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Invitation for a seminar organized by Centre for the Study of Women and Gender

Dear students,

you are warmly invited to a talk by Dr Julian Honksalo from University of Helsinki entitled Free Speech, Academic Freedom and the Anti-Gender Campaign Against Gender Studies – How to Respond and When Not to Respond.

And what is the seminar about? See the following arguments of the author:

In this presentation I argue that a distinct feature of a new type of anti-genderism is the move of far right actors predominantly online as well as a specific interpretation of free speech. The need for public discourse that takes place in an environment that protects free speech is acutely topical at a time when an increased amount of speech takes place online. As traditional media, newspapers, radio and television have become less popular and less trusted sources of information and news, social media platforms owned by tech companies, such as Meta, have an increasingly significant role as agents that influence the construction of public discourse. However, social media platform algorithms also attract users towards more extreme content, thereby enabling far-right radicalization.

Against this backdrop and context I ask: how can gender studies students and scholars respond to the increasing trend of anti-gender campaigning that is rooted in disseminating false information and informal argumentative fallacies? When should one not respond?

The seminar takes place on Friday, December 9th from 10.00 to 11.30 via Zoom platform.

This seminar is free and open to all, but advance registration is required. If you are interested in the seminar you can register here.

If you have any questions about the event, please email cswg-events@warwick.ac.uk.

Looking forward to seeing you!