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09.02.2012 kl. 09:30-12:30	Oslo, Norway	Postcolonial feminism : African perspectives The Colloquium will be an opportunity for Norwegian and Nordic scholars to gain insights from, and begin a dialogue with, scholars and activists who are at the forefront of postcolonial feminist theorisations and activism within and in relation to, African contexts and the African diaspora.	Meeting
01.03.2012 kl. 12:15-15:00	Oslo, Norway	Social Research after the Cultural Turn Sasha Roseneil, editor of the forthcoming book with the title above, will give two lectures: "General introduction: What does it mean to do social research after the cultural turn" and "Doing Feminist Social Research after the Cultural Turn: research with practical intention".	Seminar
07.03.2012 kl. 09:15	Bergen, Norway	Threatening Masculinities – Threatening Men The seminar aims not exclusively at focusing on the extreme right and its masculinity ideals which certainly pose a concrete threat to society, but it also aims to throw light on various forms of masculinity that are considered to be a treat in the sense that they threaten normalized conceptions of masculinity, such as queer masculinities, non-white masculinities, etc.	Seminar
18.03.2012 - 13.05.2012	, Finland	Gender and Development Web-course through University network Hilma	PhD-course
02.04.2012 - 04.05.2012	Linköping, Sweden	International Migration, Ethnicity and Gender: Intersectional Perspectives on Labour, Power and Citizenship The REMESO Graduate School in Migration, Ethnicity and Society offers the course.	PhD-course
24.04.2012 - 27.04.2012	Oslo, Norway	The Nordic model: work-life balance -a trap or an opportunity? In the Nordic countries women's and men's employment rates are almost identical. With the ageing population, women and men at midlife are increasingly involved in taking care of their own parents, while still caring for their children and working outside the home. These individuals are "sandwiched" between the needs of their children and their parents or other relatives. Thus, work-life issues need to be viewed from a broader perspective.	Course
26.04.2012 - 27.04.2012	København, Denmark	Feminist Materialisms - Gender, Nature, Body, Materiality	Conference
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
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
18.06.2012	Tromsø, Norway	Gender and mobility : current empirical, theoretical and methodological perspectives and challenges The PhD course SPL-8006 aims to reveal the knowledge status of research on gender and mobility in various disciplines such as sociology, geography, anthropology, gender studies.	PhD-course
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
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
14.08.2012 - 15.08.2012	Oslo, Norway	Vulnerability as a basis for justice and equality in the Nordic countries Researchers and social scientists are invited to join in exploring the relevance and possible uses of the vulnerability approach in a Nordic context in this workshop with the leading feminist legal theorist Martha Albertson Fineman.	Meeting
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
23.08.2012 - 25.08.2012	Oslo, Norway	Welfare states facing global turbulence, ageing and migration: rising to the occasion, coping or adjusting downwards? "How does the meeting of care needs reinforce global care-chains and highlight migration’s gendered consequences both in sending and receiving countries?" This and other questions will be discussed at the annual conference of Research Committee 19 in the International Sociological Association.	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

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