Cambridge Interdisciplinary Reproduction Forum (CIRF) 2010-11

Conveners
Zeynep Gürtin-Broadbent
(Centre for Family Research)

CIRF Committee
John Appleby
(Centre for Family Research)
Salim Al-Gailan
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(History and Philosophy of Science)
Irenee Daly (Centre for Family Research)
Charlotte Faircloth (Social Anthropology)
Josie Gill (English)
Susanna Graham (Centre for Family Research)
Sarah Kelly (History)
Jesse Olszynko-Gryn (History and Philosophy of Science)
Sian Pooley (History)
Natasha Theodosiou (Clinical Medine) 

Forum Advisors
Susan Golombok
(Centre for Family Research)
Nick Hopwood
(History and Philosophy of Science)
Martin Richards (Centre for Family Research)
Marilyn Strathern (Social Anthropology)

PROGRAMME 2010-11

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Easter Term 2011

A History of Pregnancy Testing in Britain, 1920 to 1970
Monday, 9 May 2011
Jesse Olszynko-Gryn (History and Philosophy of Science)
Social Science Fiction of the Gene: Towards an Ethics of Non-autonomous Life
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
Prof Stuart Murray (Ryerson University and University of Toronto) NB: Venue, Centre Family Research at 12.30
Cambridge Interdisciplinary Reproduction Forum (CIRF)
Monday, 6 Jun 2011
End of year Committee Meeting

Lent Term 2011

Women's Experiences of the Maternity Services in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, c. 1970-1990
Monday, 31 Jan 2011
Dr Angela Davis (Centre for the History of Medicine, The University of Warwick) -Evening seminar.
Oops, I forgot to have a baby!
Thursday, 10 Feb 2011
NB: Venue, Addenbrooke's Clinical School, Lecture Theatre 2 at 6.00pm
Single Mothers by Choice - Their Ethical Moment
Monday, 14 Feb 2011
Susanna Graham (Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge)
Many Women, Many Words': Sources for the History of Early Modern Reproduction
Monday, 28 Feb 2011
Dr Laura Gowing (History, King’s College, London). - Evening seminar.
In the Shadow of the Clone: Race in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go
Monday, 14 Mar 2011
Josie Gill (English, University of Cambridge)

Michaelmas Term 2010

Anglo-Jewish Women and Obstetrics, 1730-1780
Monday, 18 Oct 2010
Sarah Kelly (History, University of Cambridge)
Reproduction and Normality. Biopolitics of Control and Reproductive Agency in the Case of Thalassaemia
Monday, 25 Oct 2010
Dr Aglaia Chatjouli (INNOVIA Foundation, Athens, Greece), Discussant: Prof Sarah Franklin (BIOS, LSE) Venue: Centre for Family Research
A Life (Un)Worthy of Living: Reproductive Genetics in Israel and Germany
Monday, 1 Nov 2010
Dr Yael Hashiloni-Dolev (Sociology, School of Government and Society, The Academic College of Tel-Aviv-Yaffo, Israel) Discussant: Prof Marcia Inhorn (Anthropology, Yale University)
Interdisciplinary Workshop on Reproduction 6
Friday, 12 Nov 2010
Advance Online Registration required.
Secrecy vs. Disclosure: A Brief UK History of the Ethics of Conceiving Children Using Donor Insemination
Monday, 15 Nov 2010
John Appleby (Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge)
An Investigation of Women’s Experiences of an IVF Egg Sharing Scheme for Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Research.
Monday, 29 Nov 2010
Professor Erica Haimes (Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences (PEALS) Research Centre, Newcastle) Discussant: Zeynep Gürtin-Broadbent (CFR, University of Cambridge)
“Reproductive Tourism”: Travelling for Conception and the Global ART Market
Friday, 3 Dec 2010 to Sunday, 5 Dec 2010
International Workshop