Feminist Approaches to Political Violence
October 25, 2024, 6pm, Neuchâtel and online
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This year's roundtable, organized in collaboration with the SAGS research network «Gender & Political Science» is dedicated to Feminist Approaches to Political Violence.
Violence has always been a central theme in gender and feminist studies, which have produced - and continues to produce - a wealth of new knowledge. Today, perhaps more than ever, feminist theoretical and methodological approaches are becoming necessary for the study of violent conflict and war. It's no surprise, then, that these themes are central to the SSGF's activities. Let us recall the 2019 bi-annual conference held at the University of Bern, and the publication that followed: “Violent Times, Rising Resistance: An Interdisciplinary Gender Perspective”, which thematizes, theorizes and analyzes violence, these gendered and intersectional aspects in a broad spectrum.
This roundtable comes at a time when violence is omnipresent in our lives and in the world. Gender studies once again play a central role in our understanding of contemporary issues: it seeks to understand the role of gender, race, ethnicity, nationality and religion, for example, in the discourse and practice of war and violent conflict. It brings together researchers and activists who insist on using feminist methods and theories to understand political violence - whether state-sponsored or not - and the structures that foster it.
We ask, at a moment where the world is witnessing one of the most egregious and unfathomable displays of state-led violence in modern history, what tools do our feminisms hold to for stronger alliance building? How do we resist the populist move against our solidarity networks, organizing, and universities?
With Maria Adriana Deiana (Centre for Gender in Politics, Queen’s University, Belfast), Umut Yıldırım (Geneva Graduate Institute, Anthropology and Sociology), Julia Palmiano Federer (ETH Zürich), Paniz Musawi Natanzi (Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania)
Moderated by Isabel Käser (Universität Bern) und Elizabeth Mesok (Universität Basel)
Der Roundtable wird in Zusammenarbeit mit dem SGGF-Forschungsnetzwerk «Gender & Political Science» organisiert.
Venue: University of Neuchâtel, Avenue du Premier-Mars 26, 2000 Neuchâtel, room D63. The roundtable is followed by an apéro dinner. Thank you for registering at info genregeschlecht ch by October 20.
Online attendance is possible via this link (we recommend installing Webex on your device beforehand).
Former Roundtables
Ecofeminisms: critical perspectives on theory and activism
November 3, 2022, Online
With Geneviève Pruvost, Fatima Alvarez Castillo, Sophie Lewis
Discussant: Nolwenn Bühler
Moderation: Sébastien Chauvin and Bettina Dennerlein
Video / Flyer (pdf)
Shared memories of equality movements - an intergenerational dialogue
November, 5, 2020, Online
With Serena Dankwa, Ella Hautier, Elisabeth Joris und Patricia Schulz.
Moderation: Dominique Grisard.
Video / Flyer (png)
(Feminist) identity politics today - potentials and dilemmas
November, 9, 2018, University of Bern
With Sébastien Chauvin, Geneva Moser und Jovita Pinto dos Santos.
Moderation: Janine Dahinden.
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