2022 Conference Programme

'Sisterhood in Action' goes online


The CWS's seventh 'Sisterhood in Action' CWS conference will to continue to keep on encouraging and supporting each other in these challenging times in a safe online space for all of us.


The 2022 conference will take place on the online platform Zoom. Please find more details below.

Thursday 10th of February

2:00 - 2:15 pm Welcome

2:15 - 2:45 pm Keynote

Ann Kaloski-Naylor

2:45 - 3:00 pm Q&A

3:00 - 4:00 pm Panel 1: Media Research (Chair: Xiao Ge)

Zishu Chen: Chinese female fans' discursive strategies against misogynist slang: a case study analysis of Niang Pao

Jinnin Ren: Contemporary Chinese audiences' responses to the representation of sex work in Chinese films (1951-1994)

Sanna Eriksson: Motherhood as female citizenship in contemporary Chinese TV drama

(Abstracts of all papers are available here )

4:00 - 4:15 pm Break

4:15 - 5:15 pm Panel 2: Problems Encountered in Research (Chair: Siyu Chen)

Antonia Fox: Creating a path to positivity, inclusivity, and comfort: Waiving anonymity and ethical decision making whilst researching queer communities on tumblr

Siham Akaka: Ethical Dilemmas of an Outsider-Within

Melissa Chahin: Theorising Life Writing As Linguistic Collage

(Abstracts of all papers are available here )

5:15 - 5:30 pm Break

5:30 - end Open Mic (Chair: Rupsa Nag)

Friday 11th of February

9:00 - 9:15 am Online tea and coffee

9:15 - 10:15 am Panel 3: Resistance and Agency (Chair: Veronica Lira Ortiz)

Yue Liu:Single Chinese Women: Resisting Normative Marriage in Contemporary urban China

Xiao Ge:The Journey of Reclaiming One's Own Postpartum Experiences in Contemporary urban China

Daisy McManaman:"A Girl Resembles a Bunny" A Feminist Reanalysis of Representations of Women in Playboy

(Abstracts of all papers are available here )

10:15 - 10:30 am Break

10:30 - 11:30 am Panel 4: Gender Problems at Work (Chair: Yue Liu)

Siyu Chen: ”He wanted me to be his woman": the Experiences and Consequences of Chinese Female Journalists Encountering Various Forms of Gender Discrimination at Work

Nicki Roy: Between postfeminism and 'gender madness': Right-wing women's narratives about feminism in Austria and Germany

Yulin Pan: Actual Experiences of Academic Women in Chinese universities

(Abstracts of all papers are available here )

11:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch Break

1:30 - 3:30 pm Table Talks

3:30 - end Wrap Up