PECANS Workshop 2010
Thursday 29 & Friday 30 April 2010
University of Westminster, London
Draft Programme
‘Transgressing Power(s)’
an interdisciplinary postgraduate & early career scholars conference in the broad area of law, gender and sexuality
Thursday 29 & Friday 30 April 2010
Westminster University (Regent Street Campus), London
Day 1: Thursday 29 April - Room 354
9:45am: Coffee, Registration and Introductions
10:15 – 11:15 am: Session 1 - Sex Wars: The Next Generation: Debating “Johns” and “Jailbait” in
Dominant Feminist, Cultural and Socio-legal Discourses
With:
Lara Karaian (Carleton University, Canada) and Ummni
Khan (Carleton University,
Canada).
This session will examine two emerging power struggles in current-day sex wars: the criminalization of youth sexual expression and commercial sex. In particular we are interested in youth who document their sexuality through sexting (“jailbait”) and men who satiate their sexuality through prostitution/sex work (“johns”). The session leaders would like to encourage all participants to complete a survey before the workshop.
11:15 – 11:30am: Morning Break
11:30 – 1:00pm Session 2 – Gender, Sexuality and
Power
Chair: Sarah Keenan (University of Kent)
Kerry Chamberlain (Keele University): ‘”Hardened
Offenders” and “Good Time” Girls: Regulating the ‘Professional’ and ‘Amateur’ Prostitute
in Interwar Liverpool’
Olesya Meskina (Basel University, Switzerland): ‘Law and Ethical
Perceptions of Women and Children in the Swiss and Russian Society’
Elaine Craig (Dalhousie Univeristy, Canada): 'Sex and The
Supremes: Towards A Legal Theory of Sexuality - Queering Sexual Assault Law'
1:00 – 2:00pm: Lunch Break
2:00pm – 3:00pm: Session 3 – Sexuality, Power and
Rights
Chair: Adam Jowett (Aston University)
Kay Lalor (University of Westminster): ‘Defining Gay Rights: Sexual
Orientation as a human rights issue’
Arturo Sanchez-Garcia (University of Kent/SOAS): ‘Micro-Politics
and Sexual Rights in Latin America’
3:00-3:30 pm Coffee Break
3.30 – 5:30pm Session 4: Combining Activism and Academic
Work
With: Avtar Brah, Jamie Heckert and Sarah
Lamble (Birkbeck)
Chair: Sameena Dalwai (Keele University)
Day 2: Friday 30 April - Boardroom
9:30 – 11:00am: Session 1 - PECANS Open Committee Meeting
All workshop participants are welcome to attend and contribute to the PECANS
committee meeting.
11:00 – 11:15am: Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:45pm: Session 2 – Transgression and Resistance
Chair: Donatella Alessandrini (University of Kent)
Mitchell Travis (Keele University): ‘The Sound of One Hand Clapping:
Elective amputation as a site of resistance’
Pravin Jeyaraj (University of Westminster): ‘The Hegelian master/slave
dialectic in environmental law and policy’
Sameena Dalwai (Keele University): ‘Locations of power in the law
making process: case study of the legal ban on bar dancing in Bombay’
12:45 – 1:30pm: Lunch
1:30 - 3:00pm Session 3 - Roundtable Discussion: ‘Time for Reflection?
Considering the “Past”, “Present”, and “Future” of
Feminist Legal Studies’
Featuring: Brenna Bhandar (university of Kent), Julia
Chryssostalis (University
of Westminster), Elena Loizidou (Birkbeck), and Janice
Richardson (University
of Exeter).
Chair: Stacy Douglas (University of Kent).
3:00pm –3:15pm: Coffee Break
3:15pm – 4:45pm: Session 4 - An Introduction to Research
Funding for Early Career Scholars
Featuring: Julie McCandless (Oxford Brookes) and Sally
Sheldon (University
of Kent)
Chair: Rosie Harding (Keele University)
5:00pm: CentreLGS Reception and Annual Lecture by Veena Das
All participants at the PECANS Workshop are invited to attend a reception
at the University of Westminster Marylebone Campus before the Lecture.
Registration Information
Sorry - Registration is now Closed for the PECANS Workshop 2010.
Participants are requested to arrange their own accommodation: hotels, hostels and B&B's are plentiful in central London.
Registration at the workshop is from 9:45am - 10:00am on Thursday 29 April. The workshop is taking place in room 354 (Thursday) and the Boardroom (Friday), both at the Westminster University Regent Street Campus. The nearest tube station is Oxford Circus. On arrival please sign in at the security desk.
Documents to download:
Download
the Workshop Flyer and Call for Papers
For more information and enquiries about the event, please contact Rosie Harding (email: r.harding@law.keele.ac.uk).