Research Events and Seminars
'Sex Work' Research Postgraduate Conference
This is the first one day conference which focuses upon postgraduate research into the sex industry/sex work. Themes include sex workers and their clients, prostitution policy, and methodological experiences of engaging with the sex industry. We hope that this will be an annual event in the future.
Conference Plan
Registration: 9 – 10 am - Tea, Coffee and Appetisers
Conference Open: 10.15 – 10.30 am – Teela Sanders & Sarah Kingston
Paper One: ‘Historicising Prostitution and the Cultural Production of Social Policy’
Sam Caslin, The University of Manchester
Paper Two: ‘Sexual abuse discourse: Men who buy sex and prostitution policy’
Sarah Kingston, University of Leeds
Break: 11.30 – 11.45
Paper Three: ‘Walking, dressing and looking: Exploring the micro politics of street sex work’ Mary Whowell, Loughborough University
Paper Four: 'If you shut up, they kill you: sex worker resistance in Argentina'
Kate Hardy, Queen Mary University, London
Lunch: 12.45 – 1.30 Free Lunch is Provided
Paper Five: ‘Becoming Middle Class? Consumption, respectability and place in sex tourism’ Megan Rivers-Moore, University of Cambridge
Paper Six: ‘Guess What I Did on Holiday!’: Visiting Sexual Spaces/Places in Thailand as part of women’s ‘Tourist Experience’ Erin Sanders, The University of Nottingham
Break: 2.30 – 2.45
Paper Seven: ‘The Emotional Impact of Research into Male Clients of Female Sex Workers’ Natalie Hammond, The University of Sheffield
Paper Eight: ‘Transgendered Sex Workers: Misunderstandings, Motivation and Mutuality’ Suzanne Jenkins, Keele University
Conference Close: 3.45 – 4pm
Wine Reception and Dinner
Enquiries:
Sarah Kingston & Teela Sanders
School of Sociology and Social Policy
University of Leeds
Leeds
LS2 9JT
Tel: 0113 343 7614
E-mail: sarah.kingston3@btinternet.com
Download full brochure, programme details, accommodation and registration form (PDF, 300KB)
Location Details
University of Leeds. Detailed location to be confirmed
'Sex Work' Research Postgraduate Conference
22 January 2009
9.00am to 4.00pm
Conference
University of Leeds