Centre for Sex, Gender and Sexualities

Society and policy without boundaries

The Centre for Sex, Gender and Sexualities has evolved from the highly successful Gender and Sexuality Research Network based at Durham University.

With an active network of scholars comprised of over 50 academic and postgraduate research members of Durham University, the Centre is unique in that its members span the arts, social sciences, health and sciences and taking as its core interest the complex and diverse interrelationships between sex as well as gender and sexualities. The Centre for Sex, Gender and Sexualities is located in the School of Applied Social Sciences and is a satellite centre of the Wolfson Research Institute.

Addressing worldwide issues relating to all three themes, the Centre positions Durham as a leader in this field, with the capacity to shape future sex, gender and sexuality, equality and diversity research agendas.

CSGS SUMMER WORKSHOP 2013 - CALL FOR PAPERS

Annual one-day summer workshop, Centre for Sex, Gender and Sexuality, Durham University

June 5th, 2013

St Aidan’s College, Durham University

CSGS runs an annual one-day summer workshop in which postgraduates are brought together with leaders in the fields of sex, gender and sexualities. The aim of the workshop is to stimulate debate, discussion and to reach across disciplines to create new ways of thinking about sex, gender and sexualities. This year’s theme is

Reimagining Gender, Reimagining Sexualities. Papers are sought on all aspects of gender and sexualities. Papers that push topical or disciplinary boundaries are particularly welcomed, as are papers that use the study of gender and/or sexualities to explore issues of global concern. The event will commence with two plenary presentations, followed by a research methodology master class. There will be parallel sessions of papers in the afternoon, followed by a workshop dinner and a performance poetry slam.

Keynote Speakers

Prof James Messerschmidt, University of Southern Maine

Prof Wendy Chapkis, University of Southern Maine

Research Methodology Master Class convenors

Prof James Messerschmidt, University of Southern Maine

Prof Wendy Chapkis, University of Southern Maine

Prof Maggie O’Neill, Durham University

For more details please see Reimagining Gender, Reimagining Sexualities 

The 'Missing Women' in Higher Education Leadership Conference

Wednesday 26 June 2013, 9:15 – 16:00 at Lancaster University

Hosted by the Centre for Social Justice and Wellbeing and the Centre for Higher Education and Evaluation within the Educational Research Department

in association with The Academy for Women, Diversity and Leadership in The Management School.

This one day conference, hosted by The Department of Educational Research at Lancaster University, contributes to current debates within and beyond higher education about 'the missing women at the top'.

A wide range of senior academics and leaders will be speaking on topics including: the work Vice Chancellors are doing in their own institutions to address the issues; the pioneering work of the Equality Challenge Unit; the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education’s work on leadership development diversity; and recent research on leadership and gender.

There will be opportunities to discuss the themes that arise during the day, and an emphasis on how we can work together to bring about change.

Fee for this event: £10.00 (fee includes refreshments and lunch)

Free for guest speakers and PhD students.

Registration: Please go to the following link and follow the instructions. If you have not used the University’s online store before you will need to register as a new customer first – this is indicated on the webpage at: http://online-payments.lancaster-university.co.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?modid=1&prodid=1597&deptid=6&compid=1&prodvarid=0&catid=386

Booking deadline is Wednesday 19th June 2013. Places are limited, so please book early to avoid disappointment. Please note: we cannot enrol people on the day unless this has been arranged in advance.

This conference has been organised and funded through a ‘Lancaster University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Knowledge Exchange Fellowship’ awarded to Paula Burkinshaw.

For further details please contact:

Jo Dickinson, Conference Administrator

Centre for Social Justice and Wellbeing in Education, Lancaster University, LA1 4YD

Email: sjwe@lancaster.ac.uk Tel: 01524 593189

• Conference Programme (last modified: 8 April 2013)

Youth Sexualities: Call for Papers 

A one-day conference in collaboration with the Centre for Sex, Gender and Sexualities, Durham University and the BSA Youth Study Group 

Friday 18^th October, 2013 

St Aidan’s College, Durham University 

Debates about youth sexualities in popular culture tend to be fixated on crisis. Whether it concerns the sexualisation of young girls, fears around paedophilia or the supposed epidemic of homophobic bullying in schools, evidence-based discussion and analysis regarding youth sexualities seem to be sacrificed on the altar of moral panic. While the academy has been a venue for the examination of these issues, it too is frequently focussed on issues of crisis, often failing to recognise positive social change. 

Youth Sexualities is a one-day multi-disciplinary conference that seeks to explore the diversity and plurality of young people’s experiences of sexuality. Papers are sought on all aspects of young people’s lives, their sexualities and the intersection of youth and sexualities, broadly conceived. Papers that push topical or disciplinary boundaries are particularly welcomed. The event will commence with three keynote presentations, followed by an open discussion of the key themes that emerge. There will be streams of papers in the afternoon to explore the diversity of youth sexualities in contemporary cultures. 

Keynote Speakers 

Dr. Clarissa Smith, University of Sunderland, on young people’s porn consumption

Dr. Mark McCormack, Durham University, on heterosexual identities and bodily pleasure

Dr. Matthew Waites, University of Glasgow, on the age of consent in international contexts

Chaired by Prof. Jo Phoenix, Durham University 

Please send abstracts of no more than 200 words to Mark McCormack, at markmccormackphd@gmail.com no later than Friday 24^th May. Abstracts are welcomed from academics at all career stages, including postgraduate researchers.