EDDA – Research Center at the University of Iceland is an interdisciplinary center in critical contemporary research, with emphasis on (in)equality and difference; societal and political ruptures; the welfare state; and security and development.
A virtual symposium to celebrate the publication of The Routledge Handbook of the Politics of The #MeToo Movement
A virtual symposium to celebrate the publication of The Routledge Handbook of the Politics of The #MeToo Movement, edited by Giti Chandra and Irma Erlingsdóttir, will be held on Thursday 3 December 2020, 16.00-17.30 GMT. The book identifies thematic and theoretical...
Publication: Noir in the North. Genre, Politics and Place
What is often termed 'Nordic Noir' has dominated detective fiction, film and television internationally for over two decades. This volume, edited by Gunnþórunn Guðmundsdóttir Professor at the University of Iceland, investigates the parameters of this genre, both...
Political Agency after COVID-19: Representation, Power, Constitutions
Political Agency after COVID-19: Representation, Power, Constitutions is an online conference on the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic presents and its consequences that are bound to be enormous: Economies may collapse, political leadership will come under extreme...
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EDDA – Research Center promotes research projects and publications that align with the center’s research program.
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Gendering Transformations (28.10.2021 - 31.10.2021, Taipei )
The National Central Library of Taiwan, the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies and Taiwanese Feminist Scholars Association organize a conference on the strategies for and complexities in feminist transformative practices at local, regional, national a...
Suffrage Now! International Conference (13.08.2021 - 14.08.2021, Stockholm)
Stockholm University's conference commemorates the centennial of the introduction of universal and equal suffrage in Sweden. The aim is to initiate and present research on the introduction of women’s suffrage.
Kjønnsforskning Nå! 2021 (27.05.2021 - 28.05.2021, Trondheim)
Annet hvert år samles kjønnsforskere og andre interesserte for å dele ny kunnskap, bygge nettverk og for å inspirere hverandre. 27-28 mai 2021 inviterer NTNU til Kjønnsforskning Nå! i Trondheim.