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-Apologies for cross-posting- Achieving Gender Equality in the Academy: Intersections, Interrogations and Practices The 2014 Socrel Response Study Day will explore Gender Equality in the Academy. The symposium is organised by Socrel, the BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group. Last year’s symposium was over-subscribed and therefore early registration is encouraged. **REGISTRATION CLOSES 22 September 2014** For registration please go to: http://portal.britsoc.co.uk/public/event/eventBooking.aspx?id=EVT10383 Venue: BSA Meeting Room, Imperial Wharf, London Date: Saturday 4 October 2014 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Lunch is provided. In response to a recent report on issues of gender and women’s career progression within the disciplines of Theology and Religious Studies (www.socrel.org.uk), this symposium aims to not only explore issues of gender particular to these disciplines, but also those that were raised in the report that affect women across disciplines within the academy. Achieving gender equality is a continuing concern in both society and academia. Many women are attracted to a career in higher education because of its autonomy, collaboration and intellectual rewards. In light of the much welcomed and recent efforts by academics and administrators, universities have been slow to institutionalise gender equality. In recent studies that address issues of gender in the academy, particularly within the humanities and STEM subjects, women scholars, at varying stages of their careers continue to encounter an environment where they are in the minority among men, confront the difficulties of balancing caring responsibilities with the demands of academia, and where they experience bullying and challenges to promotion. Importantly, religion, race and class have also impacted on women's experiences in the academy, resulting in multiple forms of inclusion and exclusion. As such, women’s experiences of higher education have demonstrated both the rewards and costs of pursuing a career in academia. The aim of the symposium is to discuss and interrogate how these issues are being addressed, experienced and resisted in academic spaces. Programme 09:30 Registration 10:15 Welcome 10:30 Panel and discussion -Tamsin Hinton-Smith (University of Sussex): Critically evaluating the contribution of gender initiatives to the equality agenda: smokescreens and rubber stamps? -Rachel Thwaites (University of Birmingham): Defending gender scholarship; defending ourselves -Netta Chachamu (Cardiff University): “I know that the more pain I’m in, the less it matters”: feminist fury, shame and silence 11:30 Keynote by Professor Heidi Safia Mirza (Goldsmiths, University of London) and discussion 12:30 Lunch 13:30 Panel and discussion -Karen O’Donnell (University of Exeter): “Becoming male” – Gender and the academic voice -Charlotte Mallinson (University of Huddersfield): No invitations: An experiential and theoretical discussion of social exclusion owing to intersectional discrimination within the academy -Bernadetta Siara (University Campus Suffolk): Encountering gender in the academy intersectionally 14:30 Keynote by Professor Helen Beebee (University of Manchester) and discussion 15:30 Break 15:45 Panel and discussion -Sarah Burton (Goldsmiths, University of London): Uses and abuses of feminist thought: a lived experience of gender inequality in the academy -Dawn Llewellyn (University of Chester): Trying to channel bell hooks: early career reflections on being a feminist lecturer 16:45 Launch of the Socrel Mentoring Scheme; Final remarks and close The day will be highly participative and engaged. The symposium aims to be as much about discussion as it is about presentation. Costs: £36.00 for BSA members; £41 for Socrel members; £46.00 for non-members; £15 for BSA Postgraduate members; £20.00 for Socrel Postgraduate members; £25.00 for Postgraduate non-members; £25.00 for non-members who are retired and unwaged. Should you have any queries about the day, please do not hesitate to contact the event organisers: Dr Abby Day ([log in to unmask]) and Dr Sonya Sharma ([log in to unmask])