The Inequalities and Democracy Workgroup of the CEU Democracy Institute cordially invites you to its public seminar. You can check our past events here.
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The seminar starts with a 25-minute paper presentation followed by comments from the discussant. Discussion open to the audience follows. To actively take part in the discussion, please read the draft paper beforehand. The paper is available upon request from the authors.
Abstract:
This paper is a review of the literature on the intersections of gender- as a concept, identity and as a practice of power - and illiberalism. We start by delineating the scope of "illiberalism", then proceed to outline key characteristics and themes of what has been termed "anti-gender" politics and movement. In the last section of the review we highlight the ways in which rethinking and reregulating gender relations help establish, maintain and reinforce illiberal rule. The project is still in its early stages and is meant as a piece provoking argument and commentary rather than making definitive claims.
Speakers:
Eva Fodor is Professor of Gender Studies and is currently a member of CEU's Senior Leadership Team as Pro-Rector for Foresight and Analysis as well as a Research Affiliate at the CEU Democracy Institute. She has a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California in Los Angeles and works in the field of comparative social inequalities. Specifically, she is interested in how and why gender differences in the labor market and elsewhere are shaped, reshaped, renegotiated and reproduced in different types of societies an din different social contexts. Her recent book, "The Gender Regime of Anti-Liberal Hungary" describes the introduction of what she calls a "carefare" regime in Hungary after 2010 (open access with Palgrave Pivot, 2022). Her ongoing research projects address the impact of the Covid - 19 pandemic on the division of care work, and the transformation of the labor market during and following the pandemic.
Erika Kispeter has a PhD in Gender Studies from the Central European University. She is a qualitative researcher - her main interest is gender in/equality in paid and unpaid work. Currently she is a Research Fellow at the ESRC Centre for Care, at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, conducting research with care workers in the UK's long-term care 'sector'.
Discussant:
Andrea Krizsan is Senior Research Fellow at the Democracy Institute, the Lead Researcher of the DI's Inequalities and Democracy Working Group, and Professor at the Department of Public Policy and the Gender Studies Department at CEU. She works on the politics of inequalities and equality policy interventions in countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Her current research focuses on gender equality aspects of de-democratization processes and the role of civil society in building democratic resilience and inclusive democratization processes. Besides her academic work Andrea also acts as the Chair of the CEU Senate Equal Opportunity Committee. Andrea has a PhD in Political Science from the Central European University.