WMI - Nordic and International Network for Research, 1998-2001,
funded by NorFA, Nordic Academy for Advanced Study

WMI - WOMEN’S MOVEMENTS & INTERNATIONALISATION:
The Third Wave?

Closing Seminar, Saturday 18 – Monday 20, August 2001, Hotel Martta, Helsinki

PROGRAMME (semi-final/August 15) | Keynote Speakers

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Friday, August 17
19-21 Coming together, Dinner; Hotel Martta

Saturday, August 18
10-10.30 Welcome
10.30-12.30 Key notes:
Sasha Roseneil (Leeds University, UK): Rethinking Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Women´s Movements
Naihua Zhang (Florida Atlantic University, US): Opportunities and Challenges, New Wave and Continuity: The Development of the Contemporary Chinese Women’s Movement in Global Context and Its Theoretical Implication
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-15.30 Workshop
15-30-16 Coffee
16-18 Workshop
18.30-21.01 Meeting with activists, Dinner; Unioni, League of Finnish Feminists (Bulevardi 11 A)
  • Maarit Pulli, Unioni
  • Tytti Isohookana-Asunmaa, Martta Organization
  • Hilkka Pietilä, UN and peace movement

Sunday, August 19

9.15-10.15 Keynote:
Hana Havelková (Charles University in Prague, Czech): Gender Transformation in the Czech Society: Agencies and Discourses
10.15-10.30 Coffee
10.30-12.30 Workshop
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-15.30 Workshop
15.30-16 Coffee
16-17 Workshop
17.30-18.30 Walk-sightseeing
18.30 Dinner, Restaurant Kynsilaukka (Garlic) (Fredrikinkatu 22)

Monday, August 20

9.15-11.15 Workshop
11.15-11.30 Coffee
11.30-12.30 Closing
Honorary speaker Helvi Sipilä, former UN Assistant Secretary General (Espoo, Finland)
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30 Leave/Sightseeing (please see the attachment)
16 Visit, Prostitute Counselling Centre (Vilhonkatu 4 B); Jaana Kauppinen

Tuesday-Friday, August 21-24: Post-seminar tour to St. Petersburg

Seminar venue: Hotel Martta, Uudenmaankatu 24, FIN-00120 Helsinki; Tel. +358-9-618 7400; Fax. +358-9-618 7401; E-mail: info@marttahotelli.fi - for a MAP, please see: http://www.marttahotelli.fi

Information: Aino Saarinen; Dept. of Educational Sciences, Box 2000, FIN-90014 Oulu University; Tel. +358-8-5566 092; Fax. +358-8-5472 253: E-mail: aino.saarinen@oulu.fi; and: Hilda Rømer Christensen; E-mail: sochr@pc.ibt.dk; Beatrice Halsaa, E-mail: beatrice.halsaa@sfk.uio.no

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WMI WORKSHOP PROGRAMME (semi-final/August 15)
Papers (*provisional title) (Discussants)

Saturday 18

13.30-15.30
Solveig Bergman (Åbo Akademi University, Finland): Studying Women’s Movements in a Cross-national Perspective: Dilemmas and Potentialities* (Mona Lena Krook, Elisabet Lønnå)
Elisabet Lønnå (Fredrikstad, Norway): Waves in Women´s History (Irene Andersson, Solveig Bergman)

16-18
*Group A)
Cecilia Milwertz (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Denmark): ´Popular´ Organizing against VAW in China – joining a transnational movement (Yiping Cai, Malin Rönnblom)
Aino Saarinen (Oulu University, Finland): The Transregional Crisis Centre Movement in the Barents Region* (Cecilia Milwertz, Alena Heitlinger)
*Group B)
Mona Lena Krook (Columbia University, US): Promoting Gender-balanced Decision-making: The Role of International Fora and Transnational Networks (Sigridur Duna Kristmundsdottir, Naihua Zhang)
Beatrice Halsaa (Oslo University, Norway): Nordic Feminist Studies as an Intellectual Movement* (Hilda Rømer Christensen, Sasha Roseneil)

Sunday 19

10.30-12.30
* Group A)
Natalia Khodyreva (St. Petersburg University, Russia): Transnational Networks on Traffic Issues (Alena Heitlinger, Cecilia Milwertz)
Alena Heitlinger (Trent University, Canada): Cross-border Connections of Czech Women’s Groups: The Role of Foreign Funding (Irina Yukina, Natalia Khodyreva)
* Group B)
Hilda Rømer Christensen (Copenhagen University, Denmark): Aspirations for Peace and Social Justice. The International Women’s Movements and the World´s YWCA 1920-1940* (Irene Andersson, Sigridur Duna Kristmundsdottir)
Sigridur Duna Kristmundsdottir (Iceland University, Iceland): Globalisation and "Third Wave" Feminism* (not confirmed) (Elisabet Lønnå, Leena Laine)

13.30-15.30
* Group A)
Chiara Bertone (Torino University, Italy): Feminist Perspectives on Fathers’ Leave: A Cross-country Comparison (Malin Rönnblom, Solveig Bergman)
Airi Markkanen (Joensuu University, Finland): The Romani Women in Finland* (Chiara Bertone, Aino Saarinen)
* Group B)
Leena Laine (Stockholm University, Sweden): The Internationalisation of the Women’s Gymnastics and Sports Movement* (Elisabet Lønnå, Hilda Rømer Christensen)

16-17
Yiping Cai (China Women’s Press, China): Media Networking against Domestic Violence in China (Pauline Stoltz, Mona Lena Krook)

Monday 20

9.15-11.15
Malin Rönnblom (Umeå University, Sweden): A Room of One’s Own? Local Women’s Groups Facing Established Politics (Chiara Bertone, Beatrice Halsaa)
Pauline Stoltz (Malmö University, Sweden): Who are ´we´ to tell…? (Sasha Roseneil, Sigridur Duna Kristmundsdottir)