We are launching the University of Bath School of Management’s annual series on influential feminist thinkers.
Our aim is to bring together people interested in exploring and discussing feminist thought and how major figures have influenced this in management and organisation studies.
This year’s focus is on the work of Judith Butler, which has been extraordinarily influential across many disciplines.
Our speakers Melissa Tyler, Kate Kenny and Kat Riach will explore how they use Butler’s ideas in their own research, and Elif Nur Duman Cogen and Justine Grønbæk Pors will analyse how other major feminist thinkers – notably Saba Mahmood and Karen Barad – have built on Butler’s work and taken it in new directions.
This year is also the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, so we will take advantage of this gathering to celebrate the anniversary.
We will explore, with Sarah Gilmore and Jackie Ford, ways in which women entered the professional workforce despite resistance from male occupants of organisational space. We will ask if there are any lessons to be learned in an era where patriarchy appears resurgent.
The day will conclude with a panel of the next generation of feminist thinkers, who will look forward to the centenary of the SDA 1975.
Programme
| Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 9.15 - 9.30am | Registration, coffee and networking | 10E Reception and 10E Pavilion |
| 9.30 - 9.45am | Welcome and introduction – Sarah Glozer, Nancy Harding and (TBC) Dean, Steve Brammer | 10E 0.19 |
| 9.45 - 10.30am | Melissa Tyler: Judith Butler’s writing on vulnerability | 10E 0.19 |
| 10.30 - 11.15am | Kate Kenny: applying Judith Butler’s thought to analyse organisational aggression | 10E 0.19 |
| 11.15 - 11.30am | Coffee break | 10E Pavilion |
| 11.30am - 12.15pm | Kat Riach: applying Judith Butler’s thought to policy and practice | 10E 0.19 |
| 12.15 - 12.45pm | Panel discussion | 10E 0.19 |
| 12.45 - 1.30pm | Lunch | 10E Pavilion |
| 1.30 - 2pm | Elif nur Duman Cogen: Saba Mahmood’s extension of Butler’s work | 10E 0.19 |
| 2 - 2.30pm | Justine Grønbæk Pors: Karen Barad’s extension of Butler’s work | 10E 0.19 |
| 2.30 - 3pm | Break with cake to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 | 10E Pavilion |
| 3 - 3.30pm | Sarah Gilmore and Jackie Ford: What have we achieved and how have we achieved it since 1975? | 10E 0.19 |
| 3.30 - 4.45pm | Future feminists: prospects for resistance to patriarchy’s restoration project (panel discussion – panel members to be confirmed) | 10E 0.19 |
| 4.45 - 5pm | Summing up: Sarah Glozer and Nancy Harding | 10E 0.19 |
Our Speakers
Find out more about the experts we’ll be hearing from.
- Elif Nur Duman Cogen (University of Bath School of Management)
- Jackie Ford (Durham University Business School)
- Sarah Gilmore (Cardiff University)
- Justine Grønbæk Pors (Copenhagen Business School)
- Kate Kenny (University of Galway)
- Kat Riach (University of Glasgow)
- Melissa Tyler (University of Essex)