Course Coordinators: Maj Grasten, Sara Louise Muhr & Ana María Munar, Department of Business Humanities and Law (BHL)

Faculty
Maj Grasten, Teaching Assistant
Department of Business Humanities and Law, CBS

Sara Louise Muhr, Professor
Department of Business Humanities and Law, CBS

Ana María Munar, Associate Professor
Department of Business Humanities and Law, CBS

Bontu Guschke, Research Assistant
Department of Business Humanities and Law, CBS

Emily Hockerts, Postdoctoral researcher 
University of Lapland

Prerequisites
Each participant is required to submit an abstract of no more than five pages that presents and situates their PhD project within the topic of the course. The abstract should include reflections on how the course’s theories and concepts relate to and may inform their projects. Participants are encouraged to write the abstract in an exploratory and open-ended manner to allow for feminist approaches to academic writing.

Participants are free to choose their preferred style and format, which could include diverse forms of text - such as poetry or fiction - along with images, drawings, short videos, or other creative media. This will enable participants to investigate different modes of learning and new forms of developing and sharing knowledge. Abstracts must be submitted in English. The deadline for submission is April 23, 2025.

Workload
Teaching 37,5 hrs
Reading 95 hrs
Abstract Preparation 7,5 hrs

Aim of the PhD course
The aim of this course is to explore a diverse range of feminist theories and concepts, emphasizing their significance in enhancing research within management and organization studies (MOS). 

Participants will engage in close readings of selected feminist writings, which will serve as a foundation for participatory discussions on topics such as gender, heteronormativity, sexuality, affect, bodies, desire, sexuation, boundaries and dichotomies, and intersectionality, including perspectives on race and class. 

Adopting a creative and corporeal approach to writing, the course encourages a playful and exploratory engagement with various feminist theories and concepts relevant to critical management and organization studies.This approach invites participants to uncover new perspectives and engage with their research topics through new feminist perspectives, highlighting the signifcance of feminist theories, concepts and methods across various research fields and the potential synergies among them. 

Due to the relational format of the course, there will be a maximum number of participants to facilitate meaningful engagement with different feminist theories and methods, as well as creative and corporeal writing practices. The course will include writing experiences designed to align with each PhD student’s individual project.
 
Content of the PhD course
Each day of the course will be structured with theoretical discussions before lunch, followed by creative writing sessions in the afternoon. The themes for the sessions are as follows:

Day 1: 
Session 1: Introduction to feminist theory in MOS
Session 2: Introduction to writing differently

Day 2: 
Session 3: Social reproduction theory and new materialism
Session 4: Writing with multispecies and scientific fabulation

Day 3: 
Session 5: Feminist psychoanalysis, desire and sexuation
Session 6: Writing with metaphors

Day 4:
Session 7: Intersectional feminisms
Session 8: Writing with temporality and embodied listening

Day 5:
Session 9: Feminist ethics
Session 10: Writing collectively

Teaching pedagogy
Due to the relational format of the course, there will only be short lectures. Instead, the teaching pedagogy will emphasize close readings, reflexive questions, questions-based discussions, and creative writing labs where participants will generate new written works.

It is crucial to read the assigned texts and prepare in advance. No specific preparation will be required for the creative writing labs. 

Reflexive questions will be provided alongside the readings. There will be no assignment afterwards. The course output is the text produced each day. At the end of the course, we will collaboratively create a piece intended for submission as a note in the journal Women, Gender and Research (a special issue dedicated to intersectionality).

Preliminary Program 
Day 1
9:00-10:00 Introduction to the course and to participants (Labyrinth mandala)
- Maj, Sara & Ana María
10:00-12:30 Session 1: Introduction to feminist theories in MOS
- Maj, Sara & Ana María
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-16:30 Session 2: Introduction to writing differently
- Maj, Sara & Ana María
 
Day 2
9:00-9:30 Check-In & Recap Time 
- Maj
9:30-12:30 Session 3: Social reproduction theory and new materialism
- Maj
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-16:30 Session 4: Writing with multispecies and scientific fabulation
- Maj, Sara & Ana María, Emily Höckert (invited lecturer)

Day 3
9:00-9:30 Check-In & Recap Time Ana María
9:30-12:30 Session 5: Feminist psychoanalysis, desire & Sexuation
- Ana María
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-16:30 Session 6: Writing with metaphors
- Maj, Sara & Ana María
 
Day 4
9:00-9:30 Check-In & Recap Time Bontu
9:30-12:30 Session 7: Intersectional Feminisms
- Bontu
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-16:30 Session 8: Writing with temporality and embodied listening
- Bontu, Maj, Sara & Ana María
 
Day 5
9:00-9:30 Check-In & Recap Time Sara
9:30-12:30 Session 9: Feminist ethics
- Sara
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-16:30 Session 8: Writing collectively
- Maj, Sara & Ana María

Preliminary Lecture Plan and Readings
Please find the preliminary schedule for readings here:

Note: In case we receive more registrations for the course than we have seats, seats will be filled based on the motivation uploaded upon registration. CBS PhD students will have priority.

Registration Deadline and Conditions
The registration deadline is 24 March 2025. If you wish to cancel your registration, it must be done by this date. By this deadline, we determine whether there are enough registrations to run the course or decide who should be offered a seat if we have received too many registrations.

If seats are still available, we will extend the registration deadline to fill the remaining spots. Once you receive our acceptance/welcome letter, your registration becomes binding, and no course fee refunds will be issued. The binding registration date is the deadline mentioned above.