Nordkalender Call for papers Next 60 days Next 90 days or from   to   Advanced search Date Location Description Category URL 17.05.2012 - 20.05.2012 Budapest, Hungary The Politics of Location Revisited: Gender@2012 The 8th European Feminist Research Conference invites scholars, students, activists and policy makers to re-visit their politics of location in the light of current crises in Europe and beyond, and to reflect upon the ways in which feminist scholarly tools can be used for understanding and for changing the world. Conference 22.05.2012 Umeå, Sweden Dying to tell: A psychocultural analysis of adolescents’ self-harm in Sri Lanka Jeanne Marecek, Swarthmore College, USA/UCGS, Umeå university Seminar   30.05.2012 - 01.06.2012 Gothenburg, Sweden Making Sense of Consumption - NCCR 2012 We welcome you to the second Nordic Conference on Consumer Research, May 30- June 1, 2012 in Gothenburg, Sweden, organized by the Centre for Consumer Science, CFK. Conference 31.05.2012 - 01.06.2012 Oslo, Norway Masculinities in Motion - Men and (E)Quality of Life New times, new solutions? What does it mean being a boy or a man today? How can women and men be understood being masculine? How is “masculine space” developing in a gender equal society? Conference 06.06.2012 - 08.06.2012 Kristiansand, Norway After the Crisis. An Interdisciplinary Conference on Narratives of Traumatic Events People who are exposed to traumatic events have a profound need to make sense of them. They seek to express, explain and understand their experiences through words. The conference’s aim is to focus on of trauma narratives. Various dimensions of trauma narratives, such as form and function, gender inscriptions, sexuality and power will be explored. Conference 14.06.2012 - 15.06.2012 Umeå, Sweden Subjectivity / subjectification / desubjectification. A Humanist Category under Renegotiation? UCGS samarrangerar med Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper: Internationellt symposium vid Umeå universitet, 14–15 juni, 2012 Conference   18.06.2012 - 21.06.2012 Bergen, Norway 32nd Nordic Conference of Ethnology and Folkloristics The conference offers several panels relevant to gender researchers. For example: "Gendering body and sexuality: the making of unequal desires"; "Sports, women and the cultural dynamics of difference". Conference 20.06.2012 - 23.06.2012 Oslo, Norway Simone de Beauvoir: Philosophy, Literature and the Humanities The 20th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society will highlight Beauvoir’s life and works from a broad range of perspectives, disciplines and locations, addressing the impact in her own time as well as her significance for the 21st century. Conference 27.06.2012 - 29.06.2012 Keele, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Gender, Work and Organization (GWO) 7th Biennial International Interdisciplinary conference The GWO conference provides an international forum for debate and analysis of a variety of issues in relation to management, work and organisation, and to gender studies. Conference 01.08.2012 - 03.08.2012 Amsterdam, Netherlands The International Archives, Libraries, Museums and Special Collections Conference on the Future of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans* and Intersex Histories (LGBTI ALMS 2012) IHLIA envisons that by 2020 the heritage of LGBTI individuals and the LGBTI community is collected and recognized in Europe and globally as part of the cultural wealth of society. The conference aims to be a step in that direction. Conference 08.08.2012 - 10.08.2012 Tampere, Finland IFLA Satellite Conference 2012 How can libraries and information centres improve access to women’s information and preserve women’s cultural heritage? Conference 16.08.2012 - 18.08.2012 Bergen, Norway THOUGHT AS ACTION:Gender, Democracy, Freedom This conference marks the completion of a four-year international research project, THOUGHT AS ACTION: Gender, Democracy, Freedom, funded by the Norwegian Research Council. The project has had a theoretical focus, organized around three major themes: ”Bodies and Sexualities”, ”Citizenship” and ”New Technologies”, themes that will also serve as an overarching structure for the conference. Conference   29.08.2012 - 31.08.2012 Bergen, Norway 7th European Conference on Gender Equality in Higher Education The conference will focus on gender equality in a changing academic world against the backdrop of the current financial crisis in Europe and beyond. Conference 07.09.2012 - 08.09.2012 Reykavik, Iceland Has feminist philosophy changed philosophy? Conference of the Nordic Network for Women in Philosophy at the University of Iceland (in cooperation with the Institute of Philosophy and EDDA – Center of Excellence), September 7 and 8, 2012. Conference 26.09.2012 - 29.09.2012 Lillehammer, Norway 6th Congress of the European Society on Family Relation Demographic changes, along with the current economic crisis and increased migration, raise new questions and research interests concerning family practices, family policy, relatedness, family crisis and intervention. Speakers representing a wide range of disciplines address these issues at the congress. Conference 08.10.2012 - 12.10.2012 Dubrovnik, Croatia Ph.D. kursus 'Transnational Care, Gender and Citizenship' Ph.D. kursus: 'Transnational Care, Gender and Citizenship' 8-12 October 2012, Dubrovnik, Kroatien Course Directors: Prof. Lise Widding Isaksen, University of Bergen, Norway and Prof. Hanne Marlene Dahl, University of Roskilde. Denmark Course