Please note that the 9th European Feminist Research Conference Sex &  
Capital will be hosted by the University of Lappland on 3-6 June, 2015.

Personally I think the conference would be well-suited for queering  
the sessions, since the calls are rather broad, and the general topic  
of Sex and Capital can be interpreted rather broadly. Me, for my part,  
would love to see not just the people from my own research group, but  
also a lot of others to present their papers about queer  
relationships, sexuality and affects, and to start to consider joint  
publications and research projects under the midnight sun ;-)

So please pay attention e.g. to the strand on genders, embodiments and  
sexualities (see below) and send your abstract to the organizers by  
November 3rd.

Best,
Tuula Juvonen

Session 8. Genders, Embodiments and Sexualities

  This strand understands that genders, embodiments and sexualities  
are vulnerable in different ways to economic pressures and hardships.  
Furthermore, they also vary in their ability to survive and/or  
transform these pressures and hardships into advantages.

  You are welcome to present, problematize and discuss your ideas,  
thoughts and research on topics including, but not limited to, the  
commodification of certain kind of bodies and sexualities and  
resistance to such commodification; re/organization of kinship and  
sexual relations; the use of legal systems in a capitalist economy as  
a normalizing tool and challenges to that.

  Scholars and activists who come from different disciplines and use  
different kinds of data are invited to suggest normcritical readings  
of, e.g. cultural products, social practices, political movements and  
citizenship.

  We are looking forward to providing a space that challenges one’s  
own positioning by encouraging transversal dialogues among participants.

Please see also the full conference CFP below:

The 9th European Feminist Research Conference Sex & Capital which  
takes place on 3-6 June, 2015 in Rovaniemi, University of Lapland,  
calls for papers and posters. There are nine thematic strands, of  
which we kindly ask you to pick up one for your abstract (the link to  
the strand discriptions:  
http://www.ulapland.fi/InEnglish/About-us/News--Events/Events/Events-2015/EFRC-2015/Strands). Submitted abstracts will be peer reviewed by at least two experts. The deadline for abstracts is 3 November 2014. Notification of acceptance will be sent to corresponding authors not later than 10 January  
2015.

For more information, see:  
www.ulapland.fi/efrc2015<http://www.ulapland.fi/efrc2015>


Link to the abstract submission:

https://lapland.conference-services.net/authorlogin.asp?conferenceID=4365&language=en-uk


If you are an Atgender student member, you may apply for a grant of 250 euros.


Hope to see you all in the conference!

On behalf ot the Organising Committee,
Kirsti Lempiäinen

Kirsti Lempiäinen
  Dr. Soc.Sc, Docent
  University lecturer, Gender Studies
  University of Lapland
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