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                Dear colleagues,



Just a friendly reminder about our call for contributions to an

online-seminar/talk series on the politics and intersections of COVID-19

during the upcoming fall semester.



Sebastian



At the Centre for Gender Studies, Karlstad University, we are organizing an

online seminar series on COVID-19 during the fall. We are looking for

contributions for that series and hope that we get together a group of

researchers from gender studies who will highlight the necessity to consider

gender studies research, knowledge, and critique during these times of crisis.

See the call or link below for more details.



Your colleagues from Karlstad





The politics and intersections of COVID-19: critical perspectives from gender

studies



Call for contributions to an open online seminar series during the fall

semester of 2020, organized by the Centre for Gender Studies, Karlstad

University



The current global pandemic has brought with it many challenges. Most

obviously, the costs are seen in the lives lost and the health, emotional,

social, and economic challenges that many people face around the globe due to

the pandemic. While some also point to positive side effects of COVID-19 such

as stark reductions in CO2-emissions, the pandemic is more likely to intensify

already existing (social) inequalities than to alleviate them. This is most

noticeable when it comes to health. Older people and people with pre-existing

conditions are more likely to die from the virus. At the same time, according

to public statistics men fall victim to COVID-19 more often than women. What

is more, as more knowledge emerges about those infected with and dying from

COVID-19, well-known intersections of gender, class, and race appear to

determine who will survive this pandemic and who won't. Socially, the pandemic

also acerbates existing inequalities. In professions heavily exposed to

infection risks, such as healthcare or daycare workers or teachers, employees

are overwhelmingly women. In professions hardest hit economically, people in

the lower income ranges feel the consequences by getting laid off and losing

their income.



This is paired with racial discrimination. After the American president called

Corona "the Chinese virus", people identified as Chinese by others experienced

an increase in racial discrimination in public in the US and Europe. At the

same time, prejudices against racial minorities also gained traction in China

where Black Africans, after reports of them supposedly bringing

Corona-infections back to China, were discriminated against because of their

skin color. Not least, the current pandemic also points to the violent

heritage of colonialism, empire, and capitalism, with countries in the Global

North paying themselves out of the direst consequences while at the same time

being unwilling to share the financial burden of countries from the Global

South. All this begs the question how social inequalities structure the

current crisis and how the crisis will come to shape social inequalities in

the future.



This online seminar series wants to tackle these questions. We are looking for

contributions that reflect critically on the social consequences of COVID-19

from a gender studies perspectives, exploring the diverse politics and

intersections of COVID-19. Contributions should consist of 30-45 minutes

presentations followed by discussions that will be held online in a digital

meeting room organized by the Centre for Gender Studies at Karlstad University

during the fall of 2020. Contributors will be remunerated with 2000 SEK for

their involvement and a publication of all contributions is planned at the end

of the semester, either as a special issue or an edited collection. Abstracts

of max 300 words and a short author bio should be send to

sebastian.mohr@kau.se until the 31st of May

2020. Contributors will be notified about their acceptance shortly

thereafter.



You also find this call under the following link:

https://www.kau.se/centrum-genusforskning/aktuellt/aktuella-evenemang





Sebastian Mohr



Senior Lecturer in Gender Studies

Managing Editor for NORMA: International Journal for Masculinity

Studies

Editor at Kvinder, Kn & Forskning/Women, Gender &

Research



Karlstad University

65188 Karlstad

Sweden



sebastian.mohr@kau.se



While most people address me with the pronouns he/him/his, I am thankful for

communication that goes beyond a gender binary.



I will do my best to meet accomodation needs in communication and personal

meetings, so please approach me directly in regard to accessibility.



Being a Sperm Donor: Masculinity, Sexuality, and Biosociality in Denmark

https://berghahnbooks.com/title/MohrBeing



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