Interdisziplinäre Graduiertenkonferenz zu Arbeitsforschung

Zeit: 12. und 13. Juni 2009
Ort: Universität Wien
Abstracteinreichung bis 15. März 2009

Die Arbeitswelt hat sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten massiv verändert und ist gerade auch in der derzeitigen Wirtschaftskrise Wandlungsprozessen unterworfen. Zudem kann heute nicht mehr von einer Arbeitswelt, sondern vielmehr von einer Pluralität der Arbeitswelten ausgegangen werden. Unterschiedliche Arbeitswelten sind dabei auch mit spezifischen Lebenswelten verknüpft, die bei der Beschäftigung mit dem Thema „Erwerbsarbeit“ nicht ausgeklammert werden dürfen. Arbeit nimmt in gegenwärtigen westlichen Gesellschaften einen zentralen Stellenwert im Leben der meisten Menschen ein und dieser Umstand hat sicherlich Anteil am großen Interesse vieler sozial-, geistes- und kulturwissenschaftlicher Disziplinen an Themen der Arbeitsforschung. Das führt dazu, dass einerseits die Themen der Arbeitsforschung und ihre disziplinären Zugänge weit gestreut sind, es andererseits aber schwieriger wird, einen Überblick über aktuelle Ansätze in diesem Bereich zu erhalten und sich zu vernetzen — zwei Aspekte, die gerade für junge ForscherInnen wichtig sind. Continue reading →

Internationales Symposium der Fachgebiete “Globalisierung & Politik” (Universität Kassel) und „Gender & Globalisierung“ (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin) in Kooperation mit dem AK Politik und Geschlecht in der DVPW

Fr. 29. – Sa. 30. Mai 2009
Veranstaltungsort: Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Bebelplatz 1, Raum 144

Geschlechterforscherinnen aus verschiedenen Disziplinen haben mit ihren Arbeiten gezeigt, dass Politikentscheidungen, sei es im Bereich der Wirtschaft-, Sozial- oder Umweltpolitik, nicht geschlechtsneutral sind. Lag der Fokus lange Jahre auf der Erforschung der geschlechtsspezifischen Auswirkungen von Politiken, gilt es nun, die Diskussion um die Grün-de für diese Auswirkungen wieder aufzunehmen und näher zu erforschen.
Unter Bezugnahme auf kognitive und interpretative Ansätze in den Sozialwissenschaften, die die Rolle von normativen Wissensbeständen und Deutungen in Politikprozessen in den Mittelpunkt der Betrachtung rücken, geht das Symposium der Frage nach, welche Rolle dem normativen Wissen über Geschlechter sowie Geschlechterverhältnisse Continue reading →

Centre for Research on Women, Gender, Culture and Social Change, School of English, Media Studies and Art History, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA

Papers are invited on women writers/artists and any aspect of Modernism the conference WOMEN WRITERS/ARTISTS AND TRAVELLING MODERNISMS. The conference will take place Thursday and Friday, 4-5 June 2009, at The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Australia.

Already confirmed speakers include Bonnie Kime Scott (San Diego State University), Susan Sheridan (Emerita, Flinders University), Maryanne Dever (Monash University).

Session Topics may include:

• Gender in Modernism(s)
• Modernism(s) and Anti-colonial consciousness
• New Women and Modernism(s)
• Geographies of Modernism
• Troubling Gender and Modernism(s) Continue reading →

The 13th annual Summer Institute on Sexuality, Culture and Society will be held at the Graduate School of Social Sciences, Universiteit van Amsterdam from July 5 – July 30th, 2009.

Students and professionals are invited to participate in courses, seminars and dialogues in Amsterdam on the cultural and social dimensions of human sexuality. The Summer Institute is an intensive four-week summer programme, which focuses on the study of sexuality across cultures and is taught by an international faculty team.

We are proud to introduce our new 2009 faculty: The summer institute Research Seminar is led by Diane di Mauro. Examples of other courses are Sexuality in Muslim Societies taught by Pinar Ilkkaracan, Young Sexualities taught by Deevia Bhana and Heterosexualities taught by Katherine Frank. Topics addressed during the course on the Netherlands led by Laurens Buijs include: sexwork, the city as former gay capital, adolescent sexuality and the campaigns for safe sex. This course will include Continue reading →

European Social Science History Conference, 13-16 April 2010, Ghent, Belgium

The session Gender and Crime in Early Modern Europe: patterns and explanations intends to discuss broader explanations for patterns in gender and crime from the late medieval to the modern period. We want to present both new research of young scholars and findings of well established scholars to stimulate the debate. The European Social Science History Conference gives scholars from various disciplines an excellent opportunity to discuss broader issues, such as changing patterns in gender and crime from the early modern to the modern period. Continue reading →

Symposium resented by the Canadian Association for Women’s Public History CAWPH

October 22-24, 2009
Edmonton, Alberta
Proposals by April 2, 2009

This symposium considers the complex and creative ways in which women’s history is presented in public contexts. Participants are encouraged to approach this issue from diverse perspectives. Topics could include, but are not limited to, the following:

• How do different disciplines deal with women’s history?
• What are the locales where women’s history is created? What does this mean for women’s history?
• In what media is women’s history being created? How does this shape presentation and interpretation?
• Are there particular obstacles to situating women’s history in large institutions?
• What methodologies and interpretive approaches can public historians employ to engage their audiences in an active exploration of women’s history?

We are interested in having presentations from as many points of view as possible and invite the participation of Continue reading →

Bath Spa University, Bath, UK
26–28 August 2009
Deadline for proposals, Friday, 27 March 2009.

Widowhood — even when it brought wealth and liberation rather than poverty and tribulation — posed a variety of challenges to men and women in Britain and on the Continent. This conference, sponsored by the Centre for the History of Gender and the Urban Experience at Bath Spa University, seeks proposals for papers from historians, literary scholars and postgraduate students with an interest in the historical experience of widows and widowers between 1400 and 1900. While the widow is a well-known figure of literary and historical analysis, much less academic attention has been paid to the widower, or to the gendered experience of widowhood over time and across boundaries. This conference aims to foster an international dialogue and create a network of scholars interested in exploring the ways that men and women coped with the loss of a spouse and how their experiences of widowhood were shaped by gender, place and space. Continue reading →