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Domestic Service and Mobility: Labour, Livelihoods and Lifestyles


'Domestic Service and Mobility: Labour, Livelihoods and Lifestyles'
(CLARA, IIAS, and ISIM)
5-7 February 2001
at the International Institute of Social History Cruquiusweg 31 1019 AT Amsterdam

Monday, 5 February 2001
09.30 - 10.00 Morning Coffee / Tea
10.00 - 10.45 Ratna Saptari and Annelies Moors Welcome + Introduction : Rethinking Debates on Domestic Service and Mobility
10.45 - 11.15 Helma Lutz: At Your Service Madam! Migrant Women As Domestic Workers In Europe
11.15 - 11.35 Discussant
11.35 - 11.45 Coffee Break
11.45 - 12.30 Plenary
12.30 - 13.30 LUNCH (IISH)
13.30 - 14.00 Rafaella Sarti Domestic Service: Gender, Rights and Mobility. The Italian Case in Comparative Perspective
14.00 - 14.30 Hilde Bras: Geographical and Social Mobility of Dutch Domestic Servants, 1850-1940
14.30 - 14.50 Discussant
14.50 - 15.20 Plenary
15.20 - 15.30 Tea
15.30 - 16.00 Eyal Ginio: Living on the Borderline Between Slavery and Freedom: Female Domestic Servants in the Ottoman State
16.00 - 16.30 Barbara Petzen. Governesses in the Ottoman Empire and Egypt in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
16.30 - 16.50 Discussant
16.50 - 17.50 Plenary
 
Tuesday, 6 February 2001
09.30 - 10.00 Gul Ozyegin: Untidy Gender: Maids, Madams and Husbands of Domestic Service in Turkey
10.00 - 10.30 Ray Jureidini and Nayla Moukarbel. Contract Slavery: The Case of Female Sri Lankan Domestic Labour in Lebanon
10.30 - 11.00 Rima Sabban: Foreign Female Domestic Workers in UAE
11.00 - 11.10 COFFEE BREAK
11.10 - 11.40 Discussant
11.40 - 12.40 Plenary
12.40 - 13.45 LUNCH
13.45 - 14.15 Blandine Destremau: Domestic Workers in Yemen
14.15 - 14.45 Reena Tandon: Between Work and Home: The Limits of Rationalized Labor, A Study of Migrant Tribal Women Domestic Workers in New Delhi, India
14.45 - 15.15 Prema Rajagopalan: Domestic Service in India: Culture of Poverty for Women
15.15 - 15.45 Discussant
15.45 - 16.00 Coffee Break
16.00 - 17.00 Plenary
 
Wednesday, 7 February 2001
09.30 - 10.30 Rohana Arifin: Domestic Work and Servitude in Malaysia
10.30 - 11.00 Shang-Luan Yan. Modern Slaves: Foreign Maids in Taiwan
11.00 - 11.30 Ratna Saptari: The Politics of Domestic Service in Indonesia: Regulating the Unprotected Worker
11.30 - 12.00 Discussant
12.00 - 13.00 LUNCH (IISH)
13.00 - 14.00 Plenary
12.00 - 13.30 LUNCH
14.00 - 14.30 Ahmad Saleem: Domestic Workers in Pakistan
14.30 - 15.00 Binaifer Unwalla: Behind Closed Doors : Children in Domestic Work
15.00 - 15.20 Discussant
15.20 - 16.00 Plenary
16.00 - 16.30 Ratna Saptari and Annelies Moors: Summary and Conclusion

Contact Persons: Dr. Ratna Saptari, Prof. Annelies Moors
International Institute of Social History Cruquiusweg 31 1019 AT Amsterdam
tel. +31-20-66.858.66 fax. +31-30-66.541.81

 

Download the Program as word document: domestic.pdf

 

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