Message posted on 18/05/2020
Reminder: Call for Contributions - The politics and intersections of COVID-19: critical perspectives from gender studies
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> <br>[KAU_Genusforskning_ENG_LOGOTYP_CMYK_2013_TEXT] <br>_______________________________________________ <br>EASST's Eurograd mailing list <br>Eurograd (at) lists.easst.net <br>Unsubscribe or edit subscription options: http://lists.easst.net/listinfo.cgi/eurograd-easst.net <br> <br>Meet us via https://twitter.com/STSeasst <br> <br>Report abuses of this list to Eurograd-owner@lists.easst.netview formatted text
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