INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: GENDERING VIOLENCE – Feminist Interventions in Contemporary Research
Uppsala University, Sweden
2-4 December 2009
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We proudly present the following keynote speakers, who cover a wide range of areas within research on gendered violence; international human rights, identity politics, cultural and religious studies, media and communication, mental health, child sexual abuse, ritual abuse.

• Professor Yakin Ertürk, Middle East Technical University, Turkey and UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women
• Professor Eva Lundgren, Uppsala University, Sweden
• Professor Jenny Kitzinger, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, UK
• Dr. Sara Scott, DMSS Research & Consultancy, UK

Since the 1970s research on gendered violence has undergone a paradigmatic shift. Placing womens experiences of mens violence in focus has opened up contextual analyses in which connections between gender, violence and power have become visible. This, in turn, has enabled a wide recognition of mens violence as one of the main threats against women and children, and against the essence of democracy. However, old perspectives persist and take on new forms, in which violence is marginalised, fragmented into separate types, or associated with the others in contrast to us.
Today, there is a renewed need for lively academic discussions regarding theories, methodologies and politics to understand and eliminate gendered violence. How should we interpret the gap between in-principle declarations on gender equality and the violent everyday life of women, children and men? What are the relations between violence in extreme situations in wartime, ritual contexts or fundamentalist groups (religious and other), and the violence exerted next door? How do queer, masculinity, postcolonial, and intersectional theories, and phenomena such as honour-related or same-sex violence, challenge feminist research on gendered violence? How can we analyse new forms of violence against women in the wake of international migration or in the backwaters of legal protection?
We invite you to use this invitation as a source of inspiration, and send in your abstract for a paper on feminist interventions in contemporary research on gendered violence.
Kontakt
Gendering Violence
Department of Sociology
Uppsala University
PO. Box 624
SE-751 26 UPPSALA
SWEDEN
Email: genderingviolence@soc.uu.se
Website: http://genderingviolence.soc.uu.se/
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