Transnational /Global Feminism: Issues, Contestations, Challenges
Gender Global/SKOK/FOKK seminar 25.-26. mai 2010, University of Bergen
This international seminar aims to shed light on current theoretical discussions within the fields of global, transnational and postcolonial feminist studies, and to create an international arena for theoretical discussions specific to researching gender globally. Scholars from a wide range of disciplines and from various academic institutions in Norway, all with a common interest of gender-related issues in a global perspective are invited to participate.
The seminar is a collaboration between the research network Gender Global in Bergen, Gender and Development (GAD) and the Centre for Women and Gender research (SKOK), at the University of Bergen, and the Association for Women's Studies and Gender Research (FOKK) in Norway.
KEY NOTE SPEAKERS:
Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Professor and Chair of Women's and Gender Studies, Professor of Sociology, Cultural Foundations of Education and Dean's Professor of the Humanities, Syracuse University, USA
Breny Mendoza, Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies at California State University, USA
Nadje Al-Ali
Reader in Gender Studies, University of London, UK
Oyeronke Oyewumi, Associate Professor of Sociology, Stony Brook University, USA
Keynote Speakers Day II
Anne Britt Flemmen
Professor of Sociology, University of Tromsø, Norway
Britt Kramvig
Associate Professor, University of Tromsø, Norway
Elisabeth Oxfeldt
Associate Professor, University of Oslo, Norway
All enquiries about the conference can be forwarded to: Thera.Mjaaland@iuh.uib.no
ORGANISERS:
Association for Women's Studies and Gender Research in Norway (FOKK)
Centre for Women and Gender research (SKOK)
The conference if funded by the Norewegian Research Council.