Gender, the Body and Objectification
This conference is sponsored by the University of Sheffield's Department of Philosophy, with assistance from the Analysis Trust.
The Gender, the Body and Objectification Conference (21-22 May 2005) examined three interconnected topics that have been central to much feminist thought: gender, objectification and the body. Issues considered include the sex/gender distinction; the relationship of both sex and gender to the body; the importance of the concepts of sex and gender; the role of objectification in gender and of gender in objectification; and the relationship between the body and objectification.
Papers at the conference related these topics to race, pornography, prostitution, and surrogate motherhood. The keynote speakers were Sally Haslanger and Rae Langton.
The conference took place in the Tapestry Room of Firth Court, Western Bank, at the University of Sheffield.
Conference poster (PDF, 412KB)
Speakers
Sally Haslanger, Massacheusetts Institute of Technology
Embodied Meanings: Gender Identity, Racial Identity, Mixed Identities
Rae Langton, Massacheusetts Insitute of Technology
Speaker's Freedom and Maker's Knowledge
Nancy Bauer, Tufts University
Pornography and Philosophical Authority
Susan Berkhout, University of British Columbia
Buns in the Oven: Objectification, Surrogacy and Women's Autonomy
Christine Overall, Queen's University
A Plea for 'Sex'
Laurie Shrage, California State Polytechnic University
Is Female to Male as Black is to White?: Sex and Miscibility
Rebecca Whisnant, University of Dayton
Prostitution as Unwanted Sex
Programme
An itinerary for each day of the conference.
Abstracts
Summaries of the key speakers' topics.
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Contact
If you have a general enquiry about the conference, please email Jules Holroyd or Mari Mikkola.