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> > Strathclyde Centre in Gender Studies presents a conference on
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> > Gender/ Culture/ Power: past & present
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> > October 11(eve)-13, at the University of Strathclyde, the RSAMD and The
> > Glasgow School of Art
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> > This interdisciplinary Conference explores gender in relation to
> cultural
> > politics, both past & present, and on the local, national and global
> > scene.
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> > As part of the conference, but open to all: 2 Free Public lectures on
> > 'Women and Cultural Tradition' will be given at the RSAMD, Opera Studio.
> > Sat 12 Oct, 2.00pm- 3.30pm. A photographic exhbition will hang in the
> > RSAMD foyer, to illustrate the lectures.
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> > Programme strands:
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> > * Gender, Knowledge, Power - Enlightenment to the present:
> > gendered divisions in intellectual work and institutions, paradoxical
> ways
> > of contesting these, pressing current concerns, teaching & learning
> > culture. Speakers include Dorothy McMillan, Mary Maynard, Jane Rendall,
> > Hilary Rose, Liz Stanley, Anne Witz & Eileen Janes Yeo.
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> > * Speaking English - gender in relation to national identity and
> > cultural diversity, (be)longing, migration and exile, cultural
> > translation and exchange in today's globalised art circuits. Speakers
> > include Deborah Cherry, Roberta McGrath, Carol Mavor, Catherine Nash,
> and
> > invitees Miwon Kwon and Minoli Salgado.
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> > Linked to an exhibition: 'Speak English', curated by Maud Sulter,
> > containing works by herself and Lubaina Himid. The exhibition will hang
> > in the The Newberry gallery at The Glasgow School of Art and open on
> > Friday 11th October with a welcome reception for the conference.
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> > * Gender, Museology and the Arts - raises issues about gender,
> the
> > visual and textile arts, and about collecting, curating and museology,
> > both at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries. Speakers include Sian
> > Reynolds, Lou Taylor and Clara Ursitti.
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> > * Gender, Fictions, Identity - themes include gender and
> national
> > identity in Scottish literature; the political possibilities of
> creative
> > writing and popular forms for individual writers and community groups;
> the
> > performance of gendered identities across a range of media. Speakers
> > include Suzanne Bonnar, Margaret Elphinstone, Nicola McCartney, Denise
> > Mina, Murray Pittock, Claire Robertson and Suhayl Saadi.
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> > Plenary sessions set issues into larger contexts, in terms of
> disciplines
> > and geography. The opening Plenary explores Gender in Cultural Politics:
> > Past & Present; a Round Table with Patricia Adkins Chiti (Donne in
> Musica)
> > and Sonja van der Valk (Theater Instituut Nederland) considers Gender in
> > the European Cultural Agenda; and Angela McRobbie addresses
> `Post-feminism
> > and Popular Culture: The New Gender Regime'.
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> > Community Events
> > An enjoyable array of community events will run alongside the Conference
> > at the Collins Gallery, the Tramway, the Glasgow Film Theatre, the
> > Lighthouse and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
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> > For more details and booking form:
> > www.strath.ac.uk/Departments/scigs or [log in to unmask]
> > or tel:0141 548 4531
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