External events: academic year 2016/17
2016/17 events
Conference: Gender and Feminisms at Bristol
11 July 2017
9:30am-5:00pm
Helen Wodehouse building, 35 Berkeley Square, Room 4.10
The University of Bristol has a long history as a home for gender and feminist research, from the landmark publication by the Bristol Women’s Studies Group, Half the Sky: An Introduction to Women’s Studies (Virago, 1979) to today’s School and Faculty-level Centres, Research Groups and Networks focused on diverse issues such as gender-based violence, gender and politics, transnational feminisms, and masculinities. It has been argued that gender and feminist research have become ‘mainstreamed’ into research agendas and curriculums, yet recent events point to the need for incisive gender-sensitive and feminist analysis – and action – on sexism and racism in the public sphere, the effects of economic austerity, environmental crises, and dramatic transformations in the political landscape.
Please come along to this event showcasing Bristol gender and feminist research. The conference will include short paper presentations, a workshop on the Feminist Archive South, and a panel discussion on feminist research at Bristol, past and present.
The conference is the start of discussions about future directions for gender and feminist research and teaching at Bristol – all welcome!
FREE to attend.
Strengthening gender equality in post-Brexit Britain
PolicyBristol at the University of Bristol would like to invite you to a symposium on gender equality in post-Brexit Britain.
The symposium is led by Prof Sarah Childs and in collaboration with incoming fellow, Halla Gunnarsdottir, Head of Policy and Partnerships for the Women’s Equality Party. This event will see a panel of academics discuss issues relating to gender in post-Brexit Britain, bringing in practical experience from Bristol local community organisations and political inputs from different political parties. Invitations have been sent to all Bristol-based MPs, key MPs contributing to women’s equality, local commissioners and women’s organisations.
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Time |
Topic |
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10:00 – 12:00 |
Headline session: Women, work and the economy in Post Brexit Britain |
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12:00 – 13:00 |
Lunch |
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13:00 – 15:00 |
Panel discussion: Violence against women: funding of life saving services |
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15:00-15:30 |
Coffee |
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15:30 – 17:00 |
Presentations and discussion: Health care and women’s equality |
The Art of the Possible? Filming Sex Work and Human Trafficking
Date: 14th March 2017
Time: 16:00-18:00
Venue: 3.31 Coutts lecture theatre, Wills Memorial Building
There will be a drinks reception after the screening
Two films we will be screening are Becky’s Journey (24 min) by Sine Plambech and Travel (63 min) by Nicola Mai. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the directors.
The topics we are aiming to discuss are: How to make films about sex work and human trafficking that show the complexity of people’s lives? Is there a way of making visible the vulnerability of migrants and their labour exploitability without portraying them as victims of trafficking or slavery?
The two directors are both academics as well as filmmakers.
Sine Plambech is an anthropologist and a filmmaker working as a Postdoctoral fellow at the Danish Institute for International Development. She directed Becky’s Journey (2015) and Trafficking (2010).
Nicola Mai is a sociologist, an ethnographer and a filmmaker working as Professor of Sociology and Migration Studies at Kingston University London. His latest films are Travel (2016), Samira (2013) and Normal (2012).
The screening does not require registration and it is open to all Bristol University students and staff as well as to the wider community.
This event is hosted by the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law's Migration Research Group and the Bristol Institute for Migration and Mobility Studies
Symposium on Tackling GBV in Universities (PDF, 210kB)
Date: Tuesday 14th March 2017
Location: The Research Beehive, Newcastle University
Gender-based violence (GBV) on UK campuses has finally begun to gain the attention of scholars, government, the media and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), decades later than it has in some other countries (notably the USA). The 2016 Changing the Culture report published by the Universities UK Taskforce - established to examine violence against women, harassment and hate crime affecting university students - and the accompanying guidelines advising universities on how to handle alleged student misconduct that may also constitute a criminal offence, mark a turning point in the regulatory framework governing HEIs’ response to GBV. These changes have happened amidst a wider revival of resistance to GBV in all its forms. In universities, the resistance has focused particularly on sexual harassment, sexual violence, and sexual objectification, ‘lad culture’ amongst students, and the enduring legacy of abuse by academic staff against other staff and/or students. This one-day symposium seeks to illuminate critical perspectives on these developments.
International Women's Day, presented by Bristol Women's Voice
Date: Saturday 4 March
Time: 11 am - 5 pm
Registration from 10:30 am
Location: M Shed
As part of this event, members of the Faculty of Arts 'Global Feminisms' research cluster will speak about 'Art and Anger', responding to works by poets, novelists, and theorists, from Virginia Woolf to Audre Lorde, Sara Ahmed to Adrienne Rich.
Film screening of 'Consent'
Date: 1st March
Time: 6-8.30pm
Venue: 3.31 Coutts lecture theatre, Wills Memorial Building
The University of Bristol Law School will host a screening of the film 'Consent' (2007), directed by Brian Hill. The film 'brings viewers up as close as possible to how a real rape trial works, blending scripted drama with true-to-life courtroom procedures.'
Following the film screening, Head of School, Professor Joanne Conaghan and Dr Yvette Russell, experts on rape and the law, will lead a panel discussion on issues the film raises. The event is open to students and staff at the University of Bristol.
Please RSVP using the link here. Space is limited. There will be refreshments after the screening.
*Please be advised: the film may contain triggering material*
Panel discussion: "Why Masculinities Matter"
Thursday, 2nd February at 5.30pm
Coutts Lecture Theatre in the Wills Memorial Building
This panel brings together a mix of commentators; from students and staff to individuals from outside the university, to discuss these issues.
Panelists:
Meenakshi Bala, Med student (MBChB) and sub-editor for gal-dem.com
Amit Singh, Co-editor, Consented
Nat Jester, PhD student in Politics
Dr Patricia Neville, Lecturer in Social Sciences
Dr Bradley Stephens, Senior Lecturer in French Literature
This is a free event and seats will be assigned on a first come first basis.
The Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS) is hosting a workshop series on Masculinity Studies in an Age of Global Uncertainty throughout 2017.
To follow events being hosted by the network of Men & Masculinities in Culture and Society you can join their facebook group here or follow their twitter feed
Monday, 23rd January from 1-4pm
Verdon-Smith room, Royal Fort House
Performing Masculinities
Our first research workshop brings together specialists in English, Theatre, and film and television studies to explore how masculinity is performed on stage and screen. Featuring: Dr Ruth Heholt (English, Falmouth), Mr Nick Havergal (PhD student in Theatre, Bristol), Dr Eleanor Rycroft (Theatre, Bristol), Dr Enrico Biasin (Italian, Bristol), and Prof Andrew Spicer (Cultural Production, UWE). More information is available here.
Gender, Violence and Justice: What does justice look like?
Thinking Futures, Thursday 10 November 2016, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM.
This event will look at how individuals and communities can play a part in seeking ‘justice’ for those who experience different types of gender-based violence. This will include thinking about which types of justice which work, and don’t work, for those who experience sexual violence, so-called honour based violence, domestic violence, and female genital manipulation or cutting.
The panelists will include Geetanjali Gangoli and Marianne Hester from the Centre for Gender and Violence Research, Rowan Miller from SARSAS and Layla Ismail from Refugee Women of Bristol, and will be chaired by Thangam Debbonaire, MP for Bristol West.
Invitation: Seminar: Strengthening gender equality in Post-Brexit Britain
PolicyBristol at the University of Bristol would like to invite you to a symposium on gender equality in post-Brexit Britain.
The symposium is led by Prof Sarah Childs and in collaboration with incoming fellow, Halla Gunnarsdottir, Head of Policy and Partnerships for the Women’s Equality Party. This event will see a panel of academics discuss issues relating to gender in post-Brexit Britain, bringing in practical experience from Bristol local community organisations and political inputs from different political parties. Invitations have been sent to all Bristol-based MPs, key MPs contributing to women’s equality, local commissioners and women’s organisations.
The symposium will start at 10.00. Lunch will be provided.
Strengthening gender equality in post-Brexit Britain
Date: Thursday 11th May, 2017, 10:00-17:00
Venue: University of Bristol, Graduate School of Education, Room 4.10, 35 Berkeley Square, Bristol, BS8 1JA