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| NORDIC WOMEN'S AND GENDER HISTORY CONFERENCE
Gender and Knowledge — Gendered Knowledge |
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| Dato: 12.08.2005 - 14.08.2005 Tid: |
| Sted: Turku/Åbo, Finland |
We have the great pleasure to invite you to the VIII Nordic Women’s and Gender History Conference. The theme for the conference "Gender and Knowledge - Gendered Knowledge" addresses questions of gender and knowledge in the context of history-writing from various perspectives. Special attention will be directed at the relationship between feminism, theory and the conception of history on one hand, and at questions of colonialism on the other.
The conference will take place in Turku, Finland, 12-14 August 2005. The three-day conference will consist of lectures by keynote speakers and thematic workshops, in which individual papers will be discussed. The theme of "Gender and Knowledge" will also be discussed in three main panel discussions. Conference languages include English and the Nordic languages. |
NORDIC WOMEN'S AND GENDER HISTORY CONFERENCE
Gender and Knowledge — Gendered Knowledge
12th–14th August 2005, Turku, Finland
We have the great pleasure to invite you to the VIII Nordic Women’s and Gender History Conference. The theme for the conference "Gender and Knowledge - Gendered Knowledge" addresses questions of gender and knowledge in the context of history-writing from various perspectives. Special attention will be directed at the relationship between feminism, theory and the conception of history on one hand, and at questions of colonialism on the other.
The conference will take place in Turku, Finland, 12-14 August 2005. The three-day conference will consist of lectures by keynote speakers and thematic workshops, in which individual papers will be discussed. The theme of "Gender and Knowledge" will also be discussed in three main panel discussions. Conference languages include English and the Nordic languages.
As keynote lecturers we are delighted to welcome
Professor Liz Stanley (University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK),
Professor Clare Midgley (Metropolitan University, London, UK)
PhD Katriina Honkanen (Åbo Akademi University, Finland)
Senior Scholar Karen Offen (Stanford University, U.S.A)
The Nordic Women’s and Gender History Conference offers a wide range of interesting themes and innovative discussions, see the program below.
Also visit our homepage at http://qhist2005.utu.fi/ where you will find more information on the roundtables, sessions, workshops and individual papers.
Registration and papers
The dead line for abstracts has closed on January 31st 2005. Complete papers should be submitted to organizers before 15th June 2005.
Registration is possible on the website. Note that the registration form should be filled and the registration fee should be paid by the end of May 2005. After that date, a late charge will be added to the rates. More information on deadlines, accommodation and registration will be found on the conference website.
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM:
Thursday 11 August 2005
18.00 - Opening program
Friday 12 August 2005
08.00-12.00 Registration
10.00-10.30 Opening address
10.30-12.00 Keynote lecture by Prof. Liz Stanley
12.00-13.30 Lunch, opening of poster exhibition
13.30-16.00 Main session I
"Gender and knowledge - use, misuse and non-use of history in women's studies"
Panel discussion on the relationship between feminism, theory and understandings of history. Introductory remarks on the importance of historicizing for feminist constructivist thinking by Dr. Katriina Honkanen ( Åbo Akademi University, Finland). Chair: Prof. Gro Hagemann, University of Oslo, Norway. (In English)
16.00-16.30 Coffee break, opening of book stalls
16.30-18.00 Pararell sessions I, Roundtable discussion
1. Ethics and the role of the researcher in history-writing
2. Nordic zealots - Gender and colonialism in Christian missions and development aid
3. Foucault and the Writing of Feminist History.
4. Premodern Meets Postmodern: (de)Colonising Medieval Women
5. Free papers
Roundtable:
1. Könade krigsminnen under efterkrigstiden i Norden
Evening program
19.00 Welcome Reception at Turku Town Hall
21.30 Chamber music by female composers at Academic hall
Saturday 13 August 2005
09.00-10.30 Keynote lecture by Prof. Clare Midgley
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-13.00 Main session II
"Colonialism and Nordic Women's History - Postcolonial Challenges"
Panel discussion on the meanings of racism and colonialism for Nordic women's history. Chair: Phil. Lic. Seija Jalagin, University of Oulu, Finland. (in English)
13.00-14.30 Lunch
14.30-16.00 Parallel sessions II and Roundtable
Parallel sessions II
1. Ethics and the role of the researcher in history-writing
2. Postcolonial challenges for women's history
3. Nordic zealots - Gender and colonialism in Christian missions and development aid
4. Women writing history
5. Historical Knowledge and Masculinity
6. Free papers
Roundtable
1. Män, pengar och vänskap – sätt att studera kvinnorörelsens organisering
2. Gymnastics and Dance in Forming Femininities in the Nordic Countries
16.00-16.30 Coffee break
16.30-18.00 Parallel sessions III and Roundtable
Parallel sessions III
1. Ethics and the role of the researcher in history-writing
2. Nordic zealots - Gender and colonialism in Christian missions and development aid
3. Women Writing History
4. Historical Knowledge and Masculinity
5. Women, Skill and Employment
6. Free papers
Roundtable
1. At the Margins of Prostitution Control. The Nordic Countries 1880-1940
2. Gymnastics and Dance in Forming Femininities in the Nordic Countries
Evening program
19.00 Conference Banquet
Sunday 14 August 2005
09.30-11.00 Parallel sessions IV and Roundtable
Parallel sessions IV
1. Women Writing History
2. Historical Knowledge and Masculinity
3. Gender and the history of childhood
4. Women, Skill and Employment
5. Gender and the public-sector from the middle of the 19th century to the end of the 20th century
Roundtable
1. The cold war - a gendered conflict?
2. Gender, Narrative and Analysis in the Making of Intellectual Biographies from the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
11.30-13.00 Parallel sessions V and Roundtable
Parallel sessions V
1. Women Writing History
2. Historical Knowledge and Masculinity
3. Gender and the history of childhood
4. Women, Skill and Employment
5. Gender and the public-sector from the middle of the 19th century to the end of the 20th century
6. Free papers
Roundtable
1. A matter of style: the surface performers of gender
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.30 Key note lecture by Karen Offen, Senior Scholar (Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Stanford University): Plucking the Apple from the Tree of Knowledge: European Women and the 'Knowledge Wars'
Main session III
"Women's history now - segregation, integration, reproduction"
Panel discussion and closing words, chair: Marianne Liljeström, University of Turku, Finland. (In Nordic languages).
Evening program
15.30-19.30 Excursion to Naantali
Welcome to Turku, Finland
On behalf of the Organizing comittee,
Ann-Catrin Östman, Åbo Akademi University / Department of History
Anu Lahtinen, University of Turku / Finnish History
Maarit Leskelä-Kärki, University of Turku / Cultural History |
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| Further inquiries can be addressed to:
Salla Peltonen
Kvinnohistorikermötet / Suomen historia
Historian laitos
20014 TURUN YLIOPISTO
FINLAND
e-mail: qhist2005@utu.fi or
salla.peltonen@utu.fi | | |
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