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Desire for the Other: Psychoanalysis and Critical Theory in Conversation

a roundtable on the new book With Culture in Mind: Psychoanalytic Stories

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November 4, Friday 4 to 6 pm

13-19 University Place (map) Lecture room 102 (please note room change) between 8th Street and Waverly Place

Panelists include:

contributing authors Orna Guralnik and Eyal Rozmarin

Ben Kafka, Media [...]

REVIEW: Sexual Politics, Sexual Violence, and the Communist Left: “Complexities and Contradictions”

Sexual Politics, Sexual Violence, and the Communist Left: “Complexities and Contradictions” New York University, 19 September 2011

Bettina Aptheker’s engaging talk “Sexual Politics, Sexual Violence, and the Communist Left,” organized by NYU’s Department of Teaching and Learning and co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality (CSGS), showcased both her incredible [...]

Session Proposals: Second Annual MOMENTUM Conference

March 30 to April 1, 2012 in Washington, DC.

The phenomenal growth of online communication has given rise to an amazing amount of sharing, learning and experimenting with different expressions of sexuality, relationships and feminism. MOMENTUM provides a safe place to listen, discuss and learn about sexualities and gender without the fear of reprisal [...]

REVIEW: New Majorities II: A Cross-Country Duet on the State of Gender and Sexuality Studies in the Academy

New Majorities II: A Cross-Country Duet on the State of Gender and Sexuality Studies in the Academy New York University, 29 April 2011

New Majorities II had a double task: First, the day-long forum continued an initiative launched at the UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW), and co-conceived by CSW director Kathleen [...]

The Feminist Wire

The Feminist Wire!

Please check out, read, share, follow and contribute to The Feminist Wire, a new online journal co-founded by Hortense Spillers and Tamura Lomax.

http://www.thefeministwire.com/

The work and mission of The Feminist Wire is to provide a socio-political and cultural critique of anti-feminist opinions, practices, orientations, etc., that block or limit the [...]

Activism and the Academy: A Barnard Center for Research on Women Anniversary Conference

Call for Papers and Panels

Activism and the Academy: A Barnard Center for Research on Women Anniversary Conference Celebrating 40 Years of Social Justice Work

September 23-24, 2011 Barnard College

Confirmed speakers: Sonia Alvarez, Lisa Duggan, Jacqueline Ebanks, Amber Hollibaugh, Ana Oliveira, Ann Pellegrini, and Ai-jen Poo.

Forty years ago, the Barnard Center for [...]

IRWaG Feminist Interventions with Rebecca Jordan-Young, 3/28

The Columbia University Institute for Research on Women and Gender presents FEMINIST INTERVENTIONS with:

REBECCA JORDAN-YOUNG Women’s Studies, Barnard

“Sexual Logics: Dissecting Some Links Between Bodies and Desires in Current Sexual Science” with comment from Alondra Nelson, Sociology, Columbia

Monday, March 28th 4:10-6pm 754 Schermerhorn Extension (1200 Amsterdam Avenue) Columbia University

We hope to [...]

Transforming Japan – How Feminism and Diversity are Making a Difference

Steinhardt’s Commission on Gender, Race, Social Justice presents:

Kumiko Fujimura-Fanselow’s book talk on her new edited volume, Transforming Japan: How Feminism and Diversity are Making a Difference

Wednesday, March 30th | 12:00-1:30pm Kimball Hall, Third Floor Conference Room | 246 Greene Street

Light lunch will be served. Please RSVP to commission.grsj(at)nyu.edu by March 20th.

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Gender, Jobs and Freedom: The March on Washington and the Birth of Black Feminism: March 11

The American History Workshop @ NYU presents…

William P. Jones University of Wisconsin

“Gender, Jobs and Freedom: The March on Washington and the Birth of Black Feminism”

Friday, March 11th at 10 a.m.

NYU King Juan Carlos I, Room 428 53 Washington Square South NYC

Lunch will be served!

**The paper is pre-circulated—email khary.polk(at)gmail.com [...]

New Majorities, Shifting Priorities: difference & demographics in the 21st century

NEW MAJORITIES, SHIFTING PRIORITIES

difference and demographics in the 21st century university

March 4, Friday all day

for more information and schedule, please visit http://www.csw.ucla.edu/events/new-majorities-shifting-priorities

participants include Laura Briggs, Lisa Duggan, Rod Ferguson, Inderpal Grewal, Laura Kang, Kathleen McHugh, Angela Riley, Sarita See, Jenny Sharpe, Sandra Soto, and Kathryn Bond Stockton

University of [...]