GEXcel Themes 4&5 Conference – Call for abstracts and participation

By Katherine Harrison on 01 Oct | 0 comments

November 24-26
Linköping University, Sweden

GEXcel’s current theme, Sexual Health, Embodiment and Empowerment: Bridging Epistemological Gaps invites junior and senior scholars to attend a workshop conference 24-26 November 2009.

Supported by a grant from the Swedish Research Council, Linköping University and Örebro University launched a 5 year project to establish a European Centre of Gender Excellence based in Sweden--Gendering Excellence (GEXcel): Towards a European Centre of Excellence in Transnational and Transdisciplinary Studies of Changing Gender Relations, Intersectionalities and Embodiment, directed by Nina Lykke. Taking place during 2009-10, Themes 4&5 will be jointly headed by Nina Lykke, feminist cultural studies scholar and Prof. of Gender and Culture, Linköping University. and Barbro Wijma, feminist Gynaecologist and Prof. of Gender and Medicine, Linköping University. Click here for full description of the Themes.

Conference subthemes:
Sex education
Critical sexology
Violence

Keynote speakers include: Kathy Davis (Utrecht University, the Netherlands), Ann Pelligrini (New York University, USA) and Nina Lykke (Linköping University, Sweden), with panel presentations by the GEXcel Themes 4&5 visiting scholars (for more details on the scholars, click here).

Abstracts are now invited for this conference. Please send abstracts (max 250 words in English) and a brief biography (max 150 words) no later than 23 October 2009 to coordinator@genderexcel.org

Attendee registration is now open for this conference. Please register to attend by emailing coordinator@genderexcel.org no later than 23 October 2009. Places are limited.

Format: This conference will begin on Tuesday morning (24 November 2009) with keynote addresses and an Introduction to GEXcel Themes 4&5. Wednesday and Thursday (25-26 November 2009) will include further keynote addresses combined with parallel workshop meetings (on each of the sub-themes), and a final plenary panel on 26 November. Workshops are designed to be a forum for discussion of research in progress related to the conference sub-themes and to facilitate collaboration among junior and senior scholars. Each sub-theme workshop will have about 10-12 participants. Each sub-theme will be assigned a coordinator, whose tasks will include summarising research and discussion themes and presenting these summaries at the closing plenary. We expect the conference and workshops to lead to publications, as well as to continued collaboration between members.

Costs: There is no conference registration fee. Lunches, welcome reception and coffees will be provided by GEXcel. Costs for accommodation and travel will normally be paid by participants. (The cost of the conference dinner on November 25th will be covered for GEXcel scholars and members of the Network on Sex Education and Critical Sexuality Studies. All other participants will be asked to contribute SEK 400 if they wish to attend the dinner).

Address for Registration and Abstract submission:
coordinator@genderexcel.org

Deadline for Registration and Abstract submission:
23 October 2009