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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Symposium: Men, age and embodiment: Power, hegemony and deconstruction
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GEXcel Conference “Men and Masculinities, Moving On! Embodiments, Virtualities, Transnationalisations”
Time: 12/05/2008 - 09:00 - 01/20/2009 - 18:00
Location: Linköping University 27-29 April 2009
GEXcel Theme 2 Conference – Call for papers and participation
“Men and Masculinities, Moving On! Embodiments, Virtualities, Transnationalisations”
GEXcel’s current Theme “Deconstructing the Hegemony of Men and Masculinities” invites junior and senior scholars to apply for a workshop conference 27-29 April 2009.
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New invitation to apply for GEXcel visiting fellowships
GEXcel Theme 4 & 5 "Sexual Health, Embodiment and Empowerment. Bridging Epistemological Gaps". Apply before January 20, 2009
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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.
Download the Work in Progress Report from the Örebro Conference
December 04 | 0 comments
This fourth work-in-progress report comprises short summaries of most of the presentations given at GEXcel’s first research conference, which took
place at Örebro University on May 22-25, 2008.Invitation to apply for visiting fellowship
August 26 | 0 comments
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 third 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
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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
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(What's this?)GEXcel Seminars this Autumn
By Malena Gustavson on 16 Oct | 0 comments
Categories: Conferences and Events
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
Categories: Conferences and Events
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
Categories: Conferences and Events
International Conference: The War Question for Feminism
By Malena Gustavson on 21 Feb | 0 comments
Categories: Conferences and Events
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
Categories: Conferences and Events
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.
One Day Opening Seminar of the GEXcel Theme 1, Örebro University, October 17, 2007
By Stine Adrian on 27 Aug | 0 comments
Categories: Conferences and Events
Program
10.00 – 10.15 Welcoming to the Seminar by Janerik Gidlund (Rector, Örebro University)
10.15 – 10.30 Introduction to GEXcel by Nina Lykke, Director of GEXcel
10.30 – 11.15 Presentation of Theme 1: Gender, sexuality and global change by Anna G. Jónasdóttir, Chair of GEXcel Theme 1
11.15 – 11.30 Coffee
11.30 – 12.30 Presentation of paper: A materialist discursive approach to sexuality, sexual violence and sexualing globalisation: the case of ICTs by Jeff Hearn
12.30 – 13. 45 Lunch
13.45 – 15.00 Presentation of paper: From making tools to making love: Marx, materialism and feminist thought by Valerie Bryson
15.00 – 16.15 Presentation of paper: Globalization and its Mal(e)contents: Masculinity and Sexuality on the Extreme Right by Michael Kimmel
16.15 – 16.45 Coffee
16.45 – 17.30 Plenary Session, chaired by Kathleen B. Jones
The seminar wil take place at Hörsal G, Gymnastikhuset, Örebro University
