Schedule | Feminist and Gender Studies

The Feminist and Gender Studies seminar will be held on Saturday, 23 January 2016, in G.05, 50 George Square.

TimeEvent
0900 - 0930Welcome with tea & coffee
0930 - 1100Introductory lecture
• Thematic and interdisciplinary introduction to feminist and gender studies
• Historical overview of feminist literary theory
1100 - 1130Coffee break
1130 - 1300Key concepts and texts
Participant group presentations on:
• Sex vs. gender
• Essentialism vs. difference
• Embodiment and affect
1300 - 1400Lunch
1400 - 1500New directions
• New 'material' feminisms
• Neoliberal feminisms and postfeminist discourses
• Feminist narratives and genealogies
1500 - 1530Coffee break
1530 - 1700Practices and applications
• Individual participant presentations on proposed or current research
1700 - 1730Summary discussion and feedback