Considering it's the Easter holidays, which for many of us is synonymous with essay writing time, we're going to read a short newspaper article from the BBC.
How 'gay' became children's insult of choice
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7289390.stm
Below are some questions to help trigger some thoughts but please bring in any other related articles, examples etc.
- Is this surprising?
- What does this suggest about the power of language?
- How could this be read in the light of Queer Theory?
When? Tuesday 1st April 7pm - 9pm
Where? Room 624, Birkbeck College Main Building, Malet Street
Look forward to seeing you on Tuesday. Please pass this on to anyone else you think might be interested.
All welcome!
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Easter Break
Ok, we're going to take a short break from the reading group for Easter. A little holiday and work catch-up time are in order.
The next dates and locations are (all on Tuesdays - topics tba):
- 1st April: Room 624, Birkbeck College, Malet St
- 15th April: Room 624, Birkbeck College, Malet St
- 29th April: Room 303, Birkbeck College, 43 Gordon Square
BIGS PG Seminar on Tuesday 13th May from 6.00 – 9.00pm – room 204, Clore Management
Look forward to seeing you there.
If anyone has any suggestions of articles that you'd like us to read or topics to be discussed, please contact me at bigs.postgrads@gmail.com Thanks!
The next dates and locations are (all on Tuesdays - topics tba):
- 1st April: Room 624, Birkbeck College, Malet St
- 15th April: Room 624, Birkbeck College, Malet St
- 29th April: Room 303, Birkbeck College, 43 Gordon Square
BIGS PG Seminar on Tuesday 13th May from 6.00 – 9.00pm – room 204, Clore Management
Look forward to seeing you there.
If anyone has any suggestions of articles that you'd like us to read or topics to be discussed, please contact me at bigs.postgrads@gmail.com Thanks!
Thursday, March 6, 2008
5th Reading Group - Tuesday 11th March
It was great to see such a healthy turn-out to our first seminar series on Tuesday. I hope that the ones in future will continue to prosper. If you do have any thoughts for a paper or would like to present a Work in Progress on anything relating to Gender and/or Sexuality at the next seminar in May. Please send a short abstract (c.100-300 words).
This fortnight's reading group is on Tuesday 11th March, 7pm - 9pm at room 317, 43 Gordon Square. After this one there will be a short break with the series resuming on the 1st April.
Topic: Women and the Military
Reading: Keenan, Jimmie. 'The DoD Combat Exclusion Policy: Time for change?' p21-26. Available for download (free): http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?PubID=830 If anyone struggles with downloading this, I do have a Pdf of the document available but it is c.4Mb, so I thought to save people inboxes I'd send the link instead.
Questions to think about:
- Is a woman's life more valuable than a man's?
- Are there practical issues of allowing women to serve in combat that need to be acknowledged/addressed?
- If exclusion policies remain, should women be able to gain higher posts without having the currently necessary battle experience?
- Is the current divide, which maintains male dominance in the higher ranks as it should be?
- Should women have full equality in the armed forces?
This fortnight's reading group is on Tuesday 11th March, 7pm - 9pm at room 317, 43 Gordon Square. After this one there will be a short break with the series resuming on the 1st April.
Topic: Women and the Military
Reading: Keenan, Jimmie. 'The DoD Combat Exclusion Policy: Time for change?' p21-26. Available for download (free): http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?PubID=830 If anyone struggles with downloading this, I do have a Pdf of the document available but it is c.4Mb, so I thought to save people inboxes I'd send the link instead.
Questions to think about:
- Is a woman's life more valuable than a man's?
- Are there practical issues of allowing women to serve in combat that need to be acknowledged/addressed?
- If exclusion policies remain, should women be able to gain higher posts without having the currently necessary battle experience?
- Is the current divide, which maintains male dominance in the higher ranks as it should be?
- Should women have full equality in the armed forces?
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