Due to the popularity of this event we’ve had to move it to a bigger room. It’ll now be held in Lipman Building, Lecture Theatre 03 (not the Sandyford Building), on Northumbria University City Campus. You can find it on this map: https://one.northumbria.ac.uk/service/cs/Shared%20Documents/City%20Campus%20Map.pdf#search=city%20campus%20map

(building no. 12 )

 

This means that more places are now available so do please circulate the info to anyone you think might be interested.

 

Thanks,

Ruth

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Transforming Cultures: A Trans-Atlantic Conversation about Gender-Based Violence

We've recently seen unprecedented attention to cultures that support or challenge gender-based violence: disclosures about violence and abuse by Harvey Weinstein and others; the #MeToo and #TimesUp campaigns; plans to outlaw 'upskirting'; Dr Christine Ford's accusations about Judge Brett Kavanaugh, to name just a few.

Northumbria University will host a seminar which will reflect on these developments in the UK and the US and is delighted to welcome two eminent scholars/activsts/practitioners:

Professor Susan Marine, Merrimack College, US will speak about how the Kavanaugh Supreme Court hearings are shaping discourse about sexual violence in high school and college.

Ms Cullagh Warnock, expert on gender-based violence, will talk about the role of specialist women’s organisations in improving services and policy around gender-based violence.

Date: Wed 24 October

Times: 1700-1830

Venue: Lipman Building, Lecture Theatre 031, Northumbria University

To book: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/transforming-cultures-a-trans-atlantic-conversation-about-gender-based-violence-tickets-51066816222

 

Academics, students, activists, practitioners - all welcome!

 

 

 

Dr Ruth Lewis

Associate Professor and Head of Subject (Sociology, International Development, and International Relations and Politics)

Dept of Social Sciences

University of Northumbria

Lipman Building, room 322

Newcastle upon tyne NE1 8ST

Tel: 0191 227 3940

Email: [log in to unmask]

2018/19 semester 1 office hours: Tuesdays 2-4pm No appointment necessary.

 

Blog: https://blog.northumbria.ac.uk/sociology/

Co-Convenor, with Emily Falconer, of the BSA Gender Study Group

Co-Convenor, with Rachel Fenton, of Universities Against Gender-Based Violence (UAGBV)

 

YOU CAN FIND MY RECENT WORK AT: 

 

Sundari Anitha and Ruth Lewis (eds) Gender based violence in university communities: Policy, prevention and educational initiative Bristol: Policy Press https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/gender-based-violence-in-university-communities

Marine, Susan and Ruth Lewis (2017) Mutuality without alliance: The roles of community in becoming a college student feminist Gender and Education http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540253.2017.1332342

 

Ruth Lewis, Mike Rowe, Clare Wiper, (2016) ‘Online abuse of feminists as an emerging form of violence against women and girls’ British Journal of Criminology https://academic.oup.com//bjc/article/doi/10.1093/bjc/azw073/2623986/Online-Abuse-of-Feminists-as-An-Emerging-form-of?guestAccessKey=c232458f-c733-4d90-8ef0-3f4c7ebb9741

  

 

 

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