PECANS Workshop 2009
Friday 6 & Saturday 7 March 2009
University of Westminster
Registration Information
The 2009 PECANS workshop took place over two days from 6-7 March 2009 at the University of Westminster, Regent Street Campus (309 Regent Street, London, W1B 2UW).
Registration is now closed for the 2009 PECANS workshop.
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the Registration Form (pdf)
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the Registration Form (word)
Completed registration forms should be sent to: AHRC CentreLGS, Kent Law School, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NS.
Registration and payment must be received by Friday 13 February 2009.
DRAFT Programme
Please note, this programme is subject to change.
'Situating Social Justice'
an interdisciplinary postgraduate & early career scholars conference in the broad area of law, gender and sexuality
Friday 6 & Saturday 7 March 2009
Westminster University (Regent Street Campus), London
Day 1: Friday 6 March 2009
12:30 – 1:30pm: Coffee, Registration and Introductions
1:30 – 3:00pm: Session 1 – Doing Empirical Research:
Focus Group Workshop
This session will be an interactive session exploring the use of focus
groups in gender and sexuality research. Featuring Liz Peel (Aston University)
3:00 – 3:30pm: Break
3.30– 5:00pm: Session 2 – Doing Empirical Research
This session features perspectives on doing empirical research from postgraduate
research students and early career scholars who have experience of a
range of empirical research methods in the gender and sexuality arena,
alongside general discussion. Featuring: Rohee Dasgupta (Keele University)
on ethnographic methods and Adam Jowett (Aston University) on online
methods of data collection.
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On the evening of Friday 6 March, Westminster University hosts the 2009
CentreLGS Annual Lecture roundtable discussion, Law,
Gender and Sexuality: The making of a field. PECANS workshop participants
are warmly invited to attend this event.
Day 2: Saturday 7 March 2009 – ‘Situating Social Justice’ Day Conference
9:30 – 10:45 am: Session 1 – Social Justice and Criminal
Law
Chair: Rosie Harding
(Keele University)
Daniela Nadj, (University of Westminster) ‘An Intersectional Analysis of Wartime Sexual Violence Cases in the ICTY’
Linnéa Wegerstad, (Lund University, Sweden) ‘What is Sexual Integrity? Exploring the Limit of Sexual Offences’
10:45 – 11:15am: Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:30pm: Session 2 – Health and Social Justice
Chair: Ruth Fletcher (CentreLGS Associate Director,
Keele University)
Ana Porroche Escudero (University of Sussex) ‘“Now that I can I cannot!” Breast cancer patients and information on sexual health: A question of social justice ‘
Wei-Wei Cao, (Keele University) ‘A Feminist Response to the Law and Practice of Abortion in China’
12:30 – 1:30pm: Lunch
1:30 - 2:45pm Session 3 – Equality and Social Justice
Chair: Davina Cooper (CentreLGS Director, University
of Kent)
Karla Perez Portilla (UCL) ‘Misrecognition and Discrimination’
Suhraiya Jivraj (University of Kent) ‘Faith schools, ‘values’ and social capital in New Labour’s social justice agenda’
2:45 – 3:15pm: Comfort break
3:15 – 5:00pm: Session 4 – ‘Situating Social
Justice’ Roundtable
discussion
Featuring: Stacy Douglas (Kent), Sarah
Keenan (Kent),
Forough Ramezankhah (Keele)
Chair: Rosie Harding
5:00pm: Close
We aim to provide a supportive and friendly environment for postgraduates and early career scholars to present their work, meet fellow researchers and benefit from interdisciplinary exchange.
Documents to download:
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the Event Programme [pdf]
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Conference Abstracts [pdf]
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Registration Form [pdf]
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the Event Flyer and Call for Papers
For more information and enquiries about the event, please contact Rosie Harding (email: r.harding@law.keele.ac.uk).