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Call for papers: Organisers of the Tenth Australasian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, to be held in Wellington from 14 to 16 February 2006, are inviting abstracts for papers to be presented in concurrent streams at the conference. The deadline for the receipt of abstracts is 12 July 2005. To submit an abstract, go to www.nzfvc.org.nz/accan.
The conference organiser, the Australasian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect (ACCAN), aims to provide a forum for the exchange and discussion of ideas and strategies concerning the prevention, and interventions for the treatment, of child abuse and neglect.
The conference will bring together practitioners, policy makers, researchers and community groups to exchange information and share knowledge. This exchange has the potential to influence current practice and policy making, thereby improving outcomes for children and young people (aged 0–18 years) who suffer from, or are at risk of suffering from, abuse and neglect.
The conference Registration Brochure and Programme will be available in early September.
For more information, contact Avenues Event Management by email accan@avenues.co.nz or phone 04 473 8044.
Summer School: The Third Annual Discourse Theory Summer School will be held at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, between 21 November and 9 December 2005. This summer school will provide an advanced learning forum for researchers in the public and private sectors, and practitioners, as well as academic staff and postgraduates interested in the theory and practice of discourse. The school will draw upon phenomenology, post-analytic philosophy, post-structuralism, and psychoanalysis.
The three one-week courses are independent of each other, so you are invited to enrol in any combination: Week 1 Introduction to Discourse Theory (21–25 Nov), Dr Alejandro Groppo, Universidad Nacional de Villa Maria & Universidad Católica, de Cordoba, Argentina. Week 2 Psychoanalysis & Discourse Theory (28 Nov–2 Dec), Dr Yannis Stavrakakis, Essex University, England. Week 3 Critical Theory & Discourse Theory (5–9 Dec), Dr Mark Devenney, Brighton University, England.
For more details, including course outlines, cost and online enrolment, go to: www.vuw.ac.nz/conted/discoursetheory or contact: Peter Kitchenman, Convenor, 00 64 4 463 9488 or peter.kitchenman@vuw.ac.nz.
