It may be delegates own responsibility to find, book and pay for their accommodation, but we’ve put together this short guide detailing the range available in Exeter to make the task a little easier. ShareContinue reading
Category: Conferences and Events
Grandma was a Suffragette: one woman’s part in the Votes for Women campaign
A presentation by Barbara Andrew, feminist, socialist, trade unionist, community activist and proud grand-daughter of Thirza Cove, militant London Suffragette Share on Facebook Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Email toContinue reading
Education for Change Seminar
On 23rd June 2010 UCU, the union which represents academic and academic-related staff in further and higher education in the UK, held a day seminar entitled ‘Education for Change: preparing an activist agenda to promoteContinue reading
Celebrating the Feminist Within
DECERe, University of East Anglia 22 September 2010 Feminist academics in leadership positions report difficulty pursuing feminist ideals, often preferring to leave their ‘radical’ feminist identities at home with some professing desires to unite their dualContinue reading
Performing the Self: Women's Lives in Historical Perspective
Scarman House, University of Warwick 10-12 September 2010 The idea that selfhood is performed has a very long tradition. This interdisciplinary conference will explore the diverse representations of women's identities in the past and considerContinue reading
Women and Religion: Doctrinal, Historical and Social Perspectives
BIRTHA Postgraduate Conference, University of Bristol 20 November 2010 This conference seeks to bring together doctoral researchers and early career academics from a variety of disciplines and fields to explore the role and place ofContinue reading
A Carnival of Feminist Cultural Activism
i want to text my ex back Centre for Women's Studies, University of York, UK 3-5 March 2011 We welcome proposals for a Carnival of Feminist Activism: a three-day conference and festival of academic papers,Continue reading
Report on the Conference: Care Work in Focus: The Changing Nature of Care Work in Sectors
The conference, held on 19th July at Lancaster University (9.00-6.00) was attended by over 54 people, 16 speakers and 38 paying delegates. It was sponsored by the Centre for Gender & Women’s Studies, the FacultyContinue reading
The Role of Education With the Feminisation of Migration
An ESRC study (January 2008-March 2010), directed by GEA member Sondra Cuban (Lancaster University), entitled Home/Work: The Roles of Education, Literacy, and Learning in the Networks and Mobility of Migrant Carers has just been completed.Continue reading
What do women learn from magazines?
On 2nd of December Teresa Doherty, Tricia French and I organised the first of a series of (what we hope will become) termly Gender and Education Association events at The Women’s Library. About 30 peopleContinue reading
