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Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
Wednesday 8th February 2012
10.30-5pm

The Gender & Education Association with the Centre of Youth Work Studies and the Educational Department at Brunel University, and the British Sociological Association’s Youth Study Group are holding a 1 day seminar on Modern Girlhoods on 8th February 2012.

Recent years have seen a growing interest in the social and cultural lives of girls within scholarly and policy literature. The theme of the day: Modern Girlhood in the 21st century, aims to be broad enough to focus on the range of public, policy and scholarly debates that focus on the lives of young women. Keynote speakers for the day include Prof. Valerie Hey (University of Sussex) and Dr Farzana Shain (Keele University). Continue Reading

Confirmed keynotes for GEA’s interim conference, ‘Gender and Democracy: Gender Research in Times of Change’ include:

- Fatmagül Berktay, Professor of Political Science, Istanbul University

- Lynn Davies, Professor of International Education, University of Birmingham

- Elisabet Öhrn, Professor of Education, University of Gothenburg

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11 – 13 April, University of Gothenburg

Conference theme: ‘Gender and Democracy: Gender Research in Times of Change’

Instructions for submission can be found on the conference website.

Submission deadline: 1 November 2011

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Following the success of the 2011 biennial conference at the Exeter University, England, we are calling for proposals from groups within the UK to hold the 2013 GEA biennial conference. Continue Reading

The Gender and Education Association would like to announce that 2012’s Interim Conference will be held in the Department of Education and Special Education at the University of Gothenburg from 11th – 13^th April.

The theme for the 2012 conference is ‘Gender and Democracy: Gender Research in Times of Change. Further information regarding this is available on the conference website

Following the success of the 2010 biennial conference at the Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, we are calling for proposals from individuals or groups outside the UK to hold the 2012 GEA biennial conference. Continue Reading