GEXcel Theme 2 (LiU/ÖU) will give several seminar series this Autumn. Open Seminars (together with Tema Genus, LiU), a GEXcel mini-conference 20th November, a GEXcel symposium 2 December, and the GEXcel internal seminars. If you wish to attend the conference and the symposium please contact Malena Gustavson, Email: malena.gustavson@liu.se
GEXcel calendar
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Seminar Series Autumn 2008
Categories: Activity
Time: 08/28/2008 - 13:15 - 12/04/2008 - 17:00
Location: Linköping University, T-building
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Mini conference: Men and masculinities in transnational contexts: Power, hegemony and deconstruction
Mini conference, GEXcel Theme 2, Linköping University
Thursday 20 November
Location: TEMCAS, T-building
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Symposium: Men, age and embodiment: Power, hegemony and deconstruction
GEXcel news
GEXcel Seminars this Autumn
October 16 | 0 comments
Sheila Jeffreys, Toni Calasanti and many more will visit GEXcel Theme 2 in November and December. If you wish to hear them talk, you can find out where and when in our seminar series programme.
New invitation to apply for visiting fellowship
August 26 | 0 comments
A new invitation to apply for a GEXcel visiting fellowship is announced. The research theme is "Deconstruction the Hegemony of Men and Masculinities" (Theme 2), directed by Prof. Jeff Hearn, at Department of Gender Studies, Linköping University, Sweden.
Apply before October 14, 2008 (for Spring 2009).Read the work-in-progress report from GEXcel's spring seminars
August 15 | 0 comments
This is GEXcel's fourth work-in-progress report and it presents the proceedings from the research carried out by GEXcel Visiting Fellows Eudine Barriteau, Kimberle Crenshaw, Ann Ferguson, Stevi Jackson and Xingkui Zhang during their stay at Örebro University in spring 2008. The work is part of GEXcel’s first theme, Gender, Sexuality and Global Change.
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Photos from Theme 1 Conference on Gender, Sexuality and Global Change
May 27 | 0 comments
Visiting Fellows hold seminars at Örebro University
March 19 | 0 comments
On April 24-29 Eudine Barriteau, Ann Ferguson, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Stevi Jackson and Xingkui Zhang, all GEXcel Visiting Fellows, hold open seminars at Örebro University. Click here for schedule and abstracts.
International Conference: The War Question for Feminism
February 21 | 0 comments
Read the work-in-progress papers of Theme 1
February 01 | 0 comments
The GEXcel Work in Progress Report Volume II is the result of the initial activities carried out within the frame of GEXcel’s first research theme, Gender, Sexuality and Global Change. All the authors participated in the one-day opening seminar of the theme, which took place at Örebro University, Sweden, on October 17, 2007.
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(What's this?)International Conference: The War Question for Feminism
By Malena Gustavson on 21 Feb | 0 comments
The War Question for Feminism: Gender Aspects on Militaries, Armed Conflict and Peacekeeping
22-23 September, 2008, Örebro University, Sweden
Submission of abstracts: April 15, 2008
Paper submission: September 1, 2008
The conference papers will be organized into three overarching themes:
I. War as a Feminist Issue
II. Militarism and Masculinities
III. Feminist concepts travelling into the area of security, the military, violent conflicts and peacekeeping operations
Please see Call for Papers for a more detailed description of the themes.
Confirmed Keynotes/Commentators
1 Cynthia Cockburn, Professor, City University, London
2 Carol Cohn, Director of the Boston Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights, Tufts University, Boston
3 Christine Sylvester, Professor, Lancaster University
4 Paul Higate, Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol
5 Jeff Hearn, Professor, Linköping University
6 Inger Skjelsbaeck, Researcher, The Int’l Peace Research Institute at Oslo
7 Sophia Ivarsson, The Swedish National Defense College, Stockholm
8 Maud Eduards, Professor, Stockholm University
9 Helena Carreiras, Professor, Lisbon University
10 Dubravka Zarkov, Associate Professor, Inst of Social Studies,The Hague
More information regarding the conference will be posted at the GEXcel - Gender Excellence Center's homepage www.genderexcel.org
The conference is being organized by:
Erika Svedberg, Centre for Feminist Social Studies, Örebro University, erika.svedberg@sam.oru.se
Annica Kronsell, Department of Political Science, Lund University, annica.kronsell@svet.lu.se



