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Sibéal Conference 2011

Sibéal Conference 2011

** Update: Deadline for proposal submission for the conference extended until Friday 14th October 2011 ** The Sibéal Irish Postgraduate Feminist and Gender Studies Network will hold their annual conference at the University of Limerick on Saturday 26th November 2011. This one-day conference aims to bring together people from Ireland and the UK whose work...
Culture After Conflict Conference - March 23rd

Culture After Conflict Conference – March 23rd

CULTURE AFTER CONFLICT BETWEEN REMEMBRANCE AND RECONCILIATION 23 March 2011 – Ulster Museum 10:30AM – 5:30PM The re-establishment of power sharing in May 2007 was a watershed in the bloody and bitter conflict that blighted Northern Ireland for almost four decades. For the first time since the foundation of the state, Northern Ireland would be...
Feminist Truth Recovery Seminar - Feb 24th

Feminist Truth Recovery Seminar – Feb 24th

Exploring feminist perspectives on  truth recovery processes. Crescent Arts Centre 24th February 2011 10:30am – 15:00pm  
Sibéal Conference 2010 Report

Sibéal Conference 2010 Report

Women in Action – Active Genders: An Evening Celebration of Women’s Activism and Creativity; an Interdisciplinary Gender and Feminist Postgraduate Conference; Sibeal’s first AGM 26 and 27 November 2010 An event organised by Sibéal in collaboration with the Global Women’s StudiesProgram, NUI Galway.This successful two-day event was different from our two previous Sibeal conferences. Up to now...
Sibeal Conference 2010 Programme

Sibeal Conference 2010 Programme

Here is the provisional programme for the Sibeal Conference 2010, which takes place on Saturday November 27th in NUIG, Galway. Women in Action – Active Genders: Interdisciplinary Gender and Feminist Postgraduate Conference You can download the programme here. For further conference information and pre-registration, click here. 09.00 Registration Arts Millenium Foyer 09.15 – 9.45 Welcome...
Women in Action – Active Genders: Interdisciplinary Gender and Feminist Postgraduate Conference

Women in Action – Active Genders: Interdisciplinary Gender and Feminist Postgraduate Conference

Saturday November 27th, 2010 from 9am-5pm in The Arts Millennium Building, National University of Ireland, Galway Registration fee – €10 (includes light lunch and refreshment) payable on the day Pre-registration – info@sibeal.ie You are also invited to join us for ‘An Evening Celebrating Women in Action’ on Friday 26th Novemeber 6pm-9pm, The Crane Bar Tickets €10...

Call for Contributions, Special Issue of Feminism & Psychology

Trans(cending) Psychology: Advancing Feminist Scholarship on Gender and Transgender Experience Edited by T. Evan Smith and Megan R. Yost The field of psychology has been criticized for pathologizing transgender identities and experiences; transgender activists have argued that trans identities should not be characterized as mental illness, and should instead be viewed by psychologists as valid variations in gender identity and...

Conference: “The Agreement Generation: An Opportunity for Change?”

John Hume Institute for Global Irish Studies, UCD 17th November 2010 The theme of the conference is the opportunity for change in Northern Irish and all Island politics. The peace process, the passage of time and generations with different frames of reference, has provided the space to reframe the political agendas and the various relationships between the...

Endangered Species Summit 2011

Endangered Species is an international summit planned for March 2011 to challenge the culture that teaches women and girls to hate their own bodies.

Internship at the National Women’s Council of Ireland

We are seeking to recruit an intern for a 6 month period from November – April 2011 for the position of Political Equality Development Worker.

Launch of the Irish Feminist Network

The official launch of the Irish Feminist Network is to be held on 30 September, 7pm at the Teachers’ Club, 36 Parnell Square. Speakers will include Senator Ivana Bacik, Anthea McTiernan and Susan McKay. Please RSVP by 28 September to irishfeministnetwork@gmail.com.

Invitation to Lecture: “It’s my body and I’ll do what I Like with it”

A Gender Institute and Department of Government Public Lecture - Chair: Professor Emily Jackson, Department of Law, LSE