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Biological citizenship: New spaces of hope and fear

Thursday December 11, Monash in the City, 30 Collins Street, Melbourne

…while citizenship has long had a biological dimension, a new kind of biological citizenship is taking shape in the age of rapid biological discovery, genomics, biotechnological fabrication and biomedicine. New subjectivities, new politics and new ethics are shaping today’s biological citizens. As aspects of life once placed on the side of fate become subjects of deliberation and decision, a new space of hope and fear is being established around genetic and somatic individuality. (Novas & Rose, 2000)

Recent formulations of the idea of 'biological citizenship ' offer productive new ways of thinking about the encounters between bodies, technologies, subjectivity and governance. To explore some of these new approaches the Centre for Women’s Studies and Gender Research and Sociology will host a half-day workshop to be held on Thursday, December 11 at Monash in the City, 20 Collins Street, Melbourne.

Three scholars working across different areas will be brought together to consider the uses of these new ways of thinking for their research, and conversely, the possible limitations of such approaches. Presenters confirmed for the workshop are:

Dr Helen Keane, Dr Kane Race and Associate Professor Catherine Waldby
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BOOK LAUNCH
Following the seminar please join us as we launch Mark Davis' new book Sex, Technology and Public Health. Launching the book will be Professor Gary Dowsett of the Australian Research Centre for Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University.

Convened by:

Dr Suzanne Fraser (Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research)
Suzanne.Fraser@arts.monash.edu.au

Dr Mark Davis (Sociology)
Mark.Davis@arts.monash.edu.au

Sociability, Sexuality, Self: relationality and individualization

July 15, Room W1010 Menzies Building 3pm -5pm

by Sasha Roseneil
Professor of Sociology and Social Theory Co-Director Birkbeck
Institute for Social Research Birkbeck, University of London Malet

Public Images: Role Playing and Female Consciousness in 1960s British CULTURE

17 July 2008, 5.00-7.00pm Monash University, City Campus,30 Collins St, Melbourne

by Dr Patricia Juliana Smith,
Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Culture

With papers by:
Dr Janine Burke: "Picturing Karen Blixen: Out of Africa and Beyond"
Dr Steven Angelides: "Hot for Teacher: The Cultural Erotics and Anxieties of Heterosexuality"
Dr Sharon Bickle: "Author-izing Incest"

New configurations: Nurses and builders managing work and care

Sept 17 Monash University Law Chambers 472 Bourke Street, Melbourne 1pm -2.30pm

by JaneMaree Maher, Jo Lindsay and Anne Bardoel

21st Anniversary Colloquium

4th - 6th Febuary 2008

Robyn Wiegman Professor of Women’s Studies and Literature at Duke University on 4th February
The Centre for Women’s Studies and Gender Research at Monash University will celebrate its twenty-first anniversary in 2008. To commemorate this significant milestone the Centre, in partnership with the School of Political and Social Inquiry and Monash University, will host an International Research Colloquium in Melbourne. Distinguished Women’s Studies Scholar, Professor Robyn Wiegman from Women’s Studies and Literature at Duke University will present a Public Lecture to launch the Colloquium. Professor Robyn Wiegman  has made a vital contribution to the field of Women’s Studies internationally and her leadership has been critical to establishing and developing feminist academic work within the Academy

Visit the 21st Anniversary Colloquium website

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