A presentation by Barbara Andrew, feminist, socialist, trade unionist, community activist and proud grand-daughter of Thirza Cove, militant London Suffragette Continue reading “Grandma was a Suffragette: one woman’s part in the Votes for Women campaign”
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 promote a new education for women’. Continue reading “Education for Change Seminar”
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 dual identities of scholar and activist. Black feminists are particularly marginalised within academia, although the increased diversity of the student population in the UK brings hope for a new generation of black feminists entering the academy. Continue reading “Celebrating the Feminist Within”
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 consider how these were articulated. Continue reading “Performing the Self: Women's Lives in Historical Perspective”
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 of women in religion encouraging research and collaboration at the University of Bristol itself, and with other Universities both within the UK and abroad. Continue reading “Women and Religion: Doctrinal, Historical and Social Perspectives”
A Carnival of Feminist Cultural Activism
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, presentations, performance, exhibitions & workshops. We ask: can feminist art* can change the world and, if so, how? We invite responses from activists, artists and academics. Continue reading “A Carnival of Feminist Cultural Activism”
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 Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences and the Department of Organisation, Work and Technology at Lancaster University as well as the Gender & Education Association. Continue reading “Report on the Conference: Care Work in Focus: The Changing Nature of Care Work in Sectors”
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 “The Role of Education With the Feminisation of Migration”
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 people came to discuss what women learn from magazines. The chair, Kim Allen from London Metropolitan University, and the two speakers (pictured left), Pamela Church-Gibson from the London College of Fashion and Hatty Oliver from Goldsmiths University of London, kicked things off. Continue reading “What do women learn from magazines?”
2009 GEA Conference: London
The 2009 conference was theme was regulation and resistance. It was held at the Institute of Education in central London.