Women and Politics Specialist Group

PSA 2011 One Day Workshop Papers Published

psawomenpolitics — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:27:00 +0000

On April 18th the The Women and Politics PSA One Day Workshop will be held. Times and room locations to be announced. This workshop is open to PSA conference delegates and visitors.

The workshop is intended to be a scholarly resource for those researching questions that focus particular attention on the role of women in politics, political life and political behaviour. The aim is to bring together specialists in this area to exchange information on the most current research, to provide support and constructive feedback on works in progress, and to encourage cross-fertilisation of ideas and findings. Check out our Welcome page for more information!

Workshop on Gender and Politics, Birkbeck, London, 26 February 2011

psawomenpolitics — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 13:19:08 +0000

Workshop on Gender and Politics, Birkbeck, London, 26 February 2011 programme announced. Click here.

Women and Politics at the 2011 Political Studies Association Conference

psawomenpolitics — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:07:13 +0000

We are very excited to have a robust presence at this year’s PSA conference, including a one day open workshop and several panels. Click here for more information.

Call for Papers for Gender and Politics: Debates and Challenges

psawomenpolitics — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:04:38 +0000

Please review the details for the 26 February 2011 workshop, to be held at the Department of Politics, Birbeck College from 10am-5pm here: Upcoming events

It’s subscription renewal time again!

psawomenpolitics — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:02:58 +0000

(Re)joining Women and Politics

Our group is open to anyone interested in gender and politics, as well as to women political scientists. If you wish to join us, or renew your membership, please complete the 2011 Membership Form. Please make cheques payable to ‘PSA Women and Politics Group’ and return to Dr. Rainbow Murray, Department of Politics, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS. The form includes an optional discounted subscription rate to the journal ‘Gender and Politics’ - great for keeping up on the latest developments in the area!

We are always keen to further promote research in our field so if you have an idea for a seminar or conference – however small or big – that you would like to organise (or would like help with organising), please contact Rainbow Murray or Kristi Winters.

Look out for the next issue of PSA News

psawomenpolitics — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:55:43 +0000

We have a piece forthcoming in the December issue of PSA news, featuring the highlights of the year and up-coming events: http://www.psa.ac.uk/psanews/psanews.asp

CfP – First European Conference on Politics and Gender

psawomenpolitics — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:17:31 +0000

ECPR Standing Group on Gender and Politics

First European Conference on Politics and Gender

21 to 23 January 2009

Queen’s University Belfast

Belfast, Northern Ireland

CALL FOR PAPERS

Deadline: 1 June 2008

The ECPR Standing Group on Gender and Politics invites panel and paper proposals for the First

European Conference on Politics and Gender (ECPG). The conference aims to bring together

scholars engaged in cutting-edge research on a wide range of topics related to gender and politics.

Scholars from member and non-member institutions of the ECPR are welcome to apply.

The program will include a keynote address given by Judith Squires from the University of Bristol, as

well as a roundtable on current European Union-funded gender and politics projects.

The conference will be organized around ten sections, convened by the following scholars:

• Social Movements – Lee Ann Banaszak

• Political Parties and Representation – Joni Lovenduski

• Sexuality and the Body – Joyce Outshoorn

• Methods and Methodologies – Jacqui True

• Violence, War, and Security – Lene Hansen

• Development and Democracy – Shirin Rai

• States and Public Policies – Amy Mazur

• Identity and Multiculturalism – Sawitri Saharso

• Citizenship – Birte Siim

• Feminism and the International – Christine Sylvester

Proposals should be sent by email to the conference secretary Jemima Repo

(jemima.repo@helsinki.fi). Acceptance of papers and panels will be confirmed by 1 September 2008.

Proposals for individual papers should include the name, affiliation, and contact details for all paper

authors, a 200-word abstract and paper title, as well as indicate which section the paper is for.

Proposals for whole panels should include the full details for each paper (see above), a panel

synopsis, as well as names, affiliations, and contact details for the panel chair and discussant.

The Standing Group on Gender and Politics was founded in 1985 as the Standing Group on Women and Politics. It

currently has 300 members from all over the world. For more information on the conference, please visit:

http://www.essex.ac.uk/ecpr/standinggroups/ecpg_home.aspx. The next ECPG conference will be held in 2011