A conference in Reykjavik, Iceland, May 26–28, 2025

Several years have passed since the #MeToo movement‘s worldwide impact. In the meantime, many serious issues have surfaced, with considerable global backlash in response to claims concerning gender equality. How did the #MeToo movement change the world, especially in terms of its responses to sexual violence? How does it relate to various other social movements? How has it affected feminist scholarship or state policies?

Keynote speakers:

• Iqra Shagufta Cheema, Graceland University
• Kate Manne, Cornell University

The conference is organized by the research project Ethics in Motion: Feminist Ethics and #MeToo (EMFEM), a multidisciplinary international working group of feminist scholars hosted by the Centre for Ethics at the University of Iceland. The project is funded by the Icelandic Research Fund from 2023 to 2026 and examines the impact of #MeToo and related movements on moral thought and moral values appearing in recent debates in and around the #MeToo movement.

Conference organizing team:

• Eyja M. J. Brynjarsdóttir, University of Iceland
• Nanna Hlín Halldórsdóttir, University of Iceland
• Anna Gotlib, CUNY, Brooklyn College

For inquiries and information, write to emfemconference@gmail.com.

Practical information

On May 26 and 27, all conference events will take place in Veröld – Hús Vigdísar. On May 28, conference events will be in a different building: Stapi. Lunch will be served that day in Litla-Torg in a building called Háskólatorg. Here is a map of the university campus.

Registration:

Every speaker and attendee needs to register before 15th of March.

We will have a sliding scale cost of registration:

• 15.000 ISK for graduate students/low income countries. Click here to pay.
• 20.000 ISK for early career researchers/adjuncts. Click here to pay.
• 25.000 for senior faculty. Click here to pay.

 We ask people to try to use that option but if it does not work, please contact nannahlin@hi.is.

Staff at the University of Iceland using research accounts also need to contact nannahlin@hi.is.

The registration fee can be partly refunded (ca 80%) until the 10th of May.

Sessions:

We will have parallel session (3 at the same time) with 3 or 4 speakers in each sessions. Each paper is twenty minutes + 10 minutes for discussions. 

Travel and accommodation

TRANSPORTATION:  As you most likely know, you need to fly to Iceland, and there are limited airline options. Here are the airlines that fly to Iceland:

• Lufthansa
• SWISS
• easyJet
• Eurowings
• Icelandair
• Japan Airlines
• Norwegian
• United
• Vueling
• airBaltic
• Austrian Airlines
• Finnair
• KLM
• Play
• Wizz Air

You will land in Keflavik where the best option is to take a flybus to Reykjavik (approx 45 minutes). You should purchase Flybus tickets before you leave.  Click here for Flybus.  

Accommodations:

As you may have heard generally Iceland is not a cheap country but it seems like accommodation cost is similar to the capital cities in neighbouring countries.

Here are some discount codes at the following hotels and hostels:

• Loft Hostel. 10%off with a code – emfem2025 -if you book via hostel.is
• Iceland Hotels. 10 % off with the following code: CON4Y8Z10. To be used at their website.
• Kea Hotels. 10 % off with the code – emfem2025 – if you book via their website keahotels.is