Universität Bern, Philosophisch-humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Institut für Sportwissenschaft, Abteilung III, Sportsoziologie, Ass. Prof. Dr. phil. Sandra Günter, Doz. Margrit Bischof, Lic. rer.soc. Karin Tschirren

Zeit: 04.-05.11.2011
Ort: Universität Bern
Programm der Tagung als PDF
Deadline für Posters: 03.10.2011

Der Körper als zentrale gesellschaftliche und wissenschaftliche Kategorie erfuhr in den letzten 25 Jahren eine interdisziplinäre Hochkonjunktur. So haben sich mit dem Aufstieg des Körpers in den Sozial- und Geisteswissenschaften, an verschiedenen theoretischen Traditionen anknüpfend, kontrovers diskutierte Theorieansätze und Fragestellungen entwickelt, die einer weiterführenden, interdisziplinären Auseinandersetzung bedürfen.

Im Rahmen der internationalen, deutschsprachig ausgerichteten Forschungs- und Vernetzungstagung mit öffentlichem Podium soll das komplexe Verhältnis zwischen Körperpraxen und Körpertheorien in theoretischen, analytischen und empirischmethodischen Beiträgen aus dem Kontext einer sozial- und geisteswissenschaftlich orientierten Körperforschung diskutiert werden. Continue reading →

Special Issue, Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies/“Journal for Gender Studies“ (Website)

Deadline: 01.10.2011

In this special issue, the Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies wants to trace the specific gender aspects that play a role in oral history. Researchers and others who have been involved in oral history projects are called upon to contribute. Questions that could be addressed concern the character and the history of the method itself in relation to gender: where does the interest of feminist researchers in oral history come from; what is the unique character of oral history as a method? Which methodological and theoretical aspects play a role in the collecting of stories of women and men for one’s research? How has oral history as a research method developed in relation to gender research? What is the role of new technologies in gender-based oral history? How can oral history be applied to interrogate gender inequality?

Contributions in English are welcome. Please ask the contact person for further details.

Contact: Jantine Oldersma gj.oldersma@planet.nl
Website www.tijdschriftgenderstudies.eu/

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes Sorbonne

Time: 29-31.05.2012
Venue: Paris
Deadline: 01.10.2011
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Malgré l’importance reconnue des religions pour les questions de genre et la centralité du genre au sein des univers religieux, le champ de recherche qui croise Genre, religions et sociétés est encore largement à explorer. Pour confronter les recherches en cours et promouvoir cette problématique, le GSRL (Groupe Sociétés Religions Laïcités EPHE/CNRS) propose d’aborder la question des normes religieuses à l’épreuve des mutations de genre.

Les études de genre ont permis de mettre au jour l’historicité de la construction sociale des sexes et des catégories de féminin et de masculin. Le genre comme système de pensée et d’organisation sociale façonne les rapports entre les sexes, jusqu’à la définition même de la catégorie de « sexe ». Cette approche analytique ouvre d’emblée la question des normes, explicites ou implicites et du rôle spécifique des normes religieuses dans les processus de hiérarchisation des sexes. Elle incite notamment à Continue reading →

Susanah Shaw Romney and Molly Warsh (former students of Mary Beth Norton and now historians), with support from Cornell’s History Department; Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Society for the Humanities; and numerous other on-campus and off-campus entities

Time: Friday, September 28th and Saturday, September 29th, 2012
Venue: A.D. White House on Cornell’s campus

On Friday, September 28th, participants will gather at the A.D. White House for a series of sessions inspired by distinct aspects of Professor Norton’s scholarship and teaching. That evening, attendees will continue the celebration at a catered reception at the Johnson Art Museum. The conference will conclude with a morning roundtable and brunch on Saturday, September 29th. If you are interested in contributing a brief paper to one of the sessions, please email Molly at mwarsh@tamu.edu or Susanah at ssromney@gmail.com.

We are still working out the details and will use this website to keep you posted as more information becomes available.

Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Applied Linguistics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), the Graduate Program in Social Memory at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) and the Brazilian Association of Applied Linguistics (ALAB)

Time: 25 – 28 July 2012
Venue: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Deadline for proposals: 15 December 2011
Conference website

Confirmed keynote speakers are Annamarie Jagose (University of Sydney, Australia), José Quiroga (Emory University, USA), Alípio Sousa Filho (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil), Jack Halberstam (University of Southern California, USA), Luiz Paulo da Moita Lopes (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Jô Gondar (Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

As in the previous conferences, we use the term ‚queer‘ to refer to an indefinite, borderless domain of non-normative genders, sexualities and bodily practices that is also affiliated with critical analytic approaches, while recognizing that the term does not resonate globally as it emerged from Western experience. ‚Queering‘ thus questions, contrasts, challenges and destabilizes heteronormativity, but is not restricted to it: homo-, class-, religion-, race-, ethnic-, scientific- and academic-normativity are also part of its scope of analysis. Continue reading →