Dear colleagues,
<br>
<br>Just a friendly reminder about our call for contributions to an
<br>online-seminar/talk series on the politics and intersections of COVID-19
<br>during the upcoming fall semester.
<br>
<br>Sebastian
<br>
<br>At the Centre for Gender Studies, Karlstad University, we are organizing an
<br>online seminar series on COVID-19 during the fall. We are looking for
<br>contributions for that series and hope that we get together a group of
<br>researchers from gender studies who will highlight the necessity to consider
<br>gender studies research, knowledge, and critique during these times of crisis.
<br>See the call or link below for more details.
<br>
<br>Your colleagues from Karlstad
<br>
<br>
<br>The politics and intersections of COVID-19: critical perspectives from gender
<br>studies
<br>
<br>Call for contributions to an open online seminar series during the fall
<br>semester of 2020, organized by the Centre for Gender Studies, Karlstad
<br>University
<br>
<br>The current global pandemic has brought with it many challenges. Most
<br>obviously, the costs are seen in the lives lost and the health, emotional,
<br>social, and economic challenges that many people face around the globe due to
<br>the pandemic. While some also point to positive side effects of COVID-19 such
<br>as stark reductions in CO2-emissions, the pandemic is more likely to intensify
<br>already existing (social) inequalities than to alleviate them. This is most
<br>noticeable when it comes to health. Older people and people with pre-existing
<br>conditions are more likely to die from the virus. At the same time, according
<br>to public statistics men fall victim to COVID-19 more often than women. What
<br>is more, as more knowledge emerges about those infected with and dying from
<br>COVID-19, well-known intersections of gender, class, and race appear to
<br>determine who will survive this pandemic and who won't. Socially, the pandemic
<br>also acerbates existing inequalities. In professions heavily exposed to
<br>infection risks, such as healthcare or daycare workers or teachers, employees
<br>are overwhelmingly women. In professions hardest hit economically, people in
<br>the lower income ranges feel the consequences by getting laid off and losing
<br>their income.
<br>
<br>This is paired with racial discrimination. After the American president called
<br>Corona "the Chinese virus", people identified as Chinese by others experienced
<br>an increase in racial discrimination in public in the US and Europe. At the
<br>same time, prejudices against racial minorities also gained traction in China
<br>where Black Africans, after reports of them supposedly bringing
<br>Corona-infections back to China, were discriminated against because of their
<br>skin color. Not least, the current pandemic also points to the violent
<br>heritage of colonialism, empire, and capitalism, with countries in the Global
<br>North paying themselves out of the direst consequences while at the same time
<br>being unwilling to share the financial burden of countries from the Global
<br>South. All this begs the question how social inequalities structure the
<br>current crisis and how the crisis will come to shape social inequalities in
<br>the future.
<br>
<br>This online seminar series wants to tackle these questions. We are looking for
<br>contributions that reflect critically on the social consequences of COVID-19
<br>from a gender studies perspectives, exploring the diverse politics and
<br>intersections of COVID-19. Contributions should consist of 30-45 minutes
<br>presentations followed by discussions that will be held online in a digital
<br>meeting room organized by the Centre for Gender Studies at Karlstad University
<br>during the fall of 2020. Contributors will be remunerated with 2000 SEK for
<br>their involvement and a publication of all contributions is planned at the end
<br>of the semester, either as a special issue or an edited collection. Abstracts
<br>of max 300 words and a short author bio should be send to
<br>sebastian.mohr@kau.se until the 31st of May
<br>2020. Contributors will be notified about their acceptance shortly
<br>thereafter.
<br>
<br>You also find this call under the following link:
<br>https://www.kau.se/centrum-genusforskning/aktuellt/aktuella-evenemang
<br>
<br>
<br>Sebastian Mohr
<br>
<br>Senior Lecturer in Gender Studies
<br>Managing Editor for NORMA: International Journal for Masculinity
<br>Studies
<br>Editor at Kvinder, Kn & Forskning/Women, Gender &
<br>Research
<br>
<br>Karlstad University
<br>65188 Karlstad
<br>Sweden
<br>
<br>sebastian.mohr@kau.se
<br>
<br>While most people address me with the pronouns he/him/his, I am thankful for
<br>communication that goes beyond a gender binary.
<br>
<br>I will do my best to meet accomodation needs in communication and personal
<br>meetings, so please approach me directly in regard to accessibility.
<br>
<br>Being a Sperm Donor: Masculinity, Sexuality, and Biosociality in Denmark
<br>https://berghahnbooks.com/title/MohrBeing
<br>
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