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8:30am - 2:00pmRegistration Location: Lobby of Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
9:00am - 10:30amParallel session 5: Motherhood and Health Sciences Location: Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Session Chair: Rūta Morkūnienė
9:00am - 10:30amParallel session 6: When Real Moms Confront the "Ideal Mother": Maternal Resistance and Maternal Realities in Denmark, Russia and Lithuania Location: Room A7 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Session Chair: Ieva Bisigirskaitė
9:00am - 10:30amParallel session 7: Motherhood and Marginality Location: Room 122 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Session Chair: Pragya Agarwal
9:00am - 10:30amParallel session 8: Roundtable: Negotiating Non-motherhood Location: Room A9 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Session Chair: Julie Rodgers
10:30am - 11:00amCoffee break Location: Lobby of Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
11:00am - 12:20pmKeynote II: Professor Valerie Heffernan "Representing Maternal Regret" Location: Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Session Chair: Eglė Šumskienė
12:20pm - 12:30pmMargaretha Fahlgren "Mothernet Mentoring programme" Location: Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
12:30pm - 2:00pmLunch Location: Lobby of Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
2:00pm - 3:30pmParallel session 9: Oppressive Motherhood Location: Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Session Chair: Ieva Bisigirskaitė
2:00pm - 3:30pmParallel session 10: Maternal Utopias and Dystopias Location: Room A7 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Session Chair: Rūta Šlapkauskaitė
2:00pm - 3:30pmParallel session 11: Motherhood and Mental Health Location: Room 122 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Session Chair: Ciara Bradley
2:00pm - 3:30pmParallel session 12: Depictions of Motherhood in Contemporary French Literature: Ethics and Poetics Location: Room A9 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Session Chair: Dovilė Kuzminskaitė
3:30pm - 4:00pmCoffee break Location: Lobby of Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
4:00pm - 5:30pmKeynote III: Lucy Jones "Matrescence & Matroecology" Location: Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Session Chair: Jenny Björklund
7:00pm - 9:00pmConference dinner Location: Restaurant "Trinity" (Vilniaus str. 30)
9:00am - 2:00pmRegistration Location: Lobby of Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
9:30am - 11:00amParallel session 13: Motherhood and Time Location: Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Session Chair: Diana Ramašauskaitė
9:30am - 11:00amParallel session 14: Motherhood and Creativity Location: Room A7 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Session Chair: Mercedes Carbayo Abengozar
9:30am - 11:00amParallel session 15: Maternal Experiences and Representations Location: Room 122 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Session Chair: Violeta Gevorgianienė
9:30am - 11:00amParallel session 16: Motherhood in Literature II Location: Room A9 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Session Chair: Lisa Matilda Grahn
11:00am - 11:30amCoffee break Location: Lobby of Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
11:30am - 12:30pmKeynote IV: Eglė Kačkutė "Vilnius University Motherhood Studies in Europe: Present and Future" Location: Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Session Chair: Valerie Heffernan
12:30pm - 1:30pmLunch Location: Lobby of Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
1:30pm - 3:00pmParallel session 17: Mothers in Workplace Location: Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Session Chair: Anne O' Brien
1:30pm - 3:00pmParallel session 18: Motherhood and Media II Location: Room A7 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Session Chair: Valerie Heffernan
1:30pm - 3:00pmParallel session 19: Motherhood in Literature III Location: Room A9 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Session Chair: Jenny Björklund
3:00pm - 4:00pmClosing session Location: Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)