Professor Liz Kelly will facilitate an intensive workshop for ECRs and PhD students on theoretical frameworks that open up differing levels of gender analysis. In particular Liz works with Connell's distinction between gender orders, gender regimes and gender relations, which allows for both synergies and disjunctions between the levels (Connell 2005, 1995, 1987).

This is an opportunity to engage in reflective dialogue on your own research projects, and how you are using gender theory in your research to explore both change and persistence in gender inequality. Professor Kelly will provide comments on individual presentations, and lead a final discussion. Participation is open to early career researchers and doctoral students in the Colleges of Law, Asia and the Pacific, Arts and Social Sciences, Medicine, Biology and Environment. Applicants should submit a short abstract of their proposed presentation (300 words) and a short statement as to how they would benefit from this workshop (300 words). The circulation of papers is encouraged, but not required, and those participating will be invited to present their work over 15 minutes. Participation in discussion is welcome even if not presenting.

Please send this information to martina.fechner@anu.edu.au">martina.fechner@anu.edu.au by 27 August 2012. For further information about the workshop contact Robyn.Holder@anu.edu.au.

Professor Liz Kelly, PhD (Sociology), BA (First Class, Sociology and Politics), is Professor of Sexualised Violence at London Metropolitan University (UK), where she is also Director of the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit (CWASU) holds the Roddick Chair on Violence Against Women. She has been active in the field of violence against women and children for almost 30 years. Professor Kelly’s visit is supported by the ANU Gender Institute and the ANU College of Law.