Rights Campaign. This workshop will hear from ... those women ... and explore with workshop participants the complexities of the issues arising in reproductive health rights through to current dilemmas facing women around assisted conception and genetics"

4.55-5.55

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