GEXcel Work in Progress Report Volume IV : Proceedings from Gexcel Theme 1: Gender, Sexuality and Global Change. Conference of Workshops. 22 – 25 May, 2008

Abstract

This work-in-progress report comprises short summaries of most of the presentations given at GEXcel's first research conference, which took place at Örebro University on May 22-25, 2008. The conference rounded off the main activities of GEXcel's Research Theme 1, Gender, Sexuality and Global Change, run from August 2007 through August 2008. The conference was organized in workshop format around three sub-themes: 1) Sexuality, Love and Social Theory , 2) Power and Politics: A Feminist View, and 3) Common and Conflicted: Rethinking Interest, Solidarity and Action. Each workshop/sub-theme gathered around ten different senior and junior scholars from many different parts of the world. Summaries of the discussions in each workshop are included in this volume. The reader of this volume should be aware that, since this is a work-in-progress report, the language of the papers contributed by non-native speakers of English has not been specifically examined.