Centre for the Study of Women and Gender Events

You are warmly invited to join us for a seminar on

Making sense of feminist (de)politicisation in anti-gender times

featuring Dr Demet Gülçiçek (LSE & University of Warwick)

This seminar is a hybrid event which can be accessed:

• face to face in A0.05 (Social Sciences Building, University of Warwick)
• online on Teams (following this link)

Abstract:

In recent years, commentators in many countries have discussed the rise of so-called “popular feminism”, often understood as a ‘Western product’. But if we explore popular feminism in more nuanced ways, what do we see? In this paper, I approach popular feminism as something that circulates around different contexts, and which is articulated, celebrated, ridiculed and/or rejected in local negotiations. Criticising the assumption that the ‘real effect’ of popular feminism happens in the West, I suggest thinking about its affective travels. To do so, I draw on fieldwork conducted in Turkey with people who engaged with feminism mostly through Western popular media, not feminist movements. Although popular feminism is often associated with depoliticisation, individualism and neoliberalism, my fieldwork shows that what seems ‘depoliticising’ can have politicising articulations, especially when considered against the broader backdrop of the alarming rise of anti-gender movements in Turkey. Based on such a framework, the talk will provide a critical analysis of the relationality between popular feminism and anti-gender movements.

Speaker Bio:

Demet Gülçiçek is an honorary researcher at the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender. She holds her PhD from University of Warwick, and masters and bachelor degrees from Middle East Technical University, Turkey, all in sociology departments. She also works as an Assist. Prof. in Munzur University, Turkey and is a visiting fellowLink opens in a new window at Gender Studies department in LSE. Her research interests include feminist historiography, affect theory, and popular feminisms. Her book titled Travelling Theory and Women's Movements in Turkey: Imagining EuropeLink opens in a new window is published with Routledge. She is a co-editor of Feminist Tahayyül (Feminist Imagination) Journal and served in the board of AtGender.

This event is free and open to all, but advance registration is required.

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If you have any questions about the event, please email cswg-events@warwick.ac.uk

If you have accessibility requirements or there are any adjustments we can make to support your full participation, you can let us know through the booking page above.

This event is being organised by the Feminism, Gender and Sexuality Research Cluster and the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender.

For information on the speakers and abstracts, see here.

We are excited to invite you to join our Black Feminist Thought Group, open to all students and postgraduate researchers at all levels who are interested in or are already actively engaging with Black feminist scholarship, practice and creative work.

This group will be more than a traditional reading group. Inspired by the core principles of Black feminist thought—collective growth, intersectionality and radical imagination—we’ll create a collaborative space that welcomes a range of materials, voices and forms of expression.

The group will run once a month for a 2-hour session on the dates below.

• Friday, October 17th, 2pm, S1.69
• Friday, November 14th, 2pm, S1.69
• Friday, December 12th, 2pm, S1.69

The group is led by Marie Casafina-Orwin and Diana Olaleye.

Whether you’re already engaged in Black feminist work or just starting to explore it, you’re welcome to join.

If you're interested in joining or want to hear more, you can register here. If you have any questions, you can email Marie at marie.casafina-orwin@warwick.ac.uk

For information on the speakers and abstracts, see here.

For information on the speakers and abstracts, see here.