For thirty years, the Centre for Gender Research has given out an annual prize for the best master's thesis with a gender perspective submitted to the University of Oslo. The deadline for nominating candidates for this year's prize is 31 December.
Postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Gender Research (STK) Reinert Skumsnes recently co-organized the conference “Egyptology in dialogue: Historical bodies in relations of comparisons and negotiations” at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
On November 1, the Centre for Gender Research (STK) held a seminar with the aim of starting a conversation between the new public committee on men and gender equality, and researchers on men and masculinities.
Professor and Director of the Centre for Gender Research Inger Skjelsbæk will receive the Ingrid Aune memorial prize 2022 for her research on conflict-related sexual violence.
Did you miss the NORA Conference 2022, or would you like to listen again to the keynote lectures? Below you will find video recordings of the talks given by Marianne Liljeström, Amund Rake Hoffart, Astri Dankertsen and Raewyn Connell.
Inger Skjelsbæk (STK) has contributed to a new open online course on the interplay between gender and violence in post-conflict contexts.
Beret Bråten and Maja Feng Mikalsen (STK) have carried out a research project on barriers to diversity and inclusion among staff at the University of Oslo (UiO). This resulted in the report Diversity and Inclusion at UiO, which was published in May. On August 22, the report was launched with an open seminar.
The NORA Conference 2022 was held from the 20th to the 22nd of June in Oslo. With over 200 participants, the conference was an excellent chance to gain an overview of what is happening within Nordic feminist and gender research.
The NORA Conference is less than two weeks away. The host organization, conference committee and co-organizers are thrilled to welcome over 200 participants to the University of Oslo on June 20th-22nd.
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.
The NORA Conference 2022 will be taking place at the University of Oslo on June 20th-22nd, and will feature a range of exciting keynote speakers, including Professor Raewyn Connell. The deadline for registration, April 4th, is fast approaching.
Thea Johanne Prytz Hammarqvist (IKOS) has won STK’s annual MA award for her analysis of the Japanese novel Yaneura no nishojo (1919). Her thesis asks whether it makes sense to call the book a “lesbian” novel, but also demonstrates how the text challenges concurrent sexological discourses that framed heterosexual marriage as the only correct choice for women.