Welcome to Past, Present, Future - From Women's Studies to Post-Gender Research Umeå 14-17 June 2007!

In June 1982, Umeå University in Sweden organised the conference "Kvinnouniversitetet: Vetenskap, patriarkat, makt" ("Women's University: Scholarship, Patriarchy, Power"). The conference was a milestone in the development of women's and gender studies in the Nordic countries and significant for building networks among young, female scholars in a new, expanding research field. The Centre for Women's Studies and the National Graduate School of Gender Studies now invite you to the conference "Past, Present, Future - From Women's Studies to Post-Gender Research" celebrating the 25th anniversary of "Kvinnouniversitetet".
The purpose of the conference is to build bridges between generations of researchers in gender studies. The conference will have two branches:
The first branch evaluates three decades of theoretical achievements in the field. International and Nordic keynote speakers are invited to reflect on the developments of the last thirty years.
The second branch concerns ongoing Ph. D. students' and post-doctoral research projects in the Nordic countries. The conference welcomes presentations of all topics in gender and feminist studies, as well as in related research fields such as men's, gay, lesbian and queer studies. The conference offers different forms for the Ph. D. students to present their work: