Nr. 48, Mai 2011 - AK Geographie und Geschlecht

ship and subaltern geopolitics on the value of theorising the geopolitical from the margins; and
recent work on the geographies of materiality and affect and the roles they play in shaping contemporary
geopolitical orderings. By considering these approaches together, the workshop aims
to work toward a reconceptualisation of the everyday enactments of the geopolitical. The workshop
is furthermore concerned with questions of methodology, namely with the methods available
for tracing the material through the geopolitical.
We are now inviting submissions of abstracts for papers in a variety of formats, including 10-
minute position papers and 20-minute research papers on these themes. Participants might, for
instance, explore how recent critiques of scale inform critical geopolitical thought (Marston
2000, 2004, Marston et al 2005, Jones et al 2007, Law 2004, Gibson-Graham 2002), or the material
assemblage of contemporary geopolitical orders (Ong and Collier 2005, Bennett 2010).
We are particularly keen to encourage submissions by postgraduate researchers and have a
small number of postgraduate bursaries available to assist with travel expenses. Please let us
know, if you are interested in applying for one of these.
Confirmed Participants: Professor Audrey Kobayashi (Queen's University, Canada) Dr. Merje
Kuus (University of British Columbia, Canada) Professor Lynn Staeheli (Durham University,
United Kingdom) Professor Joe Painter (Durham University, United Kingdom) Dr. Martin Müller
(University of St. Gallen, Switzerland)
Participants not intending to give papers are also welcome to register.
Deadline: 15 April 2011
Please submit your abstract to: Kathrin Hörschelmann (kathrin.horschelmann@durham.ac.uk);
Matthew Kearns (m.b.kearnes@durham.ac.uk), or Andrew Baldwin
(w.a.baldwin@durham.ac.uk)
Reframing Gender, Reframing Critique : September 15-17, 2011
Gender Studies CH - 10th-Anniversary and International Conference at the University of Basel
Organized by the Swiss Network in Gender Studies and the Swiss Graduate Programmes in
Gender Studies in cooperation with the Center for Gender Studies of the University of Basel and
the Swiss Society for Gender Studies
Thursday, September 15, 2011
14.00 Registration and Coffee
« Geschlechterforschung an der Uni Basel - 10 Jahre und mehr! »
15.00 Begrüssung: Andrea Maihofer
15.45 Die Aktualität der Geschlechterforschung
17.15 Kaffeepause
18.15 Öffentlicher Abendvortrag
Andrea Maihofer, Universität Basel: «Geschlechterverhältnisse im
Umbruch – Männlichkeit in der Krise? »
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