May 13, 4:30 PM: GSSW: Riva Lehrer, "Beauty in Exile"
Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop Riva Lehrer, Artist, Chicago, "Beauty in Exile" Please see the workshop blog for further details: http://cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/genderandsexuality/Date: May...
View ArticleApr 29, 4:30 PM: GSSW: Tadhi Coulter, "Embodiments of Transformation:...
Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop Tadhi Coulter, Institute for Doctoral Studies in Visual Art, "Embodiments of Transformation: Image-Texts of Sovereignty in Comedic Performances of Good Times"...
View ArticleApr 29, 9:00 AM: Film Screening: "The Silences of the Palace"
The Silences of the Palace (1994, 116 minutes) - Moufida Tlatli (Tunisia) The recipient of multiple international film festival awards and significant as the first full-length movie directed by a woman...
View ArticleApr 22, 4:30 PM: GSSW: Jill Weinberg, "Law, Consent, and Embodiment"
Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop Jill Weinberg, Sociology, Northwestern University, "Law, Consent, and Embodiment" Please see the workshop blog for further details:...
View ArticleApr 18, 9:00 AM: CSGS Symposium
Presenters include: Emily Remus, Samuel Perry, Alisha Jones, Abigail Ocobock, Erin Moore, Emily Lord Fransee, Ellen Kladky, and Colin Low. This one-day symposium provides a snapshot of the CSGS...
View ArticleApr 15, 5:30 PM: Film Screening: "The Wind"
The Wind, (Finyé, 1982, 100 minutes) – Souleymane Cissé (Mali) Two Malian teenagers from two very different families meet and fall in love in secondary school: her family is depicted as modern and...
View ArticleApr 14, 4:30 PM: Panel on Feminist Economics
Panelists include: Julie Nelson (University of Boston) Eileen Boris (UC Santa Barbara) Diana Strassmann(Rice University) Moderator: Aidan Beatty (PhD Candidate in History) The central aim of this panel...
View ArticleApr 11, 9:15 AM: Sexual and Reproductive Justice Graduate Student Working...
A one-day conference where graduate students from UChicago and area universities present works-in-progress related to the questions of sexual and reproductive justice.Date: April 11, 2014Time: 9:15 AM...
View ArticleApr 1, 5:30 PM: Film Screening: "Black Girl"
Black Girl (1966, 65 minutes) – Ousmane Sembène (Senegal) Sembène’s first film starring Mbissine Thérèse Diop centers on a young Senegalese woman who moves from Senegal to France to work for a wealthy...
View ArticleApr 1, 4:30 PM: GSSW: Hillary Chute, "Bodies in the Classroom"
Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop Hillary Chute, English, University of Chicago, "Bodies in the Classroom" Please see the workshop blog for further details:...
View ArticleMay 7, 4:30 PM: STEALTH: A Work-in-Progress with Chase Joynt and Alexis Mitchell
STEALTH: A Work-in-Progress Sponsored by the Artists' Salon at the Center for the Study of Gender of Sexuality with Chase Joynt and Alexis Mitchell Join Gray Center Mellon Fellow and CSGS Artists'...
View ArticleApr 8, 12:00 PM: Progressive Islamic approaches to sexuality and gender...
This interactive workshop will help students--at both undergraduate and graduate levels--engage in research about sexuality and gender in Islamic culture. It will sketch out what is "progressive Islam"...
View ArticleApr 7, 4:30 PM: Rethinking Homosexuality in Islam
In a patriarchal context, most Muslim authorities condemn acts and attitudes associated with modern term homosexuality. However, many Muslims live and worship in social contexts where patriarchy is...
View ArticleApr 3, 12:00 PM: Islam, Sharia and Alternative Dispute Resolution: A...
The concept of Sharia, or Islamic law, has been generally misunderstood. With millions of Muslims in North America, it is important for policy makers and the judiciary to have a better understanding of...
View ArticleApr 2, 3:00 PM: Meeting for Gender and Sexuality Studies...
Please join Kristen Schilt at a gathering to talk about the Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor programs. We will have information about next year’s “Gender and Sexuality in World...
View ArticleApr 14, 12:00 PM: SISTER SPIT / conversation & lunch
Join Sister Spit performers and co-hosts Kristen Schilt & Chase Joynt for lunch & conversation. Free & open to the public, spaces limited, RSVP appreciated. Please RSVP to...
View ArticleApr 22, 4:30 PM: Jill Weinberg, "Law, Consent, and Embodiment"
Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop Jill Weinberg, Sociology, Northwestern University, "Law, Consent, and Embodiment" Please see the workshop blog for further details:...
View ArticleApr 18, 9:00 AM: CSGS Student and Graduate Fellows' Symposium
Presenters include: Emily Remus, Samuel Perry, Alisha Jones, Abigail Ocobock, Erin Moore, Emily Lord Fransee, Ellen Kladky, and Colin Low. This one-day symposium provides a snapshot of the CSGS...
View ArticleApr 25, 8:30 AM: Food and the Body Symposium
Morning Keynote Address: Aiko Kojima (Doctoral Candidate, Sociology), “Responsibility or Right to Eat Well?: Food Education (Shokuiku) Campaign in Japan” Afternoon Keynote Address: Courtney Patterson...
View ArticleApr 29, 9:00 AM: Film Screening: "The Silences of the Palace"
The Silences of the Palace (1994, 116 minutes) - Moufida Tlatli (Tunisia) The recipient of multiple international film festival awards and significant as the first full-length movie directed by a woman...
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