The Roles Gender and Sexuality conference is fast approaching and we are thrilled to confirm that registration is free and open. Please see here to register; we ask that everyone who intends to come registers so we can have an idea of numbers for the day. We have put together a programme trying to include …
Thanks to all those who submitted an abstract for Roles 2013. We had over 40 proposals in total – an unprecedented number and our most popular conference yet! We will be confirming presenters and publishing a programme over the next few weeks, so keep checking the information under the ‘Roles Gender and Sexuality Conference’ tab. …
We are pleased to announce our forthcoming conference, the Roles PG Gender and Sexuality Conference, to take place on 10th May 2013 at the University of Birmingham, UK. For information about submitting a proposal for 20-minute papers or to book your place please see the links above.
We are currently working on our ‘new look’ Roles with jazzy logos and images with the help of our designer, Helen Drake. Helen has created our eye-catching new logo, below, and will be helping us further with designing our blog.
You are warmly invited to our next seminar on The Bible, war, and rape. On Thursday 7th March at 5pm, in Strathcona, LT 3. This seminar will be lead by Katie Barker, who is currently undertaking postgraduate research in theology. Continue reading »
Roles will be running a Shut Up and Write session on Thursday 21st February, from 1-3pm, in Cafe Aroma, Staff House. Shut Up and Write is a collective, social-research phenomenon which has swept throughout the academic world. The idea is that you meet up with… wait for it…. other people (!) and write: with … Continue reading »
Women’s madness: Hysteria to hospitalisation, Misogyny or mental illness? Seminar Thursday 7th February, 5pm, in Strathcona, LT3. Why are women overrepresented as ‘mad’? Who decides these women are mad, society, biology or medicine? Is female madness a response to abuse and stress – including the lifelong stress of second-class citizenship? Is it not surprising that … Continue reading »
Now that we’re all well and truly back to reality after the break, Roles has a schedule of events for the first half of this semester. Please do come along to one of our meetings, and keep your eyes peeled for announcements about our forthcoming Roles Conference, to take place on 10th May 2013. Week … Continue reading »
Our next session will be on ‘Monstrosity and Criminality’ on Thursday 29th November, 5pm, in Strathcona Seminar Room 13. The session will be led by Het Phillips… I will be using a series of brief examples of mythical language being used for Myra Hindley, and longer extracts from Lisa Downing’s The Subject Of Murder … Continue reading »
‘Can the subaltern speak? Can the Other be empowered?’ In this first Roles seminar of 2012-13 we’ll be using Postcolonial Feminism, via Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak’s seminal essay ‘Can the subaltern speak?’, as a springboard for discussion on Othering. Whilst the consequences of Othering are widely denoted as disadvantage, silencing, lack of agency and deprivation of … Continue reading »
First of all, thanks to everybody who came to the Roles welcome event last week. It was great to see so many people and new faces who want to be involved in Gender and Sexuality at Birmingham. I think it’s safe to say we’re going to have an interesting and eventful year. Don’t forget, … Continue reading »
