Celebrating Suffragettes: Edith Craig and Ethel Smyth, Collaborators in Women's Suffrage Drama, Art and Music Professor Katharine Cockin will give an illustrated talk on women's suffrage drama, art and music with reference to her new biography, Edith Craig and the Theatres of Art (Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2017). This will be followed by Dr Simon…
You are most cordially invited to the Mary Wollstonecraft Life, Work and Legacy Conference and Annual Public Lecture on March 8, (International Women’s Day) at the Guildhall, Hull, HU1 2AA As part of the celebrations for Hull as UK City of Culture 2017 the University of Hull is hosting an interdisciplinary celebration of the life, work…
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY EVENT hosted by SRHE International Research and Researchers Network with AMIN – Academic Mobilities and Immobilities Network (University of Warwick) and CSWG - Centre for the Study of Women and Gender (University of Warwick) “Gendering Academic Mobility: International Perspectives” 8th March 2017, University of Warwick, Coventry Venue: IAS Seminar Room,…
Wolfson College, Oxford is hosting an event, 'Self/knowledge: Autobiography and Research' on Saturday 25 February. Of particular interest to FWSA members will be the panel Selves and Sisterhood, with Dr Margaretta Jolly talking about her project 'Sisterhood and After: An Oral History of the UK Women's Liberation Movement'; and Dr Lucy Allen, who studies narratives…
Symposium: Rethinking Beauty Politics in Neoliberalism 16th February 2017; 4.00 PM Room A130, City University of London, College Building, St John Street, London EC1V 4BP The event is free but booking is essential: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/symposium-rethinking-beauty-politics-in-neoliberalism-tickets-31687880303 Questions of beauty and visual appearing have long been central to feminist debate across a wide range of disciplines from art…
Westminster Sociology Open Talks in 2016-17 bring together Sociology staff with external speakers to explore a shared topic of interest. In the third talk of the academic year, Dorrie Chetty is joined by Dr Clifton Evers from Newcastle University. Clifton will be discussing his ethnographic work on Australian expats in China, exploring how straight white…
Certifying Equality? A critical conversation on Athena SWAN and equality accreditation Friday 17th February, 10am-5pm. Wolfson Research Exchange, University of Warwick Library. You are warmly invited to attend a one-day critical discussion on the challenges and opportunities presented by Athena SWAN. This event will bring together colleagues who work on creating, supporting and evaluating submissions,…
Feminist Research Network 20th Feb. 2-4pm Court Senate Suite, Collins Building, University of Strathclyde Prof. Karen Boyle, Co-Director of the Centre for Gender and Feminist Studies, University of Stirling Hiding in Plain Sight: Gender, Sexism and Media Coverage of the Jimmy Savile case In 2012 – less than 12 months after his death – TV personality…
Rebels in the Archives with Jill Liddington, Abi Morgan, Heidi Safia Mirza and Deborah Withers Wednesday 8 March 2017, 19:00 - 20:45, The British Library Knowledge Centre, London To mark International Women's Day, the British Library will host a panel conversation dedicated to stories of sexism, sisterhood and struggle. Jill Liddington, Abi Morgan, Heidi Safia…
