The research group runs regular meetings to discuss feminist and gender theory and methods. Sessions range from reading groups discussing recent publications, blogs and podcasts to ‘Work in Progress’ presentations delivered by group members to hosting guest experts in gender and feminist theory from outside the University. Indeed, we’ve been fortunate to host internationally renowned academics, such as Dr Alison Edgely (University of Nottingham), Dr Natalie Brown (Swansea University), Professor Laura Shepherd (University of Sydney), Professor Margaret Thornton (Australian National University) and Professor Alison Phipps (University of Sussex).Recent activities
Across the Spring and Summer Terms 2023/4, GAFT hosted a hybrid Seminar Series: ‘New Directions in Gender and Feminist Theory Work-in-Development’. The following research was presented:
April 2024 - Ash Kayte Stokoe (Teaching Fellow, POLSIS): ‘Feminist Framing in “Gender Critical” Discourses’
March 2024 - Patrick J. Vernon (Lecturer in Gender and War Studies, King’s College London) and Nicola J. Smith (Senior Lecturer, POLSIS): ‘Common Sense, Common People, and the Dehumanisation of Minoritised Groups in the UK’
February 2024 - Jennifer Thomson (Senior Lecturer, University of Bath): ‘Practices, Narratives, and Feminist Foreign Policy’
January 2024 - Charlotte Galpin (Associate Professor, POLSIS): ‘The British as Homo Economicus: Neoliberal Masculinity and LGBTQ+ Rights in the EU
In addition to our seminar series, GAFT has also hosted several events with guest speakers, including:
October 2024 - 'Open Roundtable: Doing Feminist Research and Publishing'. Dr Roxani Krystalli (Senior Lecturer, University of St Andrews) in conversation with Kailing Xie (Lecturer, IDD), Lipika Kamra (Lecturer, POLSIS), Nicola J. Smith (Senior Lecturer, POLSIS), Charlotte Galpin (Senior Lecturer, POLSIS), and Columba Achilleos-Sarll (Lecturer, POLSIS)
October 2024 - GAFT Annual Lecture and Book Talk with Roxani Krystalli (Senior Lecturer, University of St Andrews): Good Victims: The Political as a Feminist Question (Oxford University Press, 2024)
May 2024 - Book Launch, Patrick J. Vernon (Lecturer in Gender and War Studies, King’s College London): The Coloniality of Humanitarian Intervention (Routledge 2024)
May 2024 - Early Career and Postgrad Workshop, ‘Turning the PhD into a Book’ with Patrick J. Vernon (Lecturer in Gender and War Studies, King’s College London)