CURRICULUM VITAE
Red Chidgey, MA
1. Employment and Research Experience
11/08- 11/10 Postgraduate researcher on the FWF (Einzelprojekt-Förderung) funded project Feminist Media Production in Europe. With Dr.Elke Zobl, Dr. Jenny Gunnarsson Payne and Rosa Reitsamer, University of Salzburg, Austria. www.grassrootsfeminism.net
05/08-11/08 Research Assistant to Dr. Elke Zobl on the FWF Hertha-Firnberg Stelle funded project Young Women as creators of new cultural spaces. Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Austria.
01/08- 05/08 Research Assistant to Dr. Elke Zobl on the Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant (EU 6th framework) funded project A Database and Analysis of Female Youth-Produced Zines. Interdisciplinary Research and Cultural Studies, International Center for Culture and Management, Salzburg, Austria. www.grrrlzines.net
2. Archival and Life History Work (Voluntary)
04/08-09/08 Suffrage Oral History Collection, The Women's Library, London.
01/07- 05/07 Zine Collection, The Women's Library, London. (Part of the Public History Placement within the Life History Research Diploma).
08/05- 10/05 Personal Papers Collection, Mass Observation Archive, University of Sussex, Brighton.
3. Education and Training Courses
08/09-08/09 Critical Studies of Whiteness: Theories, Methodologies and Feminist Perspectives, Linköping University, Sweden. Sessions includes: Outside of the Comfort Zones- Methodological Dilemmas and Challenges of Anti-Racist White-on-White Research; Negotiating Whiteness; and Visible Difference- Notes on "race", racialisation and reification. (Awarded 5 ECTS Credits for participation).
09/04-01/07 Postgraduate Diploma in Life History Research at the University of Sussex, England. Courses included: Life History Research: Source, Context and Interpretation; The Theory and Practice of Oral History; Women's Lives, Life Histories and Social Change; and a Public History Placement (taken up at The Women's Library, London).
09/03-09/04 MA in Critical Theory at the University of Sussex, England (with distinction). Dissertation title: "A Little Revolution in the Making: Postfeminist Contentions and Riot Grrrl".
09/98-09/01 BA Honours in English, Media and Women's Studies at De Montfort University, England (with First Class distinction).
4. Publications
Anthology DIY Culture & Feminism: Dispatches from the Transnational Zine
Movement, edited with Elke Zobl (forthcoming)
Book Chapters "Riot Grrrl Writing" and "Riot Grrrl Zines Directory" in Riot Grrrl:
2007 Revolution Girl Style Now, edited by Nadine Monem. London: Blackdog Publishing, 2007, pp.100-141; pp.178-187.
Academic Articles
2010 "Sistershow (Bristol 1973-1974) and the Queering of Feminism" by Red Chidgey and Deborah Withers (under review).
2009 "DIY Feminist Networks in Europe. Personal and Collective Acts of Resistance" by Red Chidgey. Transform! European Journal of Alternative Thinking and Political Dialogue, 5, 2009, pp.159-165.
"Free|Trade. Distribution Economies in Feminist Zine Networks" by Red Chidgey. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 35:1, 2009, pp.28-37.
"Rumours from around the bloc: Gossip, Rhizomatic Media and the Plotki Femzine" by Red Chidgey, Jenny Gunnarsson Payne and Elke Zobl. Feminist Media Studies, 9:4, 2009, pp.477-491.
"Ladyfest: Material Histories of Everyday Feminist Art Production" by Red Chidgey, Rosa Reitsamer and Elke Zobl. n.paradoxa, 24, 2009, pp.5-12.
2006 "The Resisting Subject: Per-Zines as Life Story Data" by Red Chidgey. The University of Sussex Journal of Contemporary History, 10, 2006.
5. Awards
2008-2010 FWF/Austrian Science Fund (Austria): Feminist Media Production in Europe
2009 NorFA (Norway). Grant for travel and attendance at the PhD course programme "Critical Studies of Whiteness: Theories, Methodologies and Feminist Perspectives", Linköping University.
2008 Shortlisted for Vera Douie Fellowship interview, The Women's Library, London (declined due to acceptance of FWF award).
2003-2004 Arts and Humanities Research Board (UK). Postgraduate award for research into postfeminism and Riot Grrrl publishing, The University of Sussex.
6. Teaching
03/10-07/10 Third Wave Feminisms: Theories, Praxis and Media. Undergraduate level course, University of Salzburg (Gender Studies Department).
10/09-02/10 Zines and the Politics of Alternative Media. Postgraduate level course, co-designed and taught with Dr. Elke Zobl, University of Salzburg (Communications Department).
7. Curatorial and Event Management
12/09 "Fight Back! An Exhibition of Transnational Feminist and Queer Zines", Transnational Feminisms Conference, University of Manchester, England.
01/09 ZineFest! The Women's Library, London. www.myspace.com/zinefest
06/09 Collective organiser of A Transgender and Intersex Learning Exchange: Feminism and Gender & Sex Diversity, Lambeth Women's Project, London. www.feministactivist.forum.org.uk
05/08 ZineFest! The Women's Library, London. www.myspace.com/zinefest
10/05 Co-founder and collective organiser of Ladyfest Brighton women's art,
activism and music festival (19-23rd Oct 05). www.ladyfestbrighton.co.uk
8. Invitations,Conference Presentations and Panel Discussions (a selection)
12/09 Invited Round Table discussion with Terese Jonsson and Anastasia Valassopoulos: "Transnational Feminisms: Possibilities and Challenges". Transnational Feminisms Conference, University of Manchester, England.
11/09 Conference Paper: "Alternative Media and Transformed Communication Processes" with Elke Zobl. Civil Media: UnConference, Salzburg, Austria.
12/08 Invited Talk: "DIY Feminism" for the Do-It-Yourself Feminismus am Beispiel von Ladyfesten, Radical Crafting und Cyberfeminismus session of The Third Wave Feminism seminar series, University of Salzburg, Austria.
11/08 Conference Paper: "Doing Feminist Activist History" with Deborah Withers, Feminism and History: Rethinking Women's Movements since 1800, Feminist History Network, Bishopgate Institute, London, England.
04/08 Invited Round Table discussion with Gill Court (Subtext magazine), Jess McCabe (F-Word e-zine), and Natalie Bennett (Carnival of Feminists blog): "Grassroots Feminist Media", Fem Conference 08, Sheffield, England.
04/08 Invited Round Table discussion with Gail Chester (Women's Report): "Feminist Publishing- past, present and future", Housmans Bookshop, London, England.
11/07 Invited Round Table discussion with Elke Zobl (Austria), Stephanie Müller (Germnay), Sonja Eismann (Germany/Austria): "Young women and the media: DIY strategies as self-empowerment", CivilMedia 2007: UnConference: Participation 2.0, Salzburg.
02/07 Conference Paper: "The Resisting Subject: Per-Zines as Life Story Data", Life Histories, Women's Histories Conference, University of Sussex, Brighton, England.
03/03 Debate: This House Believes that Feminism is Dead. Member of the opposing team. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England.
9. Zine Making Workshops (a selection)
11/09 "Zines - Magazine selber machen!", FIFTITU% Women's Art Initiative, Linz, Austria.
04/09 "Queer Feminist Zines", Autonomous Womyn's Gathering, Vienna, Austria.
03/08 "Make Your Own Media", Colchester Sixth Form College, Colchester, England.
02/08 "Queer Self-Publishing", Lesbian Lives Conference, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
01/08 "Grrrl Zines", Ladyfest Munich, Munich, Germany.
10/07 "Make Your Own Magazine", Allsorts LGBT Youth Project, Brighton, England.
03/06 "Grrrl Zines", Her Position in Transition International Women Art Festival, Vienna, Austria.
10. Professional Responsibilities
11/09-02/10 Invited UK Selection Advisor for the pan-European Fragen Project, mapping and digitising key feminist texts from the 1960s to present day. Partnership though The Women's Library, London.
08/09-02/10 Consultant on the Arts Council funded project "Self-Publishing and Empowerment: A Resource for Community Groups", by Deborah Withers.
09/06-06/07 Managing Editor of the University of Sussex Journal of Contemporary History.
09/04-06/05 Managing Editor of the University of Sussex student magazine, The Pulse. Short-listed "Best Student Magazine" in the 2005 NUS/Daily Mirror Press Awards.
11. Professional and Associated MembershipsThe Feminist History Network
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