PECANS International Workshop 2011
‘Interrogating (In)Equality’
an interdisciplinary postgraduate & early career scholars conference in the broad area of law, gender and sexuality
Monday 25 & Tuesday 26 July 2011
hosted by the
Centre for Feminist Legal Studies, at the
Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies,
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Registration now Closed!
Registration is now closed for this workshop.
Programme
We are very excited to announce the program for our upcoming PECANS workshop titled Interrogating (In)Equality:an interdisciplinary postgraduate & early career scholars conference in the broad area of law, gender and sexuality. As you know, the workshop will take place on Monday 25 & Tuesday 26 July 2011 and will behosted by the Centre for Feminist Legal Studies, at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Monday 25 July
9:00am - 10:00am Registration/Welcome/Introductions
10:00am - 11:30am Panel Session 1: The Heights Of Liberalism? Gender And Supra-National Governance
11:30am -11:45am Morning Break
11:45am - 1:15pm Panel Session 2: Retreating Criminal Justice: Sex, Violence And Law
1:15pm - 2:15pm Lunch
2:15pm - 3:15pm Skills Session 1: “Academic Career Pathways in the UK/Canada”
3:15pm - 4:45pm Panel Session 3: Challenging Parenting: Motherhood, Autonomy And The Law
4:45pm - 5:00pm Afternoon break
5:00pm - 6:00pm Keynote Lecture by Professor Dean Spade
6:00pm - 7:00pm Free time
7:00pm Dinner
Tuesday 26 July
9:00am - 10:30am Panel Session 4: Contesting Universalism: Feminism, Colonialism And The Legal Subject
10:30am - 10:45am Morning Break
10:45am - 12:15pm Panel Session 5: “Women’s” Issues? Gender, Identity And Equality
12:15pm - 1:15pm Lunch
1:15pm - 2:15pm Skills Session 2: “Publishing Gender, Sexuality Law Research”
2:15pm - 3:45pm Panel Session 6: Taking Shelter In The State: Hate Crime, Constitutions, And The Potential For Autonomy
3:45pm - 4:00pm Afternoon break
4:00pm - 5:30pm Panel Session 7: In-Terra-Gating The Promise Of Liberal Equality: Spatial Relations of Law, Gender, And Sexuality
5:30pm - 6:00pm Closing Discussion
Download the Final Programme and Abstracts
Please note that the final programme pdf will be uploaded in mid-July. In the meantime, workshop participants can see the final programme, abstracts and further information on the PECANS WorkshopWiki.
Funding eligibility and how to apply
A limited amount of funding was available to support scholars from the UK to travel to the conference. Thanks to all of you who applied by the deadline. We are sorry, but we are unable to accept any more applications for support.
Documents to Download:
Download Registration Form (PDF)
Download Registration Form (word doc)
Download the Final Programme and Abstracts
