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YOUNG FEMINISM PHD SEMINAR, MANCHESTER
Posted by Charlotte on March 31, 2010
Tags: academia, Contribute, Manchester, Young Feminism
Date: 11 May
Time: 2p.m. – 6p.m.
It is a widespread misconception that feminism is ‘post’ and did not make it into the 21st Century. Ideas that young women are post-feminist and do not engage with feminism is a trap! Since 2000 there has been an international and national surge in formal and informal, institutional and grassroots, transnational and local feminist initiatives. As a result, there has been an increase in popular feminist and academic publications on the subject.
The seminar will cover two broad themes:
1. THINKING & IDEOLOGY: Intersectional young feminism
Keynote speaker: Dr. Sophie Woodward (University of Manchester), author of Why Feminism Matters. Feminism lost and found (2009, co-author Prof. Kath Woodward), will offer a critical and intergenerational account of contemporary feminism.
2. DOING & ACTIVISM: Reclaiming young feminism
Keynote speaker: Catherine Redfern, founder of the F-Word and author of Reclaiming the F Word: The New Feminist Movement (forthcoming, co-author Dr. Kristen Aune), will examine the vibrant agenda of new feminist activism.
We would like to invite PhD students to present their work in progress on one of these themes. All students are welcome, from any department or University and at any stage in their PhD research. Send us an abstract and a brief statement of purpose (each max.150 words). The deadline is 23 April.
We welcome other researchers and staff interested in the field of young feminism to attend. For presentation and attendance (both limited), please fill in the registration form. We will respond to applications 30 April.
Contact: youngfeminismresearch@googlemail.com or go to the Registration form
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