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Modern Girlhood: Growing up in the 21st Century

The Gender and Education Association with the Centre of Youth Work Studies and the Educational Department at Brunel University, and the British Sociology Association's Youth Study Group are holding a 1 day seminar on Modern Girlhoods on 8th February 2012.

Recent years have seen a growing interest in the social and cultural lives of girls within scholarly and policy literature. The theme of the day: Modern Girlhood in the 21st Century, aims to be broad enough to focus on the range of public, policy and scholarly debates that focus on the lives of young women. Keynote speakers for the day include Prof. Valerie Hey (University of Sussex) and Dr Farzana Shain (Keele University).

The day aims to encompass a range of interdisciplinary approaches, and we would be keen to bring scholars and practitioners together from : youth work, education studies, youth studies, sociology, social policy and social work. The sessions aim to provide space to enable participants to engage with a range of debates from the field, and we seek papers/ seminars/posters and workshops. These might include work exploring:

- Girls work and in/formal education;
- Girls’ friendship cultures;
- ‘Race’, ethnicity and girlhood;
- Understandings of popular culture and moral panics focusing on girlhood;
- Girls’ sexual desires and/or practice or understandings.

Event details

  • Type Workshop
  • Sector All
  • Region South East
  • Organiser Gender Education Association
  • Venue Brunel University
    Kingston Lane
    Uxbridge
    Middlesex
    UB8 3PH

  • Contact details Fiona.cullen@brunel.ac.uk
  • Cost
  • Date and time Wednesday, 8 February 2012 at 10:30 for 5.5 hours