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GEXcel Themes 3, 6, 7, 8 and 9: Invitation to apply for visiting fellowships

Katherine Harrison — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:14:08 +0100

Positions for doctoral students and post-doctoral scholars to participate in this research are now open for competition in five of the GEXcel themes:

•    GEXcel Themes 3 & 6 - Distinctions and Authority: Power Shifts and New Divisions in Society, Work and Universities. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 26 MARCH 2010.
•    GEXcel Themes 7 & 8 - Teaching Normcritical Sex - Getting Rid of Violence. TRANSdisciplinary, TRANSnational and TRANSformative Feminist Dialogues on Embodiment, Emotions and Ethics. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 16 APRIL 2010.
•    GEXcel Theme 9 - Gendered sexualed transnationalisations, deconstructing the dominant: Transforming men, “centres” and knowledge/policy/practice. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 16 APRIL 2010.
•    Please read on for full details of all five themes.

Background to GEXcel

Linköping and Örebro Universities, Sweden, are the base for the “Centre of Gender Excellence - Gendering Excellence (GEXcel): Towards a European Centre of Excellence in Transnational and Transdisciplinary Studies of Changing Gender Relations, Intersectionalities and Embodiment”. With support from the Swedish Research Council, GEXcel is carrying out new research and seeks to become the foundation for a more permanent International Collegium for Advanced Transnational and Transdisciplinary Gender Studies.

A Visiting Scholars Programme has been organized to attract scholars at different career stages from Sweden and abroad with a variety of disciplinary backgrounds. The visiting scholars will carry out thematically organized, joint gender research, under the direction of one or two of the professors, responsible for the programme, and collaborate with invited senior researchers.

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Information on the Themes

Themes 3 & 6

In 2010 there will be a joint theme titled “Distinctions and Authority: Power Shifts and New Divisions in Society, Work and Universities”. This joint theme will be directed by Anita Göransson, Professor of Gender, Organization and Economic Change, Department of Gender Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Linköping University. Positions for doctoral students and post-doctoral scholars to participate in this research are now open for competition. For more information on this theme, please click here for Theme 3, and here for Theme 6

Proposals are invited from doctoral students outside Sweden for one-month fellowships in 2010. Fellowships include salary (with a deduction for existing doctoral salary), housing stipend and travel to Sweden. Scholars selected for the program will be expected to participate in a workshop launching the theme of research in mid-May in Linköping and then stay on and/or return in the autumn for their residency.

Proposals are invited from postdoctoral scholars (priority given to applicants from Europe, including Sweden) for fellowships of 1-4 months’ duration in the late spring and/or early autumn of 2010. Fellowships include salary (with a deduction for existing salary), housing stipend and travel to Sweden. Scholars selected for the programme will be expected to participate in a workshop launching the theme in mid-May 2010 in Linköping and then stay on and/or return in autumn 2010 for their residency.

Applicants to this joint theme (Themes 3 & 6) should explain how their project will make a contribution to the understanding of at least one of the three sub-themes of the “Distinctions and Authority” research theme. The three sub-themes are:

1.   Rethinking Class in an Intersectional Perspective
2.   Gender, Class and Ethnicity in Care and Knowledge Work
3.   Shifting the Power over and within Universities

Themes 7 & 8

In 2010/2011, there will be a joint research theme titled, “Teaching Normcritical Sex - Getting Rid of Violence. TRANSdisciplinary, TRANSnational and TRANSformative Feminist Dialogues on Embodiment, Emotions and Ethics”. The research will be carried out with a focus on two sub-themes:

1) Gendered violence – will be in focus in the FALL/WINTER of 2010/11.
2) Critical, intersectional studies of sexualities – will be in focus in SPRING of 2011.
This joint theme will be directed by Barbro Wijma, Professor of Gender and Medicine, Division of Gender and Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden, and Nina Lykke, Professor of Gender and Culture, Department of Gender Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden.
Positions for doctoral students and post-doctoral scholars to participate in sub-theme 1 are now open for competition.

Positions for doctoral students and post-doctoral scholars to participate in sub-theme 2 will be announced later this year.
For more information on the themes, please see click here

Proposals are invited from doctoral students outside Sweden for one- to four-months fellowships in the Fall/Winter of 2010/11 and with a ‘peak period’ Week 41-42 (October 11-24), where all scholars are expected to be in residence and participate in joint seminars. Up to four fellowships will be available. Fellowships include salary (with a deduction for existing doctoral salary), housing stipend and travel to Sweden.

Proposals are invited from postdoctoral scholars (priority given to applicants from Europe, including Sweden) for one- to six-months fellowships in the Fall/Winter of 2010/11 with a ‘peak period’ Week 41-42 (October 11-24), where all scholars are expected to be in residence and participate in joint seminars. Up to nine fellowships will be available. Fellowships include salary (with a deduction for existing salary), housing stipend and travel to Sweden.

Applicants should explain how their project will make a transnationally informed contribution to the understanding of the overall theme “Teaching Normcritical Sex - Getting Rid of Violence TRANSdisciplinary, TRANSnational and TRANSformative Feminist Dialogues on Embodiment, Emotions and Ethics” with a particular focus on the subtheme ‘Gendered violence’.

Theme 9

In the academic year 2010-2011, there will be a research theme on “Gendered sexualed transnationalisations, deconstructing the dominant: Transforming men, “centres” and knowledge/policy/practice” directed by Jeff Hearn, Professor of Gender Studies, with special reference to Critical Studies on Men, Department of Gender Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden. This builds on previous Themes 1 “Gender, sexuality and global change” & 2 “Deconstructing the hegemony of men and masculinities” . Positions for doctoral students and post-doctoral scholars to participate in this research are now open for competition. Theme 9 has three sub-themes:

- impact of transnationalisations on privileged “centres”
- transnationalisations of knowledge
- deconstructing the hegemony of men and masculinities

For more information on this Theme 9, please click here

Proposals are invited from doctoral students outside Sweden for one-month fellowships in late May/early June 2011 (up to 4 fellowships will be available). Fellowships include salary (with a deduction for existing doctoral salary), housing stipend and travel to Sweden. Scholars selected for the program will be expected to participate in a workshop launching the theme of research in the week commencing 24 January 2011 in Linköping, and then return in in May/June 2011 for their residency (all scholars must be in Linköping for the key period 23 May 2011 - 3 June 2011).

Proposals are invited from postdoctoral scholars (priority given to applicants from Europe, including Sweden) for up to 5 fellowships of 1-4 months’ duration (May/June 2011). Fellowships include salary (with a deduction for existing salary), housing stipend and travel to Sweden. Scholars selected for the programme will be expected to participate in a workshop launching the theme of research in week commencing 24 January 2011 in Linköping, and then return in May/June 2011 for their residency (all scholars must be in Linköping for the key period 23 May 2011 - 3 June 2011).

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Application instructions for Themes 3, 6, 7, 8 and 9

All proposals must include a current CV, an abstract of the proposed project, a narrative description (maximum: five pages) of the project to be undertaken during the fellowship, and a short bibliography. We welcome applications (focusing on one or more of the sub-themes of the chosen theme), to become part of this thriving research environment.

Doctoral candidates must include the name and contact information for their research supervisor. Postdoctoral applicants must also include two samples of their work (published or unpublished) related to the research topic.

It is also possible to make an application to participate in the theme as a self-funded GEXcel Open Position Scholar. Applications for this should include similar materials.

All proposals and supporting materials should be submitted electronically to:
GEXcel Academic Coordinator
Email: application@genderexcel.org
All applications must be clearly marked in the subject of the email: Application for GEXcel Research Theme 3/6/7/8/9 (delete as applicable).

A committee will evaluate all applications and select those who are successful, with the approval of the GEXcel Board.

Application Deadlines:
Themes 3 & 6: 26 March 2010
Themes 7 & 8: 16 April 2010 (Awards Announced by mid- May 2010)
Theme 9: 16 April 2010 (Awards Announced by end of May 2010)

Conference of Workshops: Love in Our Time – A Question for Feminism

Gunnel Karlsson — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:18:34 +0100

We invite applications for this conference of workshops from junior and senior scholars whose research directly addresses one or more of the topics presented in the two main parts of the theme description: I. Love Studies – mapping the field; or II. Love Studies – remaking the field. For the latter, we invite contributions, both critical and reconstructive, that specifically approach one of the following three sub-themes:

(1) Gendered interests in sexual love, for instance how (if at all) care practices relate to erotic agency

(2) Temporal dimensions of loving and love activities, preferably as compared with temporalities of working, or labour activities; or with thinking and action time. Is there a philosophy and politics of time that should be distinguished and developed about love, to understand better the social conditions, cultural meanings and political struggles of love in our time?

(3) Love as a strong force in the intersection between politics and religion and also as a useful key concept for a new political theory of global revolution. What is to be said and done from feminist points of view about postmodern revitalising of pre-modern ideas of passionate love?

Conference Workshop Format

The conference will begin on Thursday morning (2 December 2010) with three keynote addresses from leading scholars in the field (to be announced), followed by workshop meetings in the afternoon. Friday (3 December 2010) will be organized similarly with both plenary sessions and parallel workshop meetings. A final plenary will be held on Saturday morning (4 December 2010), where summaries of major research and discussion themes will be presented.

Workshops are designed to be a forum for discussion of research in progress precisely related to the conference sub-themes and to facilitate collaboration among junior and senior scholars. Each workshop will go on for two days and involve ten participants from several institutions. Only those scholars currently working in the field addressed by the workshop will be accepted to participate.

The workshop format is intended to enhance participation in a collegial atmosphere. Each participant presents a paper or research document for discussion, and takes part in the discussion of the other sub-theme papers presented. In addition, each sub-theme participant will be assigned the role of formal discussant on one paper. Each sub-theme will be assigned a coordinator, whose tasks will include maintaining the group’s schedule of presentation, summarizing research and discussion themes and presenting these summaries at the closing plenary.

We expect these workshops to lead to publications, as well as to continued collaboration between members.

Application Requirements

Send an abstract of the proposed paper demonstrating how your research specifically connects to one of the sub-themes. Include a brief biographical note of no more than 250 words outlining your current research interests, most recent publications, academic affiliation and status.

Address for Applications

GEXcelTheme10@oru.se

Application Deadline

May 10, 2010

Notification

A committee will review applicants and notify candidates selected for participation by mid-June 2010.

Work in Progress Reoprt Volume VII now available

Katherine Harrison — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:16:00 +0100

December 1 & 2: Two open lectures by Prof. Johan Galtung

Katherine Harrison — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:41:07 +0100

9 – 12, December 1, 2009
Conciliation, Mediation and Peace building – with examples
(Location: BERZELIUSSALEN,Ingång 65, Campus US, Linköping)

9 – 12, December 2, 2009
A Theory of Violence: Direct, Structural, Cultural – with examples
(Location: BL32/NOBEL-salen, ingång 23, B-building, Campus Valla, Linköping)

No registration required. Limited seating on a ‘first come, first
seated’ basis. Lectures will start at 9.00 sharp.

For more information on GEXcel, see:
http://www.genderexcel.org/

Work in Progress Report Vol. VI now available

Katherine Harrison — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:08:51 +0200

GEXcel Seminars this Autumn

Malena Gustavson — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:07:51 +0200

GEXcel Theme 2 (LiU/ÖU) will give several seminar series this Autumn. Open Seminars (together with Tema Genus, LiU), a GEXcel mini-conference 20 November, a GEXcel symposium 2 December, and the GEXcel internal seminars. You will find the seminar series here: http://www.genderexcel.org/node/171

If you wish to attend the conference and the symposium please contact Malena Gustavson, Email: malena.gustavson@liu.se

Download the Work in Progress Report from the Örebro Conference

Gunnel Karlsson — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:18:21 +0100

The conference rounded off the main activities of GEXcel’s Research Theme 1, Gender, Sexuality and Global Change, run from August 2007 through August 2008.

The conference was arranged in workshop format and gathered scholars like Cynthia Cockburn, Ann Ferguson and Kimberle Crenshaw.

Download the report here!

Invitation to apply for visiting fellowship

Malena Gustavson — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:43:12 +0200

Linköping and Örebro Universities, Sweden, are the base for the “Centre of Gender Excellence - Gendering Excellence (GEXcel): Towards a European Centre of Excellence in Transnational and Transdisciplinary Studies of Changing Gender Relations, Intersectionalities and Embodiment”. With support from the Swedish Research Council, GEXcel is carrying out new research and seeks to become the foundation for a more permanent Sweden-based European Collegium for Advanced Transnational and Transdisciplinary Gender Studies.

A Visiting Fellows Programme has been organized to attract scholars at different career stages from Sweden and abroad with a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, who will carry out thematically organized, joint gender research, under the direction of one of the 6 professors who are responsible for the programme and working in collaboration with invited senior researchers.

In 2008-09, one of the research themes is “Deconstructing the Hegemony of Men and Masculinities” directed by Jeff Hearn, Professor of Gender Studies (Critical Studies on Men), Linköping University. For information on the Department of Gender Studies, see: http://www.tema.liu.se/pub/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=8103&a=55198, and on the area of critical studies on men and masculinities there, see:
http://www.tema.liu.se/pub/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=8103&a=57818&l=en

Positions for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers to participate in thematic research on Deconstructing the Hegemony of Men and Masculinities are now open for competition. Postdoctoral researchers may or may not have graduated recently.

Proposals are invited from doctoral students outside Sweden for up to five one-month fellowships (2-3 in April/May 2009). Fellowships include salary (with a deduction for existing doctoral salary), housing stipend and travel to Sweden.

Proposals are invited from postdoctoral scholars (priority given to applicants from Europe, including Sweden) for at least two fellowships of up to 5 months’ duration (Spring 2009, including 15th-29th April 2009). Applications for periods less than 5 months are also welcome. Fellowships include salary (with a deduction for existing salary), housing stipend and travel to Sweden.

It is also possible for successful doctoral and postdoctoral candidates to extend their stay at Linköping with their own funding.
Proposals must include a current CV, an abstract of the proposed project, a description (maximum: 5 pages) of the project to be undertaken during the fellowship, and a short bibliography. Applicants should explain how the work will contribute to understanding at least one of the sub-themes (body/ageing/disability; transnationalisation; virtuality/ICTs) of the Deconstructing the Hegemony of Men and Masculinities research theme (see detailed description at: http://www.genderexcel.org/node/101).

Doctoral Candidates must include the name and contact information for their research supervisor(s). Postdoctoral applicants must also include two samples of their work (published or unpublished) on the topic in their application.

All proposals and supporting materials should be submitted electronically to:
Professor Jeff Hearn, GEXcel Research Theme 2 Director (jefhe@tema.liu.se)

A committee will evaluate all applications and select those who are successful, with the approval of the GEXcel Board.

Application Deadlines:
October 14 2008 for Spring 2009 (Awards Announced in November 2008)

For full description for the invitation, click: http://www.genderexcel.org/node/169

Read the work-in-progress report from GEXcel's spring seminars

Gunnel Karlsson — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:00:22 +0200

Photos from Theme 1 Conference on Gender, Sexuality and Global Change

Gunnel Karlsson — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:02:17 +0200

Charles W. Mills and Carole Pateman.

Conference participants.

Cynthia Cockburn.

Ann Ferguson, Bih-Er Chou and Stevi Jackson.

Valerie Bryson and Anita Göransson.

Joyce Outshoorn.

Cheryl Auger and Richard Howson.

Sarah Scuzzarello and Malena Gustavsson.

Carole Pateman and Cynthia Cockburn.

All photos by Lena Gunnarsson

Visiting Fellows hold seminars at Örebro University

Gunnel Karlsson — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:21:54 +0100

International Conference: The War Question for Feminism

Malena Gustavson — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The War Question for Feminism: Gender Aspects on Militaries, Armed Conflict and Peacekeeping

22-23 September, 2008, Örebro University, Sweden

Submission of abstracts: April 15, 2008
Paper submission: September 1, 2008

The conference papers will be organized into three overarching themes:

I. War as a Feminist Issue
II. Militarism and Masculinities
III. Feminist concepts travelling into the area of security, the military, violent conflicts and peacekeeping operations

Please see Call for Papers for a more detailed description of the themes.

Confirmed Keynotes/Commentators

1 Cynthia Cockburn, Professor, City University, London
2 Carol Cohn, Director of the Boston Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights, Tufts University, Boston
3 Christine Sylvester, Professor, Lancaster University
4 Paul Higate, Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol
5 Jeff Hearn, Professor, Linköping University
6 Inger Skjelsbaeck, Researcher, The Int’l Peace Research Institute at Oslo
7 Sophia Ivarsson, The Swedish National Defense College, Stockholm
8 Maud Eduards, Professor, Stockholm University
9 Helena Carreiras, Professor, Lisbon University
10 Dubravka Zarkov, Associate Professor, Inst of Social Studies,The Hague

More information regarding the conference will be posted at the GEXcel - Gender Excellence Center's homepage www.genderexcel.org

The conference is being organized by:
Erika Svedberg, Centre for Feminist Social Studies, Örebro University, erika.svedberg@sam.oru.se
Annica Kronsell, Department of Political Science, Lund University, annica.kronsell@svet.lu.se

Read the work-in-progress papers of Theme 1

Gunnel Karlsson — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:50:04 +0100

New invitation to apply for visiting fellowship

Malena Gustavson — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Linköping and Örebro Universities, Sweden, are the base for the “Centre of Gender Excellence - Gendering Excellence (GEXcel): Towards a European Centre of Excellence in Transnational and Transdisciplinary Studies of Changing Gender Relations, Intersectionalities and Embodiment”. With support from the Swedish Research Council, GEXcel is carrying out new research and seeks to become the foundation for a more permanent Sweden-based European Collegium for Advanced Transnational and Transdisciplinary Gender Studies.

Proposals are invited from doctoral students outside Sweden for up to five one-month fellowships (2-3 in November/December 2008; 2-3 in April/May 2009). Fellowships include salary (with a deduction for existing doctoral salary), housing stipend and travel to Sweden.

Proposals are invited from postdoctoral scholars (priority given to applicants from Europe, including Sweden) for at least two fellowships of up to 6 months’ duration (from September 2008, including 12th Nov-26th November; or in Spring 2008, including 15th-29th April 2009). Applications for periods less than 6 months are also welcome. Fellowships include salary (with a deduction for existing salary), housing stipend and travel to Sweden.

It is also possible for successful doctoral and postdoctoral candidates to extend their stay at Linköping with their own funding.

Proposals must include a current CV, an abstract of the proposed project, a description (maximum: 5 pages) of the project to be undertaken during the fellowship, and a short bibliography. Applicants should explain how the work will contribute to understanding at least one of the sub-themes (body/ageing/disability; transnationalisation; virtuality/ICTs) of the Deconstructing the Hegemony of Men and Masculinities research theme (see detailed description at: http://www.genderexcel.org/node/101).

All proposals and supporting materials should be submitted electronically to:
Professor Jeff Hearn, GEXcel Research Theme 2 Director (jefhe@tema.liu.se)

A committee will evaluate all applications and select those who are successful, with the approval of the GEXcel Board.

Application Deadlines:
March 14 2008 for Autumn 2008 (Awards Announced in May 2008)
October 14 2008 for Spring 2009 (Awards Announced in November 2008)

For full description fo the invitation, click: www.genderexcel.org/node/144

Xingkui Zhang accepted for two-month scholarship

Gunnel Karlsson — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:32:11 +0100

The GEXcel board has decided to accept Xingkui Zhang, PhD student at the University of Sydney, Australia, for a two-month GEXcel scholarship.

He will spend the months of April and May at Örebro University to work within Theme 1 - Gender, Sexuality and Global Change.

Xingkui Zhang's research project is titled “Bao Ernai” in China — a Contemporary Form of Polygamy or Sexual Exploitation of Women? Towards a New Approach of Sexuality and Gender. See more about the project here.