Gendered Excellence in the Social Sciences
Schedule 13-14 December 2012
Thursday 13 December
10.00: Welcome, introductions and opening remarks on Project: “Gender and Feminism in the
Social Sciences” (Fiona Jenkins, Helen Keane, Marian Sawer, Ann McGrath)
Comparing Disciplines
10.30: Carol Johnson (Political Science) - Hard Heads and Soft Hearts: The Gendering of
Australian Political Science
Response: Marian Sawer
11.15: Joy Damousi (History) - Does Feminist History Have a Future?
Response: Ann McGrath
12-12.15: General Discussion
12.15: LUNCH
Comparing Disciplines
1.00: Dorothy Broom (Sociology of Health) - Feminism in the Disciplines: Social Sciences of
Health and Illness
Response: Helen Keane
1.45: Lorraine Code (Philosophy) - Ignorance, Injustice, and the Politics of Knowledge: Feminist
Epistemology Now
2.30: Fiona Jenkins (Philosophy) “FOR 220306, Feminist Theory”: Coding Women in Philosophy?
3.15-3.30 General discussion
3.30-4.00: TEA
4.30- 5.30: Emerging Themes: Discussant led (Margaret Jolly)
5.30: Close
6.00 – 7.00: PUBLIC LECTURE – Raewyn Connell: Feminist Scholarship and the Public Realm,
1970–2012
7.00: RECEPTION
8: 15 DINNER for presenters at Boffins
OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATION at UNIVERSITY HOUSE
Friday 14 December
Impacts of the Changing Academic Environment
9.15: Claire Donovan via Skype - Gendering the Governance of Social Science: Can ‘forensic
bibliometrics’ unlock a feminist account of the development of the social sciences?
10.00: Jill Blackmore - TBA
10.45: Margaret Thornton – Critical Research in a Political Economy of Uncertainty
11.30: COFFEE
Roundtable: Feminist scholarship and activism beyond the academy
12.00: Raewyn Connell, Marian Sawer, Katrina Lee-Koo
1.15: LUNCH
Gender in the Social Sciences in Australia
2.00: Ann Curthoys’ discussion paper, presented by Helen Keane. Panel on Gender and the
Disciplines
3:15: Closing remarks; ways forward
3:45: TEA