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The Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (MIRCI) is the newly launched feminist scholarly and activist organization on mothering-motherhood, developed from the former Association for Research on Mothering at York University (1998-2010). The initiative houses the Journal of the Motherhood Initiative (formerly The Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering), Mother Outlaws, The International Mothers and Mothering Network (formerly IMN), Young Mothers and Empowerment Forum, The Motherhood Studies Forum and is partnered with Demeter Press.

The founder and director of the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement is Andrea O'Reilly, aoreilly@yorku.ca and the co-ordinator is Tracey Carlyle, info@motherhoodinitiative.org.

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What's New at MIRCI

Demeter Press

Mothering and Literacies

Incarcerated Mothers

South Asian Mothering

What Do Mothers Need?

Stepmothering

Rupture

Mothers, Daughters and Untamed Dragons

My Mother Did Not Tell Stories

Adoption and Mothering

Noble Orphan

Moms Gone Mad

Mothering and Hip Hip Culture

Academic Motherhood

Mother-Talk

Anthropology of Mothering

Maze of Motherhood

Maternal Pedagogies

Latina/Chicana Mothering

21st Century Motherhood Movement

The M Word

Giving Breast Milk

Mothering Canada

Maternal Thinking

Mothering and Blogging

Daughters of Empire

Mother Knows Best

Captive Bodies

Mothering in the Third Wave

White Ink

Rocking the Cradle

Until Our Hearts

Maternal Theory

Mother Matters

2013 Join/Subscribe to MIRCI/JMI

WHAT'S NEW:

Demeter Press
June Gala Book Launch


Date: Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Time: 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: Pantages Hotel, 3rd Floor, Toronto, ON

Click here for the flyer!

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June 24 - 27
Mega MIRCI Conference
Toronto, ON
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Click here to Register Online
Click here for the schedule

Communicating Motherhood / Mothers Communicating "High Culture" to Pop Culture to New Social Media
June 24 - 27, 2013, Toronto, ON, Canada
Click here for the CFP

Supporting and Empowering Mothers in the Academe: Strategies for Institutional
Change and Individual Agency

June 24 - 27, 2013, Toronto, Canada
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Mothers and Work; Mothering as Work:
Policy, Ideology, Experience, and Representation

June 24 - 27, 2013, Toronto, Canada
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Still Accepting Abstracts


Moms Rising - Mom Dance

Click here to visit MomDance


Announcing the publication of

Incarcerated Mothers
Incarcerated Mothers
edited by Gordana Eljdupovic
and Rebecca Jaremko Bromwich

South Asian Mothering
South Asian Mothering: Negotiating Culture, Family and Selfhood edited by Jasjit K. Sangha and Tahira Gonsalves

What Do Mothers Need?
What do Mothers Need?
Motherhood Activists and Scholars Speak out on Maternal Empowerment for the 21st Century

Stepmothering

Stepmothering: A Spiritual Journey


NEW DEMETER PRESS CFPS

“This is What a Feminist Slut Looks Like”: Perspectives on the Slutwalk Movement
Deadline for Abstracts: April 15, 2013

Mothers Under Fire: Mothering in Conflict Areas
Deadline for Abstracts: July 31, 2013


JARM Back Issues (Volumes 1 to 8) are now available free online.


Journal of the
Motherhood Initiative Issues:

JMIV3No2

Journal of the Motherhood Initiative Issue 3.2 -
Motherhood Activism, Advocacy, Agency

NOW AVAILABLE:

JMIV3No1
Journal of the Motherhood Initiative Issue 3.1 -
Mothers and the Economy: The Economics of Mothering

Click Add to Cart to purchase:

Or click here to find out more and to purchase by mail.

Mothering and Migration

The journal issue 2.2 - Mothering and Migration:
(Trans)nationalisms, Globalization and Displacement
is now available.

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MIRCI is selling all back issues of THE JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH ON MOTHERING for 50% OFF. Click here for more information!


CURRENT JMI CFPS:

The journal issue 4.2 - Mothers and Mothering in a Global Context will be published Fall/Winter 2013.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS MAY 1, 2013.
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The journal issue 5.1 - Mothers and History: Histories of Motherhood will be published Spring/Summer 2014.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS NOVEMBER 1, 2013.
Click here for the CFP

The journal issue 5.2 -
Mothering and Reproduction

will be published Fall/Winter 2014.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS MAY 1, 2014.
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Teaching Motherhood 2011
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Mother Outlaws Speakers Series

PLEASE JOIN US FOR A CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY!

Book launch of Rupture by Clementine Mottigan

519 Church Street, Room 201
Friday, March 8, 2013
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

 

 

 

 

Journal of the Motherhood Initiative

JMI V3.2

JMIV3No1

Mothering and Migrations

JMI V2 N1

JMI V1 No2

Mothering, Violence, Militarism, War and Social Justice

Mothering and Poverty

Maternal Health and Well-Being

Mothers and Daughters

ARM Journal Volume 10.1

ARM Journal Volume 9.2

Young Mothers

Mothering and Feminism

Journal for the Association for Research on Mothering

Mothering Religion and Spirituality

Mothering and Work/Mothering as Work

Mothering, Law, Politics and Public Policy

Mothering in the Academy

Mothering, Popular Culture and the Arts

Mothering and Literature

Mothering, Sex and Sexuality

Mothering, Fathering and a Culture of Peace

Becoming a Mother

Mothering in the African Diaspora

Mothers and Sons

MIRCI Shipping Policy:
Books will be shipped within ten days of receipt of order.
Please Note: Shipments to the US can take up to 2 weeks and overseas 4 to 6 weeks.

Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement
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PO 13022
Bradford ON L3Z 2Y5