Feminism and Business in Theory and Practice – Daughters of Themis Workshop 2024
The Ninth International Workshop of Daughters of Themis: International Network for Women Business Scholars broadens and deepens the discussion of feminism and business. The aim of the workshop is to provide a forum for open, intimate and inspiring discussions with workshop participants selected based on a highly competitive call for papers.
Workshop theme
Discussions of feminism and business is often limited to the position of women in the workplace, concerning discrimination and other forms of unfair treatment. Suggested solutions are often liberal individualist or liberal structuralist approaches; encouraging women to be more assertive and working to get more women on boards, etc. (e.g. Sjåfjell and Lynch Fannon 2018), which risk merely reproducing corporate power hierarchies (e.g. Russell 2018).
Women on boards and in leadership and the treatment of women in business in general are important topics in themselves. Yet, this workshop encompasses also broader themes of feminism and business, theoretical developments as well as discussions of practice, concerning the situation within businesses, the governance of business and the position of business in society in light of the grand challenges of our time.
Preparation for the workshop
Timely submission of working papers is a precondition for participation in the workshop. Short working papers of a maximum of 2,500 words, including footnotes, will be due by 12 May 2024. The word limit for the short working papers is chosen to enable all workshop participants to read all papers in preparation for the workshop, and to give space for developing the themes of the individual papers after the workshop, based on the comments and discussion.
Two commentators are allocated to each paper with the aim of creating close engagement with the papers from very early on in the workshop. Each participant is appointed as commentator to two other papers, with a defined structure to the feedback and discussion. This structured approach reinforces the atmosphere of serious intellectual engagement, collegial responsibility and tact and generosity in the style of communication, which characterize the Daughters of Themis workshops.
Structure for discussion of papers
About the workshop
The Daughters of Themis annual workshops are deliberately designed to be small, welcoming, and in-depth. Our annual workshops are a warm and supportive space in which constructive, critical, and inspiring dialogues can take place between participants, whilst nourishing the mind and body in a peaceful and idyllic natural setting. Workshop spaces are limited to 12 participants, so that each participant can benefit from extended discussion of their work, with the workshop sessions shaped to ensure interactive discussion.
The workshop runs from Tuesday 4 June to Friday 7 June 2024 at the Cavo Perlevos Guesthouse on the Greek island of Kea, with a pre-workshop networking day on Kea on Monday 3 June 2024 and a postworkshop reflection day on Saturday 8 June 2024.
Academic organising committee for the 2024 workshop
Sarah Cornell, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University
Beate Sjåfjell, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
Organiser
Daughters of Themis: International Network of Women Business Scholars