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Gender and Women’s Studies

Professor Bianca Beauchemin explores the diasporic and queered possibilities of Romaine la Prophètesse

Volume 57 Issue 3 of the "Journal of Canadian Studies" features an article from Professor Professor Beauchemin. Opaque Aesthetics of Freedom: Romaine la Prophètesse, the Haitian Revolution, and Black Diasporic Possibilities explores the diasporic and queered possibilities of the Haitian Revolution with a focus on the revolutionary figure Romaine la Prophètesse. The article uncovers the […]

Professor Andrea O'Reilly publishes a collection of writing exploring the meaning and nature of motherhood

Professor Andrea O’Reilly, renowned for establishing the academic discipline of Motherhood Studies, released her newest book entitled, In (M)other Words: Writing on Mothering and Motherhood 2009-2024. With this collection of work, O’Reilly expands the conversation about the meaning and nature of motherhood which was initiated by Adrienne Rich in her book, Of Woman Born close […]

Ways of Witnessing Black Motherhood featuring Dr. Jan-Therese Mendes

In the winter months bracketing 2019 two Black mothers were the objects of short-lived media frenzies in the Northern welfare states of Sweden and Norway. One woman, heavily pregnant, is arrested by a brutally apprehending authority that nearly terminates the fetus; while the other has allegedly chosen to end her life and that of her […]

GSWS 2022 Annual Lecture

Ways of Witnessing Black Motherhood: Spectacles of Suffering, Mortal Rebellions, and the Tyranny of Love with Jan-Therese Mendes, PhD          Please join us for the 2022 Annual Lecture, School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies featuring Dr. Jan-Therese Mendes.   Date: Friday, March 11, 2022 Time: 11:30 am – 1:30 pm (EST)  Dr. Mendes holds a PhD in […]

Sexuality Studies Spotlight

Sexuality Studies Spotlight is a podcast that highlights what you can do with your sexuality studies degree. Produced in collaboration with the York University Sexuality Studies Program, episodes feature interviews between undergraduate students and activists, scholars, and professionals who demonstrate how you can apply a critical sexualities lens to just about anything.  The trailer is […]

Visiting Scholar in Sexuality Studies Talk: "Beyond the Paradox of Rights

Notes on 'Khwajasara Becoming' in Pakistan" with Dr. Salman Hussain Date: February 17, 2022Time: 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm (EST) Dr. Salman Hussain is the 2021-2022 Visiting Scholar in Sexuality Studies and a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Social Anthropology at York University. Dr. Hussain is a Cultural Anthropologist with research interests in […]

Alison Crosby - 2021 Lemkin Book Award Recipient

Alison D. Crosby and M. Brinton Lykes are the winners of the 2021 Lemkin Book Award from the Institute for the Study of Genocide for their book Beyond Repair? Mayan Women’s Protagonism in the Aftermath of Genocidal Harm, (Rutgers, 2019). The Lemkin Book Award committee, composed of an interdisciplinary group of scholars in the field […]

And Still We Rise: Womxn Opposing Oppression & Proposing Change

On March 10, 2021, Dr. Jill Andrew (MPP Toronto-St. Paul’s, Ontario NDP Critic for Culture and Women’s Issues) was the featured speaker for the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies’ Annual Lecture. The recording of the event “And Still We Rise: Womxn Opposing Oppression & Proposing Change” is linked for those who were unable […]

The Centre for Feminist Research and the Sexuality Studies Program Present: The 2021 Visiting Scholar in Sexuality Studies Talk

"Femmeship: Political Alliances, Communities of Care, and Friendship in Femme Internet Culture" – by Dr. Andi Schwartz Date: March 24, 2021Time: 3:00pm – 4:30pm Register in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Dr. Andi Schwartz is the 2020-2021 Visiting Scholar in Sexuality Studies […]