RINGS Conference: Forging New Solidarities: Networks of (Academic) Activism and Precarity

Conference

Monday, October 25, 2021, 9:00 am – Wednesday, October 27, 2021, 5:00 pm

The event is organized by:

Department of Gender Studies, CEU PU Vienna

TNT Gender Studies Research Group, University of Szeged

CEU Democracy Institute, Budapest

RINGS, The International Research Association of Institutions of Advanced Gender Studies

RINGS Conference and Annual Meeting 2021

PROGRAM

October 25th, Monday

Online and on-site

9:00-9:30 OPENING

Éva Fodor, CEU Democracy Institute
Francisca de Haan, CEU Department of Gender Studies
Deevia Bhana and Annette von Aleman, RINGS – The International Research Association of Institutions of Advanced Gender Studies
Erzsébet Barát, TNT Gender Studies Research Group, University of Szeged

9:30-11:10 PANEL 1: THEORETICAL APPROACHES

Chair: Tamara Shefer

Emiliana Armano, Cristina Morini, Annalisa Murgia – Precariousness, Subjectivity, and Resistance. A Subject-Oriented Approach
Erzsébet Barát – The Intimation of Trust for Solidarity
Fiona Jenkins – The Life of the Mind: Demonstrating Precarity
Ilenia Picardi – Tensions of Feminisms in Practice within Neoliberal Academia: a Comparative Analysis of Four Case Studies

11:10-11:40 COFFEE

11:40-13:00 PANEL 2: PRECARITY AND GENDER IN ACADEMIA

Chair: Kovács Ágnes Zsófia

Anna Carreri, Rosy Musumeci, Barbara Poggio – Starting an Academic Career in Pandemic Times: Refocusing Gender Asymmetries and the Intertwining with Precariousness
Éva Thun – An Unexpected Turn: Women Teachers’ Self-empowerment Triggered by the Pandemic Crisis in Hungary
Muhammad Khurram – “Feminism Is My Life:” Decoding Precarity and Gender Studies

13:00-14:00 LUNCH

14:00-15:40 PANEL 3: PRECARITY IN THE LABOUR MARKET

Chair: Éva Fodor

Amira Fretz, Eva Midden – It’s (Not) All in the Family: On the Intersection of Race and Religion in the Embodied Experiences of White Mothers in Jordan
Angelika Sjöstedt, Katarina Giritli Nygren – Precariarization and Peripheralization: Can We Build Solidarity Across Types of Work, Spaces and Bodies
Karen Gabriel – Precarity and the Pandemic: Notes from India
Syeda Rumana Mehdi – Agency and Freedom: an Islamic Feminist Perspective

15:40-16:00 COFFEE

16:00-17:40 PANEL 4: CASE STUDIES OF WOMEN WORKERS

Chair: Ágnes Kövér-Van Til

Dalma Tóth – Precariat and Gypsy Women – the Labour Market Situation of the Gypsy Women from the Romanian-Hungarian Cross Border Region
Jai Singh – Precarity of Bihari Migrant Labors Within National Space of India During COVID-19 and the Positive Discursive Construction
Judit Hidasi – Precarity in the Labor Market for Japanese Women
René Pawera, Lívia Bott Domonkos – Labour Market Trends in Suburbanized Communities of Women in Slovakia after Pandemics

18:00-19:30 RECEPTION: Wine & Cheese

October 26th, Tuesday

Online and on-site

Venue: Budapest, Central European University, Nádor utca 15, Room 103

9:00-10:40 PANEL 5: REFLECTIONS ON PRECARITY IN LITERARY/CULTURAL STUDIES

Chair: Jasmina Lukic

Ágnes Zsófia Kovács – The Ethics of Vulnerable Bodies in Edwidge Danticat’s The Farming of Bones (1999)
Tamara Shefer – Encounters with Precarity In/Through Wild Sea Swimming
Zsófia Anna Tóth – Precarity in COVID-19 Humor
Shruti Das, Deepshikha Routray – Precarity and Trauma: Migration in Kazuo Ishiguro’s A Pale View of Hills

10:40-11:00 COFFEE

11:00-12:20 PANEL 6: PRECARITY THROUGH THE PERSPECTIVE OF BODY AND SEXUALITY

Chair: Erzsébet Barát

Anika Thym – Precarity as Common Ground for Emancipatory Coalitions with Incels?
Jeff Hearn – Power, Privilege and Precarity: Applicabilities to Men, Masculinities and CSMM?
Manjari Sahay – Precarity, Not Passivity: Compulsion and Choice in Indian Commercial Surrogacy

12:20-13:20 LUNCH

13:20-15:00 PANEL 7: PRECARITY AND YOUNG ACADEMICS IN ACADEMIA

Chair: Beáta Nagy

Laura Grünberg, Diana-Elena Neaga – How to Make Gender Equality a Priority in Academia in Precarious Times
Luisa Winter Pereira – Sticky Floor and Underground Academic Economy: Material Living Conditions of Early Career Researchers During the Pandemic Crisis
Olga Shnyrova – “New Serfdom”: How Does COVID Change the Situation in Russian Universities
Sharif Atiquzzaman – Academic Precarity of Girls Viewed through Practical Lens

15:00-15:30 COFFEE

15:30-17:00 KEYNOTE SPEECH

Rutvica Andrijasevic, University of Bristol

Beyond Precarity: ‘Real-Time’ Economy and the Rise of ‘Just-In-Time’ Workers

19:00 onwards DINNER (off campus)

October 27th, Wednesday

Online and on-site

Venue: Budapest, Central European University, Nádor utca 15

9:00-14:00: RINGS General Assembly

Monday, October 25, 2021 - 7:00AM - Wednesday, October 27, 2021 - 3:00PM Add to Calendar 2021-10-25 07:00:00 2021-10-27 15:00:00 RINGS Conference: Forging New Solidarities: Networks of (Academic) Activism and Precarity The event is organized by: Department of Gender Studies, CEU PU Vienna TNT Gender Studies Research Group, University of Szeged CEU Democracy Institute, Budapest RINGS, The International Research Association of Institutions of Advanced Gender Studies RINGS Conference and Annual Meeting 2021 PROGRAM October 25th, Monday Online and on-site 9:00-9:30 OPENING Éva Fodor, CEU Democracy Institute Francisca de Haan, CEU Department of Gender Studies Deevia Bhana and Annette von Aleman, RINGS – The International Research Association of Institutions of Advanced Gender Studies Erzsébet Barát, TNT Gender Studies Research Group, University of Szeged 9:30-11:10 PANEL 1: THEORETICAL APPROACHES Chair: Tamara Shefer Emiliana Armano, Cristina Morini, Annalisa Murgia – Precariousness, Subjectivity, and Resistance. A Subject-Oriented Approach Erzsébet Barát – The Intimation of Trust for Solidarity Fiona Jenkins – The Life of the Mind: Demonstrating Precarity Ilenia Picardi – Tensions of Feminisms in Practice within Neoliberal Academia: a Comparative Analysis of Four Case Studies 11:10-11:40 COFFEE 11:40-13:00 PANEL 2: PRECARITY AND GENDER IN ACADEMIA Chair: Kovács Ágnes Zsófia Anna Carreri, Rosy Musumeci, Barbara Poggio – Starting an Academic Career in Pandemic Times: Refocusing Gender Asymmetries and the Intertwining with Precariousness Éva Thun – An Unexpected Turn: Women Teachers’ Self-empowerment Triggered by the Pandemic Crisis in Hungary Muhammad Khurram – “Feminism Is My Life:” Decoding Precarity and Gender Studies 13:00-14:00 LUNCH 14:00-15:40 PANEL 3: PRECARITY IN THE LABOUR MARKET Chair: Éva Fodor Amira Fretz, Eva Midden – It’s (Not) All in the Family: On the Intersection of Race and Religion in the Embodied Experiences of White Mothers in Jordan Angelika Sjöstedt, Katarina Giritli Nygren – Precariarization and Peripheralization: Can We Build Solidarity Across Types of Work, Spaces and Bodies Karen Gabriel – Precarity and the Pandemic: Notes from India Syeda Rumana Mehdi – Agency and Freedom: an Islamic Feminist Perspective 15:40-16:00 COFFEE 16:00-17:40 PANEL 4: CASE STUDIES OF WOMEN WORKERS Chair: Ágnes Kövér-Van Til Dalma Tóth – Precariat and Gypsy Women – the Labour Market Situation of the Gypsy Women from the Romanian-Hungarian Cross Border Region Jai Singh – Precarity of Bihari Migrant Labors Within National Space of India During COVID-19 and the Positive Discursive Construction Judit Hidasi – Precarity in the Labor Market for Japanese Women René Pawera, Lívia Bott Domonkos – Labour Market Trends in Suburbanized Communities of Women in Slovakia after Pandemics 18:00-19:30 RECEPTION: Wine & Cheese October 26th, Tuesday Online and on-site Venue: Budapest, Central European University, Nádor utca 15, Room 103 9:00-10:40 PANEL 5: REFLECTIONS ON PRECARITY IN LITERARY/CULTURAL STUDIES Chair: Jasmina Lukic Ágnes Zsófia Kovács – The Ethics of Vulnerable Bodies in Edwidge Danticat’s The Farming of Bones (1999) Tamara Shefer – Encounters with Precarity In/Through Wild Sea Swimming Zsófia Anna Tóth – Precarity in COVID-19 Humor Shruti Das, Deepshikha Routray – Precarity and Trauma: Migration in Kazuo Ishiguro’s A Pale View of Hills 10:40-11:00 COFFEE 11:00-12:20 PANEL 6: PRECARITY THROUGH THE PERSPECTIVE OF BODY AND SEXUALITY Chair: Erzsébet Barát Anika Thym – Precarity as Common Ground for Emancipatory Coalitions with Incels? Jeff Hearn – Power, Privilege and Precarity: Applicabilities to Men, Masculinities and CSMM? Manjari Sahay – Precarity, Not Passivity: Compulsion and Choice in Indian Commercial Surrogacy 12:20-13:20 LUNCH 13:20-15:00 PANEL 7: PRECARITY AND YOUNG ACADEMICS IN ACADEMIA Chair: Beáta Nagy Laura Grünberg, Diana-Elena Neaga – How to Make Gender Equality a Priority in Academia in Precarious Times Luisa Winter Pereira – Sticky Floor and Underground Academic Economy: Material Living Conditions of Early Career Researchers During the Pandemic Crisis Olga Shnyrova – “New Serfdom”: How Does COVID Change the Situation in Russian Universities Sharif Atiquzzaman – Academic Precarity of Girls Viewed through Practical Lens 15:00-15:30 COFFEE 15:30-17:00 KEYNOTE SPEECH Rutvica Andrijasevic, University of Bristol Beyond Precarity: ‘Real-Time’ Economy and the Rise of ‘Just-In-Time’ Workers 19:00 onwards DINNER (off campus) October 27th, Wednesday Online and on-site Venue: Budapest, Central European University, Nádor utca 15 9:00-14:00: RINGS General Assembly UTC public

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