Gender Futures:
Law, Critique and the Struggle for Something More  

Friday 3 and Saturday 4 April 2009 @ Westminster Law School, Little Titchfield Street, London  

PLENARY SPEAKERS:

Dean Spade Associate Professor of Law, School of Law, Seattle University, USA
Trans Politics on a Neoliberal Landscape

Andrea Smith Associate Professor, American Culture and Women's Studies, University of Michigan, USA Women of Color and State Violence

Nivedita Menon Professor of Political Thought, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India
Outlawing the Law: Towards an Anarchist-feminist Practice of Justice

Rosemary Hennessy Professor of English, RICE University, Houston, USA
Autonomy, Community, and the State: Grassroots Women’s Leadership in Mexico

Emily Grabham Research Fellow, CentreLGS, Kent Law School , Kent University, UK
Shaking Mr Jones: Law and Touch

Lisa Adkins Professor of Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
Feminism, Time and the Future of Gender

Conference Programme

Abstracts

Registration Form

Conference Venue & Directions
Westminster University Law School (Regent Campus): 4-12 Little Titchfield Street, London, W1W 7UW. Nearest underground station: Oxford circus. Map.

Suggestions for hotels and other practical information here.

For further information or queries contact Anisa de Jong: A.J.de-Jong@kent.ac.uk.

This event received a sponsorship from Social and Legal Studies

Please note the event programme includes a live band performance at Marylebone campus on Friday night by:

The Electric Landladies

Covering a range of music from the last four decades - dance the night away! Each of the band members have been at the core of nearly every memorable women's group at one time or another; they have great talent, exquisite musicianship and bundles of raw energy and grooves.

Conference participants will automatically receive a ticket to the performance, but separate tickets can also be bought with this form [NO TICKET SALE ON THE DOOR!]: The Electric Landladies tickets.

The concert will take place at the Intermission Bar at Westminster University Marylebone Campus: 35 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5LS. Nearest Underground station: Baker Street.Map