| The CMS Plenary Session will feature an address by Professor Raewyn Connell, University Chair, and pre-eminent sociologist from the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Sydney</st1:placename></st1:place>. In keeping with her research and the conference theme, Professor Connell will address the topic of the gender and sexual politics of global capitalism. Among her other academic accomplishments, Professor Connell has developed a sociology of intellectuals in the context of neoliberal globalization. Her book Southern Theory (2007) critiques the northern bias of mainstream social science, and surveys social theories that arise in the global periphery. Her studies of the social construction of masculinity are also well-known. She was one of the founders of this research field and her book Masculinities (1995, 2005) is the most-cited in the field. Raewyn's style of scholarship tries to combine empirical research, structural theory, social critique, and relevance to practice. Much of her research uses biographical (life-history) interviewing, but she has also published survey research, historical research, institutional analysis, and theory. Her most recent book, combining work from several research projects, is Confronting Equality (2011). For further background on Raewyn Connell see www.raewynconnell.net. |