Media & Gender Research Group
Reading group discussions and research talks in feminist media and cultural studies
Convened by Jilly Kay (Loughborough Uni) and Melanie Kennedy (Uni of Leicester)
Forthcoming events
‘Care: critical dialogues and transdisciplinary approaches’: a one-day symposium
With keynote Prof Jo Littler (Goldsmiths University), and invited speakers Dr Hannah Hamad (Cardiff University), Dr Kristina Saunders (University of Glasgow) and Alison Pilnick (Manchester Metropolitan University)
June 13, Loughborough University and online. Register here
Past events
Book launch: Gender, Media and Voice by Jilly Boyce Kay. With the author and discussants Jo Littler, Catherine Rottenberg and Helen Wood. Introduced by Melanie Kennedy.
October 2020.
Hannah Hamad: ‘Nurses in the media from Call the Midwife to #ClapForNHS’, October 2020.
Simidele Dosekun: ‘Fashioning Postfeminism’, November 2020.
Safiye Noble: ‘Taking on big tech: new paradigms for new possibilities’. December 2020.
Feminism and the Politics of ‘Resilience’ by Angela McRobbie: a panel discussion
The Media and Gender group was delighted to host a special event on the new book by Angela McRobbie, featuring talks by the author, as well as responses from Kim Allen, Hannah Hamad, Melanie Kennedy, and Catherine Rottenberg. Introduced by Jilly Kay.
Book launch: Imagining ‘We’ in the Age of ‘I’
With talks by the the editors: Mary Harrod, Suzanne Leonard, and Diane Negra; a selection of the contributing authors: Ji-Yoon An, Jacqueline Ballantine, Misha Kavka, Jilly Kay; and a response by Linda Mizejewski. Chaired by Melanie Kennedy
Pass the mic: women of colour commentators in Scotland
With Talat Yaqoob, Karen Boyle and Melody House.
October 27, 2021
‘Global feminist positionality’: a conversation with Radhika Parameswaran
November 17, 2021
Karen Patel: ‘Race, gender and cultural value in UK craft’
February 2022
Hashtag feminism as digital consciousness raising in Brazil: Gabriela Loureiro
May 2022
Fashion as Creative Economy: Micro-Enterprises in London, Berlin and Milan
Talks by the authors Angela McRobbie, Daniel Strutt and Carolina Bandinelli, with the conversation chaired by Jilly Boyce Kay.
April 26, 2023
Kaitlynn Mendes (Western University, Ontario): Postdigital Teens: Gender, Violence, and Relationships Online
12 May 2023
Autumn/winter 2021
September 29, 2021. 15.30 BST.
Reading group: The Right to Sex by Amia Srinivasan. Please email jillyboycekay@gmail.com if you would like to join.
October 15, 2021, 16.00 BST.
Book launch: Imagining 'We' in the Age of 'I'. With the editors Mary Harrod, Suzanne Leonard, and Diane Negra, short talks by a selection of the contributing authors, and a response by Linda Mizejewski. Register here.
October 27, 2021, 16.00 BST.
‘Pass the Mic: Women of Colour Commentators in Scotland’. With Karen Boyle, Melody House and Talat Yaqoob. Register here.
November 10, 16.00 GMT.
‘The manosphere and (digital) male fantasies’: a talk by Jacob Johanssen. Register here.
November 17, 17.00 GMT.
‘Global Feminist Positionality’: A Conversation with Radhika Parameswaran. Register here.
December 15, 16.00 GMT.
‘“I want to be judged for my work, I don’t want to be judged as a person”: Race, gender and cultural value in UK craft’: a talk by Karen Patel. Register here.