Saturday 14th November 2009, at the University of Iceland – Askja 132 14:30

Irma Erlingsdóttir (Director of EDDA): Welcome and Introduction

14:45 Valur Ingimundarson (Professor of Contemporary History, University of Iceland): “Crisis Politics, Reconstruction, and Memory: Research Narratives and Agendas” 15:00 Jeff Hearn (Professor of Gender Studies, Linköping University, Sweden): “Developing Transnational Gender Research in Times of Crisis and Transformation”

15:30 Kum-Kum Bhavnani (Professor of Sociology, University of California at Santa Barbara): “From the Edges of Development to Women, Culture, Development: Some Thoughts”

16:00 Coffee Break

16:30 John Foran (Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara): “Global Justice Activism: How to Make Positive Social Change in the Age of Global Crisis”

17:00 Annadís G. Rudólfsdóttir, Irma Erlingdóttir and Sigríður Þorgeirsdóttir (University of Iceland): “The Transnational Gender Equality Training Program at the University of Iceland”

17:30 Panel Discussion. Moderator: Sigríður Dúna Kristmundsdóttir (Professor of Anthropology and Ambassador of Iceland in Norway).

Chair of the Symposium: Sigríður Þorgeirsdóttir (Associate Professor of Philosophy and Chairwoman of EDDA’s Board).

18:00 — Reception