Women's Studies

Margaret Atwood is credited with observing that men fear that women will laugh at them, while women fear that men will kill them. Despite noteworthy advances for women across societies and cultures, the power dynamics Atwood so eloquently describes continue to inform the construction of barriers...

Bad Mothers A Global Inclusive Interdisciplinary Conference Sunday 14th March 2021 - Monday 15th March 2021 Lisbon, Portugal As givers of life, mothers occupy an essential role in ensuring the ongoing survival of the human race. The bond between mother and child is commonly revered in societies as...

Bad Mothers A Global Inclusive Interdisciplinary Conference Saturday 4th April 2020 - Sunday 5th April 2020 Lisbon, Portugal As givers of life, mothers occupy an essential role in ensuring the ongoing survival of the human race. The bond between mother and child is commonly revered in societies as...

The Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, Fashion Studies and The Center for the Study of Women & Society invite you to the lecture by Christina Moon ( Parsons, The New School for Design): New York/Los Angeles. Fashion Capitals and Fast Fashion This talk explores the emergence of new kinds of...

The Women's and Gender Studies Program (an interdisciplinary program housed in the Department of Sociology) at Virginia Tech invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position, beginning August 2012. We seek an Assistant Professor at an advanced level with an emphasis in Gender, Bodies...

FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES SPECIAL ISSUE: From Veiling to Blogging: Women and Media in the Middle East Edited by Nahed Eltantawy Vol. 13, No.5, November 2013 Middle Eastern women have traditionally been viewed as weak and submissive, passively accepting male authority and leadership rather than seeking...

Reblogged from http://www.asszisztencia.hu/ntit/ Welcome I would like to warmly invite you to the Hungarian capital Budapest to mark the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, by joining "Women in Science, Innovation and Technology in the Digital Age", the Joint High-level Conference...

Dissertation Fellowships - Applications Due March 1, 2011 5:00 pm The Graduate School awards two full fellowships to Women's Studies each year. Each fellowship carries a nine-month $19,840~ stipend (tuition and fees to be paid by the Graduate School). The intent of these awards is to “buy time” for...