PRG Annual Conference - CFP: (extended 25 March 2019) Beyond Fluid Identities? New Sensitivities in the 21st Century

PGR Conference
CFP Deadline: (extended) 25 March 2019
Event: Thursday 20 June 2019

Department of Sociology, University of York

Keynote Speaker: Dr Steph Lawler, University of York
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‘Identity’ exists as a key question not only in academic research, but also in our social and personal lives. Who we are and how we came to be continues to be challenged and interrogated on individual and global scales. The importance of research in this field endures not only as a site of academic intrigue, but as political, social and personal phenomena.

We welcome abstracts from postgraduate researchers across the social sciences for 15 minute talks which address the conference theme of fluid identities, and how this manifests in light of new sensitivities in the 21st century. This includes, but is not limited to:

• The construction of the self in the contemporary world
• New tensions in the construction of identities
• The sensitive world and identity
• Identity and power in national crisis
• Going beyond Identity Politics
• Gender and sexuality; LGBTQ identities, feminisms and masculinities
• Social class, poverty and inequality
• Race, ethnicity and identity
• Belonging and migration; global and local identities
• Representations of identity; media, discourse and culture

Please submit abstracts of no more than 250 words to bfi-conference@york.ac.uk no later than 25 March 2019. Please also include your name, institution and your stage of study. Applicants will be informed of our decision in April 2019.

Further information on registration and attendance will be released in March 2019. There will be a nominal charge of £5.

Any questions can be sent to: bfi-conference@york.ac.uk

BSA Postgraduate Forum Event: The Promise and Perils of Researching Sensitive Issues

20 November 2018 (09:00-17:00)

Call for papers
Research concerning sensitive and emotionally demanding issues is vital but challenging work in which the onus of care tends to be placed directly on the researcher. These issues may be internal or external, ethical or emotional, or concern the researcher or participant.

As stated in the BSA Statement of Ethical Practice (2017, §12) as researchers we havea ‘responsibility to ensure that the physical, social and psychological well-being ofresearch participants is not adversely affected by the research’. As such, it is the aim of this one-day symposium to offer an opportunity to consider, in a safe and supportive environment of peers, the challenges presented in the conducting of sensitive research, for both participant and researcher, on issues concerning, but not limited to: abuse, atrocity, death, dying, gender, grief, loss, marginalisation, mental health, violence, racism(s) self-harm, sexuality, stigma, trauma and xenophobia(s). Alongside a keynote address from Dr Donna Poade (University of Exeter) we welcome abstracts for papers lasting twenty-minutes.

We welcome abstracts engaging with the above discussed themes, but not limited to:

• Emotional labour and emotion work
• Facing emotions within research
• Responsibility to participants and self
• Sensitive methodologies
• The presentation of sensitive research
• Ethical issues associated with sensitive research
• The place of the researcher
  
  Submitting an abstract
  Abstracts of no more than 200 words should be supplied, along with a biography of up to 100 words to rosii@york.ac.uk by no later than 31 August 2018.
  
  Event details
  The symposium will be held at the University of York and is being convened by Matt Coward (matt.coward@york.ac.uk) and Daniel Robins (daniel.robins@york.ac.uk). It isgenerously supported by the British Sociological Association’s Postgraduate Forum regional day event fund with assistance from DaCNet: Interdisciplinary Death & Culture Research (www.york.ac.uk/dacnet)
  
  Registration
  BSA Members - £5.00
  Non-Members - £15.00https://portal.britsoc.co.uk/public/event/eventBooking.aspx?id=EVT10749

PhD 2018 Conference - Empowered Bodies

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Call for Papers

We are pleased to announce our Postgraduate Conference for students and researchers interested in the role of the body in social sciences and the concept of embodiment as a source of critical reflection in diverse disciplines. We invite abstracts that deal with embodiment in any thematic or methodological way, from a diverse range of disciplines like Gender Studies, Politics, Philosophy, Geography, Arts, Health, Media, STS, Social Policy and any other approach.

Topics include (but are not limited to):

• Power, gender and identity
• Politics of the body
• Body transformations
• Health, Food and Practices
• Disabilities, agency and control
• Affect and Emotions
• Technology, humans and cyborgs
• Body as Mediation
• Arts, performance and creation
• Cultural representations of the body
• Measurement, tracking and datafication of the self

Masters and PhD Students are particularly encouraged to submit an abstract, as well as other postgraduate students in early stages of analysis, as this is an excellent chance to present your work in a constructive and supportive environment. We also welcome works in progress by any other level of early career researchers.

If you are interested in presenting a paper, please submit an abstract of up to 300 words to empowered-bodies@york.ac.uk by Friday, 14 April 2018 at 5:00 pm.

We also welcome any other form of presentation or performance such music, dance, video, etc. as long as it can be fitted within the program. Please send us your idea with your abstract and try to be as specific as possible of any technical or room requirements and the kind of activity that you would like to present.

A limited number of travel bursaries will be available.

Further information will be released by the end of March 2018. Please direct all enquires to empowered-bodies@york.ac.uk

Registration Open  £5.00

Myth(s) in the Social Sciences and Humanities

The PG students invite everyone to their conference on Wednesday 13 May 2015,

Time: 9.30am to 18:00

Keynote Speakers: Dr Shani Orgad (LSE) and Dr Vanda Zajko (University of Bristol)

Call for Papers

We invite papers and panels and abstracts should be no longer than 250 words and must be received by 5pm Monday 2nd March.

Send by email  to myth-2015@york.ac.uk

Location: RCH/037 Heslington East Campus, University of York

Admission: by registration

Full information is on the web page at: