Up-coming conference, October 12th - 14th

By bjorn on 22 Jun | 0 comments

During the peak period, in October 2010, for Subtheme 7 "Getting Rid of Violence," part of Theme 7 & 8: "Teaching Normcritical Sex - Getting Rid of Violence. TRANSdisciplinary, TRANSnational and TRANSformative Feminist Dialogues on Embodiment, Emotions and Ethics", a conference with internationally reputed researchers is planned. 

The preliminary title is:

Violences and Silences: Shaming, Blaming – and Intervening

During the conference focus will be on the role of silences and silencing, shame and blaming for maintaining violence, thus expanding the concept of “perpetrator”. Discussions on intervention strategies will be based on including such possible mechanisms.

The program for the conference will be continuously updated on the GEXcel home page and call for abstracts from participants who want to present during a seminar will be launched together with registration forms in the late half of August.

Welcome to the Conference "Power Shifts and New Divisions in Society, Work and Universities"

By bjorn on 10 May | 0 comments

Welcome to the kick-off conference for GEXcel Themes 3 & 6:

Power Shifts and New Divisions in Society, Work and Universities

June 14-16, 2010 at GEXcel Gender Excellence Center, Linköping University

Venue: Temcas, T-house, Campus Valla, Linköping.

The conference is organized around three subthemes with speakers and workshops to which papers are invited to be presented.

Speakers include:
Professors
Saskia Sassen, Columbia University, USA
Sylvia Walby, University of Lancaster, UK
Ursula Apitzsch, Frankfurt University, Germany
Elin Kvande, Univ of Technology and Natural Sciences, Norway
Kate White, Monash University, Australia
Marieke van den Brink, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands
Anita Göransson, Linköping University, Sweden

You may find more information about the speakers here

The conference will be opened on Monday June 14 at 10:30 by Vice-Chancellor Mille Millnert , Linköping University. (Registration from 10 a m.)

A detailed program is now available

THE CONFERENCE IS STILL OPEN FOR REGISTRATION

Participation registrations should be sent electronically to: coordinator[at]genderexcel.org

WELCOME!

Opening Seminar of Theme 10: Love in Our Time – a Question for Feminism

By Gunnel Karlsson on 25 Mar | 0 comments

Please, register here by May 3!

Program

Location: Örebro University, Hörsal G (Lecture Hall G), Gymnastikhuset

9.30–10.15
Coffee

10.15–10.30
Welcoming
by Jens Schollin, Rector of Örebro University

10.30–11.10
Presentation of Theme 10: Love in Our Time – a Question for Feminism
by Anna G. Jónasdóttir, Örebro University

11.10–11.50
Affective Equality: Love, Care and Solidarity as Productive Forces
by Kathleen Lynch, University College Dublin

11.50–12.30
Equalize Love! Intimate citizenship beyond marriage
by Eleanor Wilkinson, University of Leeds

12.30–13.45
Lunch

13.45–14.25
Love and Bodies: Shouts or Whispers? A look at discursive representation of body in Iranian love blogs
by Maryam Paknahad Jabarooty, Lancaster University

14.25–14.50
Coffee

14.50–15.30
Reading Hannah Arendt’s Life Writing: An Intimate Political Biography of Love
by Kathleen B. Jones, San Diego State University

15.30–16.00
Concluding discussion

Conference of Workshops: Love in Our Time – A Question for Feminism

By Gunnel Karlsson on 22 Feb | 0 comments

We invite applications for this conference of workshops from junior and senior scholars whose research directly addresses one or more of the topics presented in the two main parts of the theme description: I. Love Studies – mapping the field; or II. Love Studies – remaking the field. For the latter, we invite contributions, both critical and reconstructive, that specifically approach one of the following three sub-themes:

(1) Gendered interests in sexual love, for instance how (if at all) care practices relate to erotic agency

(2) Temporal dimensions of loving and love activities, preferably as compared with temporalities of working, or labour activities; or with thinking and action time. Is there a philosophy and politics of time that should be distinguished and developed about love, to understand better the social conditions, cultural meanings and political struggles of love in our time?

(3) Love as a strong force in the intersection between politics and religion and also as a useful key concept for a new political theory of global revolution. What is to be said and done from feminist points of view about postmodern revitalising of pre-modern ideas of passionate love?

Conference Workshop Format

The conference will begin on Thursday morning (2 December 2010) with three keynote addresses from leading scholars in the field (to be announced), followed by workshop meetings in the afternoon. Friday (3 December 2010) will be organized similarly with both plenary sessions and parallel workshop meetings. A final plenary will be held on Saturday morning (4 December 2010), 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 workshop will go on for two days and involve ten participants from several institutions. Only those scholars currently working in the field addressed by the workshop will be accepted to participate.

The workshop format is intended to enhance participation in a collegial atmosphere. Each participant 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. 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.

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

Application Requirements

Send an abstract of the proposed paper demonstrating how your research specifically connects to one of the sub-themes. Include a brief biographical note of no more than 250 words outlining your current research interests, most recent publications, academic affiliation and status.

Address for Applications

GEXcelTheme10@oru.se

Application Deadline

May 10, 2010

Notification

A committee will review applicants and notify candidates selected for participation by mid-June 2010.

December 1 & 2: Two open lectures by Prof. Johan Galtung

By Katherine Harrison on 26 Nov | 0 comments

9 – 12, December 1, 2009
Conciliation, Mediation and Peace building – with examples
(Location: BERZELIUSSALEN,Ingång 65, Campus US, Linköping)

9 – 12, December 2, 2009
A Theory of Violence: Direct, Structural, Cultural – with examples
(Location: BL32/NOBEL-salen, ingång 23, B-building, Campus Valla, Linköping)

No registration required. Limited seating on a ‘first come, first
seated’ basis. Lectures will start at 9.00 sharp.

For more information on GEXcel, see:
http://www.genderexcel.org/

GEXcel Seminars this Autumn

By Malena Gustavson on 16 Oct | 0 comments

GEXcel Theme 2 (LiU/ÖU) will give several seminar series this Autumn. Open Seminars (together with Tema Genus, LiU), a GEXcel mini-conference 20 November, a GEXcel symposium 2 December, and the GEXcel internal seminars. You will find the seminar series here: http://www.genderexcel.org/node/171

If you wish to attend the conference and the symposium please contact Malena Gustavson, Email: malena.gustavson@liu.se

Photos from Theme 1 Conference on Gender, Sexuality and Global Change

By Gunnel Karlsson on 27 May | 0 comments

 Charles W. Mills and Carole Pateman.

Conference participants.

Cynthia Cockburn.

Ann Ferguson, Bih-Er Chou and Stevi Jackson.

Valerie Bryson and Anita Göransson.

Joyce Outshoorn.

Cheryl Auger and Richard Howson.

Sarah Scuzzarello and Malena Gustavsson.

Carole Pateman and Cynthia Cockburn.

All photos by Lena Gunnarsson

Visiting Fellows hold seminars at Örebro University

By Gunnel Karlsson on 19 Mar | 0 comments

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

GEXcel Conference of Workshops Örebro University 22-25 May 2008

By Stine Adrian on 15 Oct | 0 comments

The conference is organized around three sub-themes:
1) Sexuality, Love and Social Theory
2) Power and Politics: A Feminist View
3) Common and Conflicted: Rethinking Interest, Solidarity, and Action

The conference sets off with open lectures held by Carole Pateman, Charles W. Mills and Joyce Outshoorn.

See the conference programme

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