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STK offers work placement course to its BA and MA students

From this autumn, students taking a BA degree in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies or an MA in Gender Studies at the Centre for Gender Research will be able to do a work placement as part of their degree.

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Raewyn Connell among keynotes at NORA Conference

The NORA Conference 2022 will be taking place at the University of Oslo on June 20th-22nd. The event will feature a range of exciting keynote speakers, including Professor Raewyn Connell. The deadline for registration, April 4th, is fast approaching.

EuroWARCHILD project brings three new faces to STK

The ERC-funded EuroWARCHILD project has brought three new researchers to the Centre for Gender Research this semester: doctoral researchers Johanne Rokke Elvebakken and Lina Stotz, as well as Professor Ingvill Constanze Mochmann, who will hold a part-time position as Professor II at STK.

Conference and new book look at gender equality within academia

What causes gender imbalance within academia, and how can we achieve greater gender equality within research and higher education? The newly published book Gender Equality in Academia – from Understanding to Change, which was launched at the FRONT Conference 2021, seeks to address precisely these questions.

The Fritt Ord Foundation Gives Grant to Book Project

Tone Brekke and Sunniva Serigstad (STK) have received funding from the Fritt Ord Foundation for their book project on the history of gender research in Norway.

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STK's award for best master's thesis

Supervisors and examiners are invited to nominate candidates for STK's award for best master's thesis / professional study with a gender perspective, submitted at the University of Oslo. The deadline for nomination is December 31.

New Book Project on the History of Norwegian Gender Studies

Tone Brekke and Sunniva Serigstad at STK have started work on a new book that will provide new insights into the development of gender research as a discipline in Norway between 1975 and 2010.

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Challenging representations of Syrian Kurdish women in Scandinavia

Wendelmoet Hamelink recently completed her Marie Skłodowska-Curie funded Postdoctoral project IMEX – Images in Exile. Gender and representation among Syrian Kurdish women in Scandinavia, hosted by the Centre for Gender Research, University of Oslo.

Completed dissertation

Solveig Laugerud

Solveig Laugerud recently completed her dissertation The Legible Rape Victim: How the Disiplinary Discourses Create a New Victim Identity, and among others explore how victims become objects of knowledge in legal proceedings and how victims in these processes create themselves as credible victims.

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PRIDE – International solidarity: Stronger together

Are you wondering why we celebrate Pride? STK has collected a handful of texts from UiO-researchers, and other relevant partners, that we hope can provide some insight into the research being conducted on Pride related topics.

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PhD-course

Institutional Ethnography

This PhD-course gives an introduction to Institutional Ethnography (IE), explore core concepts of IE, and engage with methodological tools and procedures for exploring organised social interaction.

Would you like to be a Visiting scholar at STK?

The Centre for Gender Research welcomes Visiting Scholars from other academic institutions, nationally and internationally. We will provide an office space, access to IT-facilities, good and safe-data storage facilities, full access to the University of Oslo library, and the chance to be an active and integrated part of the Centre while here.

Application deadline: March 15.

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Events

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EuroWARCHILD Project Launch: What Does it Mean to Grow Up as a Child Born of War?

June 1, 2022 9:30 AM–12:30 PM, PRIO

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NORA Conference 2022

June 20, 2022–June 22, 2022, University of Oslo

Egyptology in dialogue: Historical bodies in relations of comparisons and negotiations

Nov. 3, 2022–Nov. 4, 2022, Emory University

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Publications

Harriet Bjerrum Nielsen: Gender and Generation in China Today Sep. 3, 2021 3:38 PM
Gender Equality and Nation Branding in the Nordic Region May 25, 2021 1:29 PM
Harriet Bjerrum Nielsen: "Constructing and Researching the Object in Time and Space" May 11, 2021 3:01 PM

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