Marriage and Family:
Complexities and Perspectives
April 7-8, 2006
423 ILR Conference Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Overview
The changes in contemporary family life in the past 30 years have been revolutionary. Rates of divorce, cohabitation, and out-of-wedlock births have dramatically increased, and the family has evolved and changed in countless other ways as well. This conference includes multidisciplinary perspectives on marriage and family. The conference begins with a theoretical overview of marriage from
anthropological, biological, economic, feminist, historical, and sociological
perspectives. The subsequent sessions include empirical work on topics that play a central role in current debates about marriage and the family. These include the process of mate selection, why people marry, the consequences of different family structures, the design and impact of marriage education programs, and the impact of domestic violence on marriage. The conference concludes with a session consisting of several family scholars speculating on the future of marriage.
Agenda and Abstracts
Agenda in pdf format
Abstracts in pdf format
Papers
Papers on password protected site (no longer available)
Registration
Registration is by invitation. If you are interested in attending, contact socialsciences@cornell.edu.
Accommodations and Travel
Speakers and Discussants are staying at the Holiday Inn, 222 South Cayuga Street, Ithaca, NY.
The Conference is being held in Room 423 ILR Conference Center. See map.
Hotel Directions (To and from Ithaca Airport and Syracuse Airport)
Directions to Institute for the Social Sciences
Visitor Parking Information
Maps (Including Cornell Campus Map, Parking Map and Ithaca Map
For More Information
Contact socialsciences@cornell.edu
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Cornell University
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