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FEMINISM AND THE BODY: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE London House, William Goodenough College, Mecklenburgh Square London, WC1N Draft Programme THURSDAY, January 25 2006 17.00-1800 Registration 18.00-20.30: Keynote address and reception Cultural Geneaologies of Anovulation: Revisiting Abortion, The Pill and Feminist Sexual politics Professor Judith A. Allen [History, University of Indiana] FRIDAY, January 26 2006 9.00 - 9.30: Coffee and Welcome 9.30: Session 1 a.. Photoshopping the Poetess: the Case of Letitia Landon [Dr Julie Watt, Arts and Media, University of Edinburgh] a.. '"Rape", call you in': Investigation of 'Rape' in Shakespearean Tragedy [Mika Sato, Drama, Royal Holloway] a.. Dissolving Bodies [Dr Angie Voela, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, King's College London] Session 2 a.. Cosmetic Surgery and the Construction of the 'Normal' Female Body [Dr Rhian Parker, Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne] a.. Theorizing body/technology interaction and gender performance: A case study from men's lacrosse [Pablo Schyfter, Science Studies, University of Edinburgh] a.. Sports Illustrated: The Female Athlete as Representational Absence [Dr Nicholas Chare, Art History, University of Reading] 11.00: Plenary Session Cornelie Usborne [History, University of Roehampton] Body Biological to Body Politic: Women's demands for reproductive self-determination in the First World War and Early Weimar Germany 11.45: Morning Tea 12.15 Session 3 a.. Hen Parties, Embodiment and Public Drunkenness [Dr Adam Eldridge, Architecture, University of Westminster] a.. "Watch me where I am unwatchable": Allegorical bodies and feminist discourse in Catherine Breillat's 'Anatomy of Hell' [Ruth McPhee, Film Studies, King's College London] a.. "Meg Gets Naked!" - Exposing the Female Star in 'In The Cut' [Lucy Bolton, Film Studies, Queen Mary] Session 4 a.. Snow White: The white ideal amongst Thai women in Pattaya, Thailand [Krysia Sturgeon, Discipline?, University College London] a.. Rape and Lynching in Interwar America [Dr Clare Corbould, History, University of Sydney] a.. Fantasies of Assimilation: Gendered Bodies, Raced Bodies and Desire [Dr Catriona Elder, Sociology, University of Sydney] 13.45: Lunch 14.45: Plenary Session Steve Wainwright and Clare Williams [Midwifery & Women's Health, King's College London] Sex, syphilis and suicide: some reflections on Feminism(s), bodies, and the Romantic Ballet 'Giselle' 15.30: Afternoon Tea 16.00: Session 5, PANEL: Interpreting Adult/Child Sexual Contact in a Feminist Context a.. Associate Professor Kali Isreal [History, University of Michigan] Pathology or Pathos? Charles Dodgson and "Repression" a.. Dr Lucy Robinson [History, University of Sussex] Paedophile Information Exchange - Constructing a collective paedophile identity a.. Dr Hera Cook [History, University of Birmingham] Approaches to Accounts by Men of Childhood and Adolescent Sexual Activity Session 6 a.. Title TBC [Dr Catherine Kevin, History, King's College London] a.. Not all work out and washed up: What ageing can contribute to feminist theorizing on the body [Claire Carter, Women's Studies, York University Toronto] a.. Ignoring the Biological Clock: The Role of Body Image and Self-Esteem in Understanding Fertility Perceptions of Women [Jacqlyn Verry-Bake, Midwifery and Women's Health, King's College London] 19.30: Conference Dinner at Turquoise, Red Lion St SATURDAY, January 27 2006 9.30: Plenary Panel Feminism, Ethics and Reproductive Technologies a.. Professor Sarah Franklin [Sociology, London School of Economics] b.. Dr Isabel Karpin [Law, University of Sydney] c.. Dr Clare Williams [Midwifery and Women's Health, King's College London] 11.30: Morning Tea 12.00: Session 7 a.. Sybilla's Body in Miles Franklin's 'My Brilliant Career' (1901) [Dr Ian Henderson, Australian Literature, King's College London] a.. Embodying the Modern in Australian Literature [Dr Anouk Lang, American and Canadian Studies, University of Birmingham] a.. The Powerful Gesture of Seduction: The Explicit Female Body on the Victorian Stage [Wenche Torrissen, Drama and Theatre, Royal Holloway] Session 8 a.. Penelope's Space: Thinking Women's Migration Through the Reproductive Body [Dr Irene Gedalof, Women's Studies, London Metropolitan University] a.. Polish Women Talk about NHS, Pills and Everything: Looking at on-line forums of Polish immigrants to the UK [Anna Gruszczynska, Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University] a.. Contemporary Childbirth and Breastfeeding Practices in Slovenia - Contradictions in Situ. What about feminist thinking and actions [Zalka.Drglin, Institute of Public Health, Slovenia] 13.30: Lunch 14.30: Session 9 a.. The Things Women Do! [Dr Rose Mbololwa Mbikusita-Lewanika, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, King's College London] a.. The Body Speaks: Women's embodied experiences of domestic violence during pregnancy [Dr Gillian Aston, Midwifery and Women's Health, King's College London] a.. A 'Snip' in the Right Direction?: Vasectomy and Gender Equality [Dr Pam Lowe, Sociology, Aston University] Session 10 a.. Dealing with difference: responses to the legacies of sexual difference feminism in Italy [Charlotte Ross, European Languages and Cultures, University of Birmingham] a.. 'She passed the dildo like a baton!': a women's movement in transition [Dr Zora Simic, History, University of Melbourne] a.. The Feminist Movement and Socio-Economic Empowerment of Women in South Asia [Ayesha Aftab, World Health Organisation, Islamabad Pakistan] 16.00: Afternoon Tea 16.30 Closing Panel to reflect on the conference discussions a.. TBC b.. Professor Judith Allen [Gender Studies, University of Indiana] c.. Professor Jane Sandall [Midwifery and Women's Health, King's College London] For registration and information: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities/menzies/events/confs.html Dr Jane Sandall Professor of Midwifery and Women's Health Health and Social Care Research Division King's College, London. Waterloo Bridge Wing, 150 Stamford Street, London, SE1 9NH Tel: 020 7848 3605 Fax: 020 7848 3764 e-mail:[log in to unmask] http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/medicine/research/hscr/sandall.html