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<p>"Sex in the Cities: Prostitution, White Slaving, and Sexual Minorities in<br>
Eastern and Central Europe"<br>
<br>
The Center for Urban History of East Central Europe in Lviv, Ukraine and the<br>
Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies of the University<br>
of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada announce a conference on social control and<br>
sexuality in the cities of Eastern and Central Europe during the long<br>
nineteenth century with a special focus on the practices and discourses of<br>
the "deviant". The conference is co-sponsored by the Center for Austrian<br>
Studies, University of Minnesota. Possible topics include, but are not <br>
limited to: homosexuality,<br>
prostitution, sex crimes, "crimes of passion", and white slaving.<br>
<br>
The conference will take place on 12 and 13 June 2009 at the Center in Lviv<br>
(www.lvivcenter.<wbr>org). Graduate student participation is encouraged.<br>
Conference languages are English and Ukrainian. Please send a brief (300<br>
word) synopsis of your proposed paper (subject-line "2009 conference") to<br>
the Center for Urban History of East Central Europe under<br>
<a href="mailto:institute%40lvivcenter.org">institute@lvivcente<wbr>r.org</a> by December 1, 2008.<br>
Best regards,<br>
Harald Binder<br>
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