<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dear all, </span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This
message is to introduce the Interational Girls Studies Association, a
new professional association for academic researchers and students
working on girls and girlhood in any part of the world and any
discipline or interdisciplinary field. The Association is designed to
share information and other resources, facilitate discussion, and work
towards the further development of the field of Girls Studies.<br>
<br></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span>To join the Association please contact Catherine Driscoll (<a href="mailto:catherine.driscoll@sydney.edu" target="_blank">catherine.driscoll@sydney.edu</a></span><span></span>.au)
or Carina Garland (<a href="mailto:carina.garland@gmail.com" target="_blank">carina.garland@gmail.com</a>) with your academic
affiliation and a brief description of your research interests in this
area. At present there are no fees to join the discussion group making
plans for the Association although there may be future options for a
paid membership with particular benefits. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span><br>
<br>We also have a Facebook page to join: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#%21/pages/International-Girls-Studies-Association/249675338376037" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/International-Girls-Studies-Association/249675338376037</a> </span></span><br>
<br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Affiliated with: the Girlhood Studies journal: <a href="http://journals.berghahnbooks.com/ghs/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://journals.berghahnbooks.</span><span></span>com/ghs/</a> the Girls Studies Scholars yahoo group: <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Girls_Studies/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/</span><span></span>Girls_Studies/</a><span> <br>
<br>Kind Regards,<br><font color="#888888"><br>Carina Garland</font></span></span>