Investigating the Theory and Practice of Gender and Sexuality in the Workplace
12 June 2008 - 13 June 2008
Keynote speakers:
- Maggie O’Neill, Loughborough University
- Sylvia Walby, Lancaster University
- Kath Weston, University of Tokyo
Papers are invited for an international, inter-disciplinary seminar on ‘Investigating the theory and practice of gender and sexuality in the workplace’ to be held at the University of Surrey. The seminar aims to provide an inter-disciplinary forum within which both academics and practitioners are able to explore the often complex and contested relationships between work, gender and sexualities.
Empirical and theoretical work around gender and sexualities is an important feature of intellectual labour within and across academic communities, both nationally and internationally. However, despite the diversity and volume of research on gender and sexuality in the workplace, disciplinary boundaries and conventions often result in connections remaining unacknowledged, or unexplored. Likewise, discussions between academics and policy makers and practitioners are important for the formation of policy and research agendas that address many of the challenges within this area and can encourage knowledge transfer between academics and practitioners.
The themes and issues to be explored in the seminar are of global significance and demand an analysis that is not limited by national concerns or borders. These include:
- the performance of gender and sexuality in the workplace
- the informal and often hidden dimensions of work
- sex work and migration issues
- the work involved in the control and regulation of sexual behaviour and identity, both nationally and internationally
- future directions for research in this area.
Closing date for submission of abstracts: 12th March, 2008
Proposals will be peer-reviewed by the seminar organizing team. You will receive notification of our decision by 26th March.Please submit abstracts (no longer than 250 words) to Ann Cronin, a.cronin@surrey.ac.uk
This conference is organised by members of the Sociology Department, (Ann Cronin and Paul Johnson) The Centre for Research in Nursing and Midwifery Education (Helen Allan) and The Centre for Learning Development (Trevor Welland) at the University of Surrey.
Further information on keynote speakers:
Maggie O’Neill has extensive research expertise in the areas of: prostitution/sex work (women and young people’s lived experiences, routes in to prostitution, and communities affected by street sex markets); forced migration; community cohesion. Recent publications include Prostitution and Feminism, (Polity Press, 2001), and Sex Work Now, co-edited with R. Campbell (Willen, 2006).
Sylvia Walby has written extensively on issues relating to gender equality. Her most recent book Gendering the Knowledge Economy, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007) co-edited with Heidi Gottfried, Karin Gottoschall, and Mari Osawa examines gender and globalization. She is the coordinator of the Gender Equality Research Network International (GENIe).
Kath Weston has written extensively on sexuality and gender in relation to a range of substantive topics. She has produced innovative work on the relationship between sexuality, work and employment, some of which is reported in her book Long Slow Burn: Sexuality and Social Science (Routledge, 1998). Her most recent book is Gender in Real Time: Power and Transience in a Visual Age (Routledge, 2002).
The workshop will be held at the University of Surrey, in Guildford, UK. Guildford is a market town in the Green Belt surrounding London and is located about 35 minutes by train from central London and within easy reach of London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports.
Workshop administrator: Ms Mirela Dumic
Tel: +44 (0) 1483 682365
Fax:
Email: m.dumic@surrey.ac.uk