Centre for the Study of Women and Gender Graduate Seminar series Programme 2011/12
Session One: Processes of interpretation: gender and sexuality in celebrity culture – 2nd of November 2011
Melanie Kennedy, University of East Anglia: The Jonas Brothers as Tween Pin-ups: The Negotiation of Desire in Young Feminine ‘Becoming’
Izzy Gutteridge, University of Warwick: Picturing Fame
Session Two: Gender, migration and citizenship – 23rd of November 2011
Bimbika Sijapati Basnett, London School of Economics and Political Science: Nexus between Gender, Migration and Forest Governance: Re-thinking Community Forestry Policies in Nepal
Evelyn Sulem, University of Warwick: Transnational Migration in Mexican Indigenous Communities: The Reconstruction of Gender and the Empowerment of Indigenous Women
Menah Raven-Ellison, Queen Mary, University of London: Unlocking the Gates to Detention: Reflections on Gatekeeper-Researcher Relationships
Session three: media, representations and sexualities - 18th of January 2012
Mark Carrigan, University of Warwick: There's More to Life Than Sex?: Rethinking the Sexual Revolution from an Asexual Perspective
Ruth Pearce, University of Warwick: Genderforking: Deconstructing Gender Norms in a Community Blog
Session Four: Gender issues in the global context: challenging feminist politics - 8th of February 2012
Angie Pepper, University of Sheffield: Cosmopolitanism, Feminism and the Problem of Cultural Imperialism
Somayyeh Mottaghi, York University: Doing Feminist Research In Iran
Amanda Conroy, London School of Economics and Political Science: Masculinity, Citizenship and Sovereignty in the Minuteman Movement
Session Five: Researching Gender: Different Perspectives - 2nd of May 2012
Annelies Kleinherenbrink, Universiteit Utrecht: Revolutionizing Evolution: Evolutionary Psychology, Feminist Epistemologies, and Bergson’s Reality of Time
Sam Lyle, University of Warwick: What (not) to Wear When You’re a Trainee Accountant
Danielle Hanisch, University of South Australia: “Girls are just like that”: The feminization of effects of child sexual abuse (CSA) and borderline personality disorder (BPD) [presentation delivered via Skype]
Session Six: Representations of Women in Media - 23rd of May 2012
Joelin Quigley-Berg, University of Warwick: Comedy and the Fat Female Body
Amy Pressland, University of York: Sports Heroes and WAG’s: the Gender Divide in Sport’s Reporting
Nancy Bruseker, University of Liverpool: 'I am in Love (With You)': Vesta Tilley’s Fan Mail and Popular Music Audiences
Session Seven: Gender, Class and Bodies at Work - 13th of June 2012
Natasha McKeever, University of Sheffield: Why Might It Be Wrong to Buy Sex?
Sini Timonen, City University London: Narratives Of Segregation And Independence: Female Singers And Regional Beat Group Scenes In England In The 1960s
Stephen Birks, University of Warwick: British Wildlife Conservation: The Invisibility of Social Issues
Mona Shrestha Adhikari, University of Warwick: Resistance to Sexualisation of Women’s Work in Kathmandu Casinos
For more information about any of the Centre's events go to
www.go.warwick.ac.uk/gender
