WAGNet Graduate Workshop

 

Women and Gender in Contemporary Chinese Studies

 

 

21-23 January 2009

at the University of Bristol, UK

 

This is the fourth in a series of very successful WAGNet graduate workshops. Previous workshops were held in Leiden, Oxford and Prague.

 

The Bristol workshop is for PhD students who are at an advanced stage of their research and working on any aspect of ‘women and gender in contemporary Chinese studies’. Participants will be expected to present a paper that treats issues of 'women' and 'gender' as central and significant categories of analyses.

Students will get the opportunity to present their projects to other graduate students and more senior scholars working in the field of China-related women and gender studies. All too rarely do Ph.D. students have an opportunity for critical exposure of their thesis prior to submission and defence. The workshop is therefore designed to facilitate in-depth discussions and each presentation will be commented on by a senior academic discussant.

The workshop, accommodation and meals during the workshop are free. Some travel bursaries are also available.

Students wanting to participate should submit an outline of their project (750 words) including information on the state of their research, a curriculum vitae, and one letter of reference from someone who is familiar with their PhD (under separate cover). The application documents should be sent to: Professor Marianne Hester, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TZ, UK. Places are limited and successful applicants will be allocated places on a ‘first come first serve’ basis.

The organisers will discuss the applications, and make a selection based on the merit of the outline, the recommendation, and the stage of the research.