portfolio: conference papers

2020

Conn, M., Jamie Khoo and Frances Long. 2020. ‘Building Community: Enhancing Cross-Faculty Peer Support Networks in Postgraduate Researcher Development’. Vitae Connections Week 2020. Vitae. Online conference.

Clegg, K., Jamie Khoo and Joanne Hardy. 2020. ‘Supporting Research Student Mental Health by Stealth’. Advance HE Virtual Student Retention and Success Symposium. Advance HE. Online conference.

2019

Khoo, J. 2019. ‘Your Lipstick is More Powerful Than You Know: Why Beauty (Still) Matters.’ Telling Feminist Stories, Centre for Women’s Studies and York International Women’s Week, York.

Invited panel speaker: “New forms of knowledge dissemination”. Building Excellence in Doctoral Education: EFMD Doctoral Programme Conference. University of Lancaster.

2018

Khoo, J. 2018. ‘But Is She Pretty? How Women Respond to Beauty Ideals’. Guest lecture. University of Wolverhampton.

Khoo, J. 2018. ‘Beauty and the Hidden Beasts: The Potential for Healing in the Unexpected Discussion of Sensitive Issues in Interviews’. The Promise and Perils of Researching Sensitive Issues symposium. British Sociological Association & University of York

Khoo, J. 2018. ‘Breaking the Wall of Beauty Ideals’. Falling Walls Lab. University of Surrey [view video]

Khoo, J. 2018. ‘But Is She Pretty? How Women Respond to Beauty Ideals’. Three Minute Thesis, University of York [won 1^st prize at University level, and People’s Choice Award at national level]. [view video]

Khoo, J. and Gemma Gibson. 2018. ‘Empowered Bodies? A Cautious Critique of the Notion of Empowerment in Body Positivity’. Empowered Bodies conference, University of York.

2017

Khoo, J. 2017. ‘Are We What We Wear or “What’s Underneath”?’ The Space Between: Psyche, Body, Skin. Environment symposium, Fashion Research Network & Royal College of Art.

Khoo, J. 2017. ‘Messy Bodies: The Messiness of Doing Feminist Research across Cultures and Countries’. Global Literature and Culture Forum, University of York.

2016

Khoo, J. 2016. ‘Me and My Gals: Female Friendships in Interviews’. ‘Doing’ Reflexivity in Research: Practical Approaches to Methodological Complexities postgraduate conference, University of Brighton & the British Sociological Association.

Khoo, J. 2016. ‘But Is She Pretty?: ‘Doing Beauty’ in Fashion Magazines and Online (Anti) Beauty Projects’. Aesthetic Labour colloquium, Humanities Research Centre, University of Sheffield.

Khoo, J. 2016. ‘Are You Beach Body Ready? The (Un)Changing Representations of Feminine Beauty in Contemporary Online Media’. The Modern Body 1830 – Present conference, Centre for Modern Studies, University of York.

Khoo, J. 2016. ‘Our Bodies, Our Lipstick: A Conversation About Beauty Practices and “Choice”’. Everyday Feminism talks, Centre for Women’s Studies & York International Women’s Festival 2016.

Khoo, J. 2016. ‘We Are More Than Our Bodies: A Discussion of the Contemporary Cultural Meanings of the Body’. Sisterhood in Action conference, Centre for Women’s Studies, University of York.