GEXcel Conference of Workshops May 2008 - Programme

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Conference Workshop Format

The conference will begin with three keynote addresses from leading scholars in the field. Friday and Saturday will be full days of workshop meetings. A final plenary will be held on Sunday morning where summaries of major research and discussion themes will be presented.

Workshops are designed to be a forum for discussion of research in progress precisely related to the conference sub-themes and to facilitate collaboration among junior and senior scholars. Each sub-theme will have 10 participants from several institutions, lasting 2 days.
Only those scholars currently working in the workshop's field will be accepted to participate.

The workshop format is intended to enhance participation in a collegial atmosphere. Each participant (10 per sub-theme) presents a paper or research document for discussion, and takes part in the discussion of the other sub-theme papers presented. In addition, each sub-theme participant will be assigned the role of formal discussant on one paper all sub-theme participants will participate in open discussion in their group. Each sub-theme will be assigned a coordinator, whose tasks will include maintaining the group’s schedule of presentation, summarizing research and discussion themes and presenting these summaries at the closing plenary.

The sub-themes are:
1. Sexuality, Love and Social Theory
2. Power and Politics: A Feminist View
3. Common and Conflicted: Rethinking Interest, Solidarity and Action

We expect these workshops to lead to publications, as well as to continued collaboration between members.

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Thursday May 22
11.00-13.00 Registration

Plenary Session
Location: BIO, Forumhuset

13.00-13.10   Welcome to GEXcels first thematic conference, by Prof. Nina Lykke, director of GEXcel
13.10-13.20   Presentation of the conference theme “Gender, Sexuality and Global Change”
                    by Prof. Anna G. Jónasdóttir, theme leader
13.20-15.00   "Contract, Gender and Global Change"
                    Carole Pateman
                    Professor of Political Science, UCLA/ University of California, USA
                    Distinguished Visiting Professor at the School of European Studies,
                    Cardiff University, UK
                    Charles W. Mills
                    Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA
15.00-15.30   Coffee
15.30-16.30   "The Politics of Prostitution Revisited"
                    Joyce Outshoorn
                    Professor of Women’s Studies, Leiden University, Netherlands
Evening         Dinner

Friday May 23
Workshops in three groups arranged by sub-theme
Location: Room F105, P105, P114 , Forumhuset

09.00-10.10   Workshops
10.10-10.30   Coffee
10.30-11.30   Workshops
11.30-13.00   Lunch
13.00-15.00   Workshops
15.00-15.30   Coffee
15.30-16.30   Workshops
Evening         Dinner free for everyone to arrange

Saturday May 24
Workshops in three groups arranged by sub-theme
Location: Room L146, L144, L142, Långhuset

09.00-10.10   Workshops
10.10-10.30   Coffee
10.30-11.30   Workshops
11.30-13.00   Lunch
13.00-15.00   Workshops
15.00-15.30   Coffee
15.30-16.30   Workshops
Evening         Dinner and entertainment

Sunday May 25
Plenary Session
Location: BIO, Forumhuset

10.00-11.00   Reports from workshops
11.00-12.00   Discussion
12.00            Lunch 

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