BSA Postgraduate Conference: ‘Citizenship in the 21st Century: Sociological, Political and Cultural Perspectives’
Wednesday 18th June 2014, University of Huddersfield
Venue:
Room BSG /23
The Business School Building (BS)
Conference Program
9.00 – 9.30: Registration and Refreshments
9.30 – 9.45: Welcome from the School of Human and Health Sciences (University of Huddersfield) and representatives from the BSA.
9.45 – 10.30: Keynote Speaker 1: Dr Nick Stevenson (University of Nottingham). ‘Human Rights, Post-Capitalism and the Right to Be Human‘
10.30 – 10.45: Refreshments.
10.45 – 12.15:
Panel 1A: Disability and Health Rights. Room BSG /23
Rebecca Irvine (Queen’s University Belfast – UK). ‘Redefining Citizenship in the Post-Conflict Context: Do disabled people feature in the development of a new identity?’
Marek Mackiewicz (The University of Sheffield – UK). ‘The sexuality of disabled Poles: a cultural analysis’
Samantha Page (The University of Portsmouth – UK). ‘Discourses on HIV and AIDS and sexual cultural practices in Malawi: Knowledge, Policy and Practice’
Chair: Dr Abigail Locke – University of Huddersfield.
Panel 1B: Gender and Sexuality. Room BSG /24
Juliette Sanchez-Lambert (The University of Hull – UK). ‘A tortuous “path to citizenship”: retracing citizenship and identity of LGBTI refugees in the UK’
Alison Brzenchek (University of Massachusetts – USA). ‘Irony and Postfeminist Nouveau Riche Consumer Citizenship in the Twenty First Century Digital Media Landscape’
Nicola Carroll (University of Huddersfield – UK). ‘Lone mothers, social policy and citizenship’
Chair: Dr Gráinne McMahon – University of Huddersfield.
12.15 – 13.30: Lunch
13.30 – 14.15: Keynote Speaker 2: Dr Darren Langdridge (The Open University). ´Sex-Sexuality-Citizenship: A Hermeneutic Journey to the Boundaries of Belonging´
14.15 – 15.45:
Panel 2A: Communication, Democracy and Recognition. Room BSG /23
Emma Craddock (The University of Nottingham – UK). ‘Active citizenship in a networked society: Exploring the lived experiences of online and offline political activism against austerity’
Nina Amelung (Technical University of Berlin – Germany). ‘The making of transnational citizenship: Struggling with democratic principles’
Gavin Hart (The University of Huddersfield – UK). ‘The Party Politics of Diversity in Northern Ireland’
Chair: Dr Pete Woodcock – University of Huddersfield.
Panel 2B: Race and Ethnicity. Room BSG /24
Rashida Bibi (The University of Huddersfield – UK). ‘South Asian Muslim women in 21s Century Britain: Changing attitudes towards Britishness and the experiences of Higher Education‘
Peter Ozonyia (Trinity College Dublin – Ireland). ‘Competent Citizenship: A New Imperative ‘Turn’ in the 21st Century?’
Kate Kipling (University of Leeds – UK). ‘Making British citizens: the role of citizenship ceremonies and test in promoting integration and belonging’
Chair:Dr Andy Mycock – University of Huddersfield.
15.45 – 16.00: Refreshments.
16.00 – 16.45: Keynote Speaker 3: Dr Chris Gifford (University of Huddersfield). ‘Being or becoming citizens in late modernity?’
16.45 – 17.15: Closing Remarks: Best papers awards, further collaborations and publication plans
17.15. Wine Reception.
BSA Sponsored Postgraduate Conference: 'Citizenship in the 21st Century: Sociological, Political and Cultural Perspectives' 