Events
For further details about any of the events listed below please contact Victoria Robinson or Georgina Waylen.
email : v.robinson@sheffield.ac.uk
email : g.waylen@sheffield.ac.uk
December 2011
Launch Event to Celebrate the Gender Network becoming an ICOSS Centre.
Professor Sylvia Walby (University of Lancaster) will discuss the Future of Feminism.
5.00pm, Wednesday 7th December, in the ICOSS Conference Room, followed by a drinks reception. For more details please see the poster available in the Downloads menu to the right.
Opening of the IF THE SHOE FITS; FOOTWEAR, IDENTITY AND TRANSITION exhbition.
ICOSS - Monday 5th December, 5.30 pm - everyone welcome!
A 3-year ESRC-funded project in the Department of Sociological Studies is using footwear as a lens through which to generate new insights into some longstanding sociological questions about identity. Find out more about this project and the questions it asks by checking an exhibition in ICOSS throughout December this year. From shoes in the media to the shoes on Sheffielders' feet today, this exhibition will get you thinking about what you put on your feet to come to work, that pair you should never have bought, those trainers strung on a power line somewhere near you.
Find out more at: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/iftheshoefits
May 2011
Professor Georgina Waylen gave her inaugural Faculty of Social Science lecture, "Gender matters in politics", on 11th May 2011.
The event was held at ICOSS.
Feb 2010
Workshop on Masculinity, Wednesday February 3 2010, ICOSS.
Programme:
Dr Victoria Robinson (Dept. Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield)
Introduction to the Journal of Gender Studies Special Issue on Masculinities - New Directions in Masculinity Studies
Jennifer Sloan (School of Law, University of Sheffield)
Gender Behind Bars - A female perspective on researching male prisoners
Dr Abigail Gregory (Univ of Salford), Dr Sue Milner (Univ of Bath), Prof Jan Windebank (University of Sheffield, School of Modern Languages & Linguistics)
'Fathers as primary caregivers' - Research presentation
Dr. Raffaella Ferrero Camoletto, (University of Turin, Italy)
Sex and laughter: Humour and irony in doing heterosexual masculinities
Sam Kirkham (School of English, University of Sheffield)
Narrative and masculinity in the ex-gay movement
Jessica Bailey (Dept. Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield)
'Gender relations in mixed-gender feminist groups: preliminary findings from an empirical study'
Dec 2009
Workshop on Men, Masculinity, and the Home
Victoria Robinson (Department of Sociological Studies) 'Occupational Masculinities in Transition Across Public and Private Spheres' Laura King, (Department of History) 'Men at Home: Emotional Relationships Between Fathers and Children in Britain, c. 1918-1960' (Cosponsored by SSGRN and PGRN)
June 2009
Dr Joe Cooke (University of Stirling) 'Exploring intergenerational relationships amongst people who have migrated from Africa' (Co-sponsored with Centre for Gender Studies in Europe and Dept of French).
Feb 2009
Dr Victoria Robinson (Sociological Studies Sheffield) 'Sporting Masculinities: Rock Climbing and Extreme /Everyday Partnerships' (Co-sponsored with Sociological Studies)
Nov 2008
Dr Fiona Mackay University of Edinburgh, 'Institutionalising 'new politics' in post devolution Scotland: 'nested newness' and the gendered limits of change' (co-sponsored with Dept of Politics)
Oct 2008
Dr Raffaella Ferrero Camoletto, University of Turin and Dr Chiara Bertone, University of East Piedmont, `Studying men's heterosexualities in midlife: results from an Italian research project´ (Co-sponsored with Sociological Studies)
Feb 2008
Dr Natalia Gerodetti (Leeds Metropolitan University) "Female Sexuality and Mobility between Public and Private: Railway Stations, Prostitution and the Social Purity Movement."
(co-sponsored with Centre for Gender Studies in Europe)
November 2007
Workshop with Professor Carole Pateman (UCLA) on her contribution to Feminist Theory (co-sponsored with the Centre for Political Theory and Ideologes).
November 2007
Seminar with Dr Deborah Smith on `Gender, Justice and Customary Law in Afghanistan´ (co-sponsored with Centre for International Policy Research).
June 2007
GRN 1 Day Workshop on Men and Masculinities. It included the following papers:
- ‘Masculinities in Transition: Identity and Occupation’, Professor Jenny Hockey and Dr. Victoria Robinson, Department of Sociological Studies
- 'Men die earlier than women; Is this unfair?', Dr. Aki Tsuchiya, Department of Economics, and School of Health and Related Research
- 'Researching Men: Issues in Gender and Methodology', Dr. Paula Meth. Dr. Katie McClymont
Department of Town and Regional Planning - 'Deprived Masculinities?: In Search of Hegemonic Masculinity in Postwar Japan', Dr Hiroko Takeda
School of East Asian Studies - 'Ritual encounters? Reconstructing homosociability in the eighteenth century', Dr Karen Harvey, Department of History
May 2007
GRN Seminar with Professor Liz Stanley (University of Edinburgh) on 'Yours sincerely, Olive Schreiner': Olive Schreiner's letters, feminist theory and the Schreiner electronic epistolarium.
December 2006
GRN Seminar with Professor Shirin Rai, (University of Warwick), on 'Gender, Justice and Rights: Honour Killings in South Asia'.
May 2006
GRN workshop on Masculinities. With papers by:
- Mary Vincent and Bob Shoemaker, Department of History: Men and Violence: Historical Approaches.
- Jenny Hockey, Alex Hall, and Vicki Robinson, Department of Sociological Studies: Masculinities, Identities and the Workplace.
- Vicki Robinson, Department of Sociological Studies: Masculinities and the Extreme Sport of Rock Climbing.
March 2006
GRN Workshop on Methodologies for Gendered Research. Panel Presentations by:
- Jenny Saul (Philosophy) on Gender Research in Philosophy
- Georgina Waylen (Politics) on Gender Research in Politics/International Relations
- Susie Molyneux Hodgson (Sociological Studies) on Gender Research in Sociology
- Mary Vincent (History) General Overview/Discussant
February 2006
Inaugural Meeting.