Lena Wäggren: Conferencing While Casualised: on Privilege and Precarity in UK Higher Education
Lena Wånggren Conferencing while casualised: on privilege and precarity in UK higher education Many academics say that if there is one thing they need, in a marketised university […]
Read moreAstrid Runs: Decolonial-Intersectional Resistance in Dutch Teen Mothers
Astrid Runs Decolonial -Intersectional resilience of Dutch teen mothers In our time the very categorical and/or conceptual frameworks through which we explicitly or implicitly perceive our sociopolitical realities and our […]
Read moreKaty Pilcher: Resisting (Hetero)Sexism, Resisting the Neoliberalisation of the University: Thinking Creatively about the Teaching and Learning of ‘Sensitive’ Issues Surrounding Gender and Sexualities as a Mode of Resistance
Katy Pilcher, Aston University Resisting (hetero)sexism, resisting the neoliberalisation of the university: Thinking creatively about the teaching and learning of ‘sensitive’ issues surrounding gender and sexualities as a mode of […]
Read moreStephanie Penney Jones: The Role of Women in a Male Dominated Pastime
Stephanie Penney Jones The Role of Women in a Male Dominated Pastime The volunteering industry within the United Kingdom has changed substantially during the last decade, and more recently, according […]
Read moreAnna Gaidash: Impossible Sisterhood: Representations of the Elderly Female Characters in Ripcord
Anna Gaidash Im/possible Sisterhood: Representations of the Elderly Female Characters in Ripcord The paper examines the literary portrayals of the elderly residents at the Senior Living Facility in David Linsay-Abaire’s […]
Read moreFWSA Annual General Meeting
The Feminist and Women’s Studies Association (UK & Ireland) Annual General Meeting 2017 will take place as follows: Date: Wednesday 6th September, between 12-2pm (exact time tbc) Location: University of […]
Read moreFWSA Biennial Conference: Call for Papers Deadline Extended
We’re pleased to have received a number of exciting abstracts for the FWSA Biennial Conference in September, and are extending the deadline for submission to 24 March 2017. Please see […]
Read moreReview of Gender and Violence in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives: an international conference held at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
By Mary Edwards (PhD Student, University College Cork, Ireland) While violence is undoubtedly a powerful tool in the oppression of any group, the manifestation of violence is not always […]
Read moreReview: Migrants in the City: New Dynamics of Migration in Urban Settings Conference
On October 12-13th I had a pleasure to participate at a conference titled “Migrants in the City: New Dynamics of Migration in Urban Settings”, brought by a collaboration between […]
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Post-graduate Symposium on Occupation, Transitional Justice and Gender
CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS Post-graduate Symposium on Occupation, Transitional Justice and Gender Keynote Speaker: Professor Christine Chinkin, Professor of International Law at the London School […]
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