June 4-7 2009 Utrecht, The Netherlands
7th European Feminist Research Conference
Gendered Cultures at the Crossroads of Imagination, Knowledge and Politics
The 7th European Feminist Research Conference “Gendered Cultures” focuses on Europe and European perspectives, combining the Humanities with (inter)disciplinary research from other scientific traditions. It actively seeks cutting-edge scholarship by working with papers organized around intersecting themes. Cutting-edge comes to mean “inclusive” rather than “new” research on gender, women, and feminism at the crossroads of different practices of imagination, knowledge and politics. Both young and established researchers are invited to present papers that accept this challenge for the future. European Women’s Studies Associations are explicitly invited to have their annual meetings at the 7th European Feminist Research Conference. Contact the organization for more information at 7thfeminist@let.uu.nl.
The conference is a triennial event organized by the Gender Studies Programme (Utrecht University), AOIFE and ATHENA. Previous European Feminist Research Conferences were held at the universities of: Aalborg (1991), Graz (1994), Coimbra (1997), Bologna (2000), Lund (2003) and Lódz (2006).
The 7th European Feminist Research Conference focuses on a wide but well-defined range of themes:
- A. Imagination: Art & Politics
- B. Feminism in Post-Secular Europe
- C. Global Connections: Migration, Consumption & Politics
- D. Sexuality: Public, Private & Beyond
- E. War & Violence
- F. Media & Technology: The Politics of Representation
- G. Multi-Ethnic Europe: Identities, Boundaries & Communities
- H. Stories to Tell: Fiction, History & Memory
- I. Generations in Feminism: Women’s Movements of Past, Present & Future
- J. Cultures of Knowledge: Sciences, Humanities & Feminist Theory
- K. Social & Economic Europe: Geographies of Work & Care
Aims: The conference will be a forum for gender researchers to facilitate networking between them; and to integrate doctoral students and young researchers into the field.
Participants: The conference invites experts, established scholars and young researchers, policy makers from all member states of the EU, candidate countries, associate countries and third countries.
Networking: The conference schedule provides time for planned and spontaneous networking. Time will be available for Women’s/Gender Studies network meetings, scientific journal meetings, research group meetings, roundtable discussions and other meetings. Additionally, policy experts in equality, education and research policy will be invited to the conference and will meet with participants from various networks as part of an effort to strengthen ties between policy makers and researchers in the field.