Advanced Research Consortium on Gender, Culture and the Knowledge Society


Welcome

Gender ARC (Advanced Research Consortium on Gender, Culture and the Knowledge Society) is a research network linking more than fifty academics at the National University of Ireland, Galway and the University of Limerick who are engaged in gender-focused research across diverse disciplines including: Business, Economics, Education, Film Studies, Gender and Women's Studies, Geography, History, Health Sciences, Irish Studies, Languages, Law, Literature, Nursing and Midwifery, Politics and Sociology.  Established in January 2011 following the launch of the NUI Galway-UL strategic research alliance, Gender ARC is affiliated with the Institute for Business, Social Science and Public Policy and the Moore Institute for Humanities and Social Studies at NUI Galway and with the Institute for the Study of Knowledge in Society at UL.

The start of the 21st century has been marked by deepening globalisation, global financial crises and unprecedented change across social, cultural, economic, and political domains. Such conditions pose complex challenges for individuals, communities, economies and polities – as well as offering many opportunities for innovative and creative transformation. Importantly, these challenges and opportunities are not gender neutral but are expressed, experienced and understood in nuanced gendered ways.

Gender ARC is organized into two principal research groups: Gender and Public Policy and Gender and Gender, Discourse and Identities. Members of Gender ARC recognise the centrality of gender within wider research agendas on culture, society, economy, politics, law and education. Further, Gender ARC seeks to play a leading role in demonstrating the integral role of the arts, humanities and social sciences in underpinning self-reflecting, creative, just and flourishing societies at every level. Gender ARC is committed to exploring the gender dimensions of all aspects of human endeavour in order to deepen understanding of past and current events and challenges, inform and enhance public debate and policy formation, and foster appreciation of human creativity and diversity, locally and globally.
NEWS and EVENTS
PUBLIC LECTURE - U.S. PERSPECTIVE ON GENDER, WORK AND THE LIFE COURSE
May 2013 -- A public lecture by Prof. Debra Street (U of Buffalo, New York) entitled "(n)Ever (re)Productive: A U.S. Perspective on Gender, Work and the Life Course" is being held on 14 May 2013 at 1 pm at NUI Galway. The lecture is part of a meeting of the International Research Network on the Gender Analysis of Employment, Retirement and Pensions for Older Workers being held at NUIG. For full details, click here.
NEW FOUNDATIONS: SCHOOL ‘ETHOS’ AND LGBT SEXUALITIES CONFERENCE
May 2013 -- The New Foundations conference exploring the concept of ‘ethos’ and its relationship with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) sexualities in schools will took place at the Pavilion, University of Limerick, Friday, 17 May 2013. For full details, click here.
GENDER ARC PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES, 2012-13
May 2013 -- The Gender Arc Public Lecture Series 2013 spring session featured Stephanie Seguino (U Vermont, USA), Selma James (writer and activist), Diane Urquhart (Liverpool U, UK), Imogen Tyler (Lancaster U), and Jill Rubrey (U Manchester). For full details, click here.
GENDER ARC RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES, 2012-13
Mar 2013 -- The Gender ARC Research Seminar Series for 2012-2013 featured Prof. Marianna Fotaki (U Manchester), Deirdre Byrnes (NUIG), Marieke Van Den Brink (Radboud U), Emily Logan (Children’s Ombudsman), Kate White (U Ballarat), Phil Dine (NUIG), Anne Byrne (NUIG), Patricia Moran (UL), Ekaterina Yahyaoui (Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUIG), and Lorraine Kelly (Spanish, NUIG). For full details, click here.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Jan 2013 -- The Fifth Interdisciplinary Conference of the Crime Genre Research Network, Ireland, on the theme of Gender and Sexuality in the Crime Genre, is to be held at NUIG on 21-23 June 2013. The organisers are now seeking abstracts for papers that examine how gender and sexuality are treated in literature and/or in film and television within the crime genre. The deadline for submission was 15 February 2013. For full details, click here.
GENDER ARC SUMMER SEMINAR
June 2012 -- A seminar on Gender, Spirituality, Politics and Society was hosted by the Gender, Discourse, Identities research group of Gender ARC and Global Women's Studies, NUIG, on Wed. 27 June 2012. Speaking at the event were Nikky-Guninder Singh (Crawford Family Professor of Religion, Colby College, Maine, USA), Rita O'Donoghue (Irish Studies, NUIG), Eilís Ward (Political Science and Sociology, NUIG), Vesna Malesevic (Political Science and Sociology, NUIG), and Niamh Reilly (Global Women's Studies, NUIG). For more details, click here.
POSTGRADUATE SUMMER SCHOOL
June 2012 -- Gender ARC held a postgraduate summer school, Gender, Discourses and Identities: Gender, Nation, Text, at NUI Galway from 6 to 8 June 2012. For full details, click here.
CONFERENCE
June 2012 -- The Identities, Sexualities and Masculinities research group held a two-day conference, Behind the Lines Women, War and Letters, 1880-1922, on  9 and 10 June 2012 at the University of Limerick. Plenary Speakers were Professor Lucy McDiarmid (Montclair State University) and Professor Matthew Campbell (University of York). For full details, click here.


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Advanced Research Consortium on Gender, Culture and the Knowledge Society