Feminist Research Colloquium
This event is free and open, and showcases the work of undergraduate honours and graduate students at the Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies.
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March 23, 2019
The Feminist Research Colloquium showcases the student research conducted through À¦°óSMÉçÇø's Institute of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies.
This year's colloquium is onÌýApril 15 and 16 atÌýResearch Common Room AÌýat McLennan Library of À¦°óSMÉçÇø.
Seven honours students in the Gender, Sexuality, Feminist, and Social Justice Studies major and thirteen graduate students in the Option in Women and Gender Studies will present their work.
Day 1: April 15Ìý
Opening Remarks and Pastry: 9:00- 9:15
Alex Ketchum and Vanessa Blais- Tremblay
Panel 1: 9:30-10:30 LabourÌý
Chair: Alanna Thain
Dominique Grégoire:ÌýFrom Fashion Magazine to Activist Community: How Diverse Storytellers Changed Teen Vogue's Storytelling
Fraea Graziani:ÌýUnderstandingÌýSex Work: Why Representation Matters for Sex WorkersÌý
CatherineÌýJeffery:ÌýLiberating Labour: Critical Utopianism and the Future of WorkÌý
Panel 2: 10:45-12:15ÌýGender and Colonialism: Missing Histories, New AnalysesÌý
Chair: Vrinda Narain
Viviane Cottle:ÌýPublic Perception of Restorative Justice in Canada: The Case of Terri-Lynne McClintic
Chung-Chih Hong:ÌýAn Unheard Story: The Impact of Christianity on the Pangcah Women’s Traditional PowerÌý
Heather Porter:ÌýLinking Genealogies of Islamophobia and Gendered and Racialized Colonial Hierarchies in the AmericasÌý
Lunch: 12:15-1:15
Panel 3: 1:15-2:35 Histories of Sexualities, Genders, and Embodiments
Chair: Nicole de Brabandere
Hosanna Galea:ÌýNature as Divine: An Analysis of the Feminine in Hildegard of Bingen
Emma Chambers:ÌýThe Greatest Social Taboo: The Discursive Production of Child Sexuality As The Ultimate Oxymoron
Ben Kirsebom:ÌýReconstructing AIDS Narratives: Race, Space, and Queer Politics in Oakland, California in the 1980s and 90s
Kyle Stewart:ÌýLocating Ideology in the Fat Body
Coffee Break
Panel 4: 3:00-5:00ÌýAddressing Gender-Based and Sexual Violence in Educational Settings
Chair: Marc Ducusin
Anuradha Dugal:ÌýBringing a Critical Race Framework to On-Campus Efforts to End Sexual ViolenceÌý
Esther Armaignac:ÌýThe Pedagogical Power of Fiction: Addressing Gender- and Sexuality-Related Issues through Popular Culture and Fiction WritingÌý
Natalia Incio Serra:ÌýPeruvian Indigenous Female Student Lives: An Exercise of Resilience
Day 2: April 16
Panel 5: 9:30-11:00ÌýGender, Sexuality, and Belonging
Chair: TBD
Yasmeen Shahzadeh:Idle Citizenry:ÌýInvestigating the Representation of Women in Jordanian Civic Education Textbooks
Abbey-Leigh Heilig:ÌýSexuality, Sport, and the City: A Literature ReviewÌý
Kiersten van Vliet:ÌýDisco, Affect, and Public Cultures in Montreal’s Gay Village
Panel 6: 11:15-1:15ÌýConstructing Gendered Identities Through Music and CultureÌý
Chair: Lisa BargÌý
Marta Beszterda:ÌýWomen Composers in (Post)-Communist Poland: Challenges for Feminist Research in Polish Musicology
Kate Glen:ÌýLife After Death Star: Masculinity and Misogyny Through Musical Mashup
Megan Batty:ÌýGender Performativity and Embodiment in the Lindy Hop
Sophie Ogilvie-Hanson:ÌýHuman Aesthetics, Virtual Bodies: The Construction of Pop Avatar Miquela
Final Remarks
Vanessa Blais- Tremblay and Alex Ketchum