Alexandra Hyde on 'Remembrance and the reserve-reserve army of labour'

Dr Alexandra Hyde, an alumna of the Gender Institute, has written an article for openDemocracy on 'Remembrance and the reserve-reserve army of labour'. Alexandra Hyde is working on an ethnography of a British Army Regiment focusing on gender, migration and militarisation.

The Gender Institute's New Undergraduate Course - Gender, Politics and Civil Society (GI200)

The Gender Institute will be offering a new undergraduate course to all 2nd and 3rd year undergraduates, which will focus on using the remarkable resources of The Women's Library. The Women's Library, now situated in the LSE Library, holds an abundance of material, both written and visual, recording the social, political and economic changes in women’s lives and relations between women and men in the past 200 years.

Gender in the Media by Niall Richardson and Sadie Wearing (2014)

Sadie Wearing, Lecturer in Gender, Culture and Media at the Gender Institute, and Niall Richardson have published a book on Gender in the Media. This lively and engaging text introduces students to the key contemporary issues in the study of gender and the media. Integrating cultural theory with text-based criticism, Gender in the Media analyses recent debates in feminist cultural theory, masculinity studies and queer theory, before applying these cultural paradigms to critical readings in relevant media contexts.

The SAGE Handbook of Feminist Theory (eds) Mary Evans, Clare Hemmings, Marsha Henry, Hazel Johnstone, Sumi Madhok, Ania Plomien and Sadie Wearing

Edited by and featuring Gender Institute faculty, The SAGE Handbook of Feminist Theory will be published in August 2014. At no point in recorded history has there been an absence of intense, and heated, discussion about the subject of how to conduct relations between women and men. This Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to these omnipresent issues and debates, mapping the present and future of thinking about feminist theory. It is an essential reference work for advanced students and academics not only of feminist theory, but of gender and sexuality across the humanities and social sciences.

Diane Perrons and Ania Plomien on 'Managing the gender divide' in the Financial Times

Professor Diane Perrons and Professor Ania Plomien have written an article for the Financial Times Advisor on 'Managing the gender divide' in paid and unpaid employment. The article focuses on how women’s contribution to the economy can be assessed in a number of ways and it depends on how we conceptualise the economy and, relatedly, what counts as a contribution.

Naila Kabeer on the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls from a European Union perspective

Professor Naila Kabeer has written a background study for the delegation of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality of the European Parliament (FEMM). The study is on the challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls from a European Union perspective. 

Mary Evans talks about Love on BBC Radio 4 programme, Thinking Allowed

Mary Evans discusses 'love' with the social historian, Claire Langhamer and the philosopher, Pascal Bruckner on the Thinking Allowedprogramme led by Laurie Taylor. To listen to the discussion, click here.

Mary Evan's article for openDemocracy is featured as part of 'Best of 2013'

Mary Evans, LSE Centennial Professor at the Gender Institute, wrote an article on 'Love in a time of neo-liberalism' for openDemocracy and it has been selected as one of the 'Best of 2013'. To read the article, click here. 

Why Gender Matters for Social Science

The Gender Institute and the Centre for Learning Technology worked together to create a film on 'Why Gender Matter for Social Science'. The film comprises a number of interviews with LSE academics discussing the importance of gender research for their discipline and talking about the range of work in this field being carried out at the school.

Hazel Johnstone honoured with MBE

Hazel Johnstone, departmental manager in LSE's Gender Institute, received her MBE for services to higher education. Hazel has overseen the transformation of the Gender Institute, from a working group to a department that offers five different masters programmes and a PhD programme.

Naila Kabeer responds to Esther Duflo's view on 'women's empowerment and economic development'

Naila Kabeer has written a blog post for the International Association for Feminist Economics, in which she responds to Esther Duflo's view on the connection between women's empowerment and economic development. To read the blog post, click here. 

LSE PhD Studentships for 2014 entry

The School is offering 59 full scholarships for new PhD students. The scholarships cover fees and living expenses of £18,000 each year for four years. They are available for Home UK/EU and Overseas students undertaking full time research in any LSE discipline, with annual renewal subject to satisfactory academic performance at the School. Studentships will be awarded on academic merit and research potential.

The Politics of the Human by Professor Anne Phillips

Anne Phillips, Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science in the Department of Government, and Professor of Political and Gender Theory in the Gender Institute addresses the status of the human in politics in four public lectures at Cambridge University: The Politics of the Human; The Abstract Nakedness of Being Nothing But Human; Dignity and Equality and Why We Are Not Posthuman.

Gendering the Euro Crisis by Ania Plomien and Diane Perrons

Dr Ania Plomien, Lecturer in Gender and Social Science, with the Director of the Gender Institute, Diane Perrons discuss the implications of neoliberal pro-growth measures and austerity on economic inequalities. They emphasize that underlying economic inequalities have not been addressed in pro-growth policies and austerity is disproportionately hurting women.

Our Bodies, Whose Property? by Anne Phillips (2013)

Anne Phillips, Gender Institute Director, releases a new publication in 2013. Drawing on analyses of rape, surrogacy, and markets in human organs, Our Bodies, Whose Property? challenges notions of freedom based on ownership of our bodies and argues against the normalization of markets in bodily services and parts. Anne Phillips explores the risks associated with metaphors of property and the reasons why the commodification of the body remains problematic.

Anne gave an interview on the themes covered in Our Bodies, Whose Property to ABC's The Body Sphere.

Naila Kabeer writes for The Guardian

New Gender Institute Professor Naila Kabeer writes that gender equality must be a development priority in its own right. The UN high-level panel that meets to discuss development cannot ignore the importance of a dedicated gender target. Written with Jessica Woodroffe.

Gender Institute Book Launch

Five books have been published by GI faculty over the past few months. Check out the publications here.

Anne Phillips has been honoured with a Doctor of Laws from The University of Bristol in recognition of her profound impact on politics around the world. Professor Phillips began her academic career by graduating from The University of Bristol with a BSc in Philosophy and Politics.

Professor Clare Hemmings’ book, Why Stories Matter: The Political Grammar of Feminist Theory is the recipient of the 2012 FWSA Book Prize. Clare writes: "I’m really delighted to have won the FWSA Book Award 2012, and to find myself amongst the excellent company of previous winners Margaretta Jolly, Wendy Harcourt and most recently Sara Ahmed, all outstanding interdisciplinary feminist scholars. Since disciplinary contexts tend not to fully recognise feminist work, the FWSA prizes are incredibly important, not least as a way of forcing feminist scholars to celebrate each other’s work in public. I’d like to thank the executive committee and external readers for the award, for their hard work on the prize: more hard work behind the scenes – another feminist tradition. Thanks again – I’m totally chuffed."

Exciting news as Anne Phillips, Director of the Gender Institute and Professor of Political and Gender Theory will be made the next Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science in the Department of Government.  The professorship stands as testament to Anne's contribution to the field of political science, notably in political and gender theory.Anne will give an inaugural public lecture entitled 'The Human in Politics' later this year, echoing Graham Wallas' own focus on humanity.

Dr Jenevieve Mannell, a recent Gender Institute PhD alumna, was asked to write a publication by UN AIDS on the Impact of the global economic crisis on women, girls and gender equality.

As Feminist Review celebrates its 100th issue, Mary Evans assesses its lasting contribution to academic debate.  'A Home of One's Own' written for the Times Higher Education Supplement in April 2012.

Read Professor Evans's other articles on the LSE Politics Blog. Mary Evans has written that ownplaying the public acknowledgement of the achievements of women in sport is rather like saying everyone should have a government but only men can vote for it.  Professor Evans's postCriticizing the rioters being labelled as "scum" is the LSE Politics Blog's 3rd most popular post of 2011, with over 3,100 views since publishing on the blog and over 400 Facebook shares. Her post on David Willetts' blaming of feminism for male working class unemployment is the 4th most popular post of 2011, with over 2,800 views since publishing.

Dr Ania Plomien, meanwhile, has been blogging for European Politics and Policy at LSE.  She discusses how one of the European Union’s main priorities is tackling growing unemployment. However, she argues the current approach fails to deliver.  While Europe undertakes a number of labour-supply-measures such as training schemes and apprenticeships, it is the demand for labour in Europe which is still essentially lacking.