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WGS Graduate Student Colloquium Series, Lis Valle-Ruiz, “Performative Preaching: The Genealogy of Mary Magdalene’s Ritual,” Wednesday November 18, 2015, 3pm, Buttrick 123
Nov. 18, 2015—The WGS Graduate Student Community is excited to announce our November Colloquium Series presenter. Please join us for Lis Valle-Ruiz’s presentation titled: “Performative Preaching: The Genealogy of Mary Magdalene’s Ritual.” When: Wednesday November 18th 3pm. A wine and cheese (with a vegan option) reception will follow at 4pm. Where: Buttrick Hall, Room 123 (located in...
Gender & Sexuality Seminar featuring Isaac West’s (Communication Studies) work on gender and citizenship, Friday, January 29, 2016, 12 pm, Buttrick 123
Nov. 17, 2015—Please mark your calendars for the next Warren Center Gender and Sexualities Seminar which will be Friday January 29th, 2016 at 12 pm. We will be discussing Isaac West’s (Communication Studies) work on gender and citizenship, and Stacy Clifford (WGS) as a discussant, in collaboration with the Social Political Thought series.
WGS welcomes Leah Roberts as the inaugural WGS Graduate Associate!
Oct. 29, 2015—Leah Roberts is the inaugural WGS Graduate Associate. She will be coordinating a new monthly graduate student colloquium, as well as acting as a liaison between the program and graduate student community. Leah is an educator and researcher who focuses on anti-oppressive analysis, collective liberation, and shame-free sexuality. She attempts to destabilize structural, institutional and...
FEATURED COURSE: WGS 3281, Globalization and Policy Making. Taught by Jamie Shenton, Lecturer, WGS. Click for more information.
Oct. 29, 2015—WGS 3281: Globalization and Policy Making Taught by Jamie Shenton, Lecturer, WGS. Globalization refers to the increasing interconnection of social, economic, political, and culture life. This course explores the relationship between gender, the political economy of globalization, and policymaking (or lack thereof) through a cross-cultural lens. What happens when we go global with our examination...
FEATURED COURSE: WGS 2613, Compulsory Couplehood. Taught by Melanie Adley, Sr. Lecturer and Associate Director WGS. Click for more information.
Oct. 29, 2015—WGS 2613: Compulsory Couplehood Taught by Melanie Adley, Sr. Lecturer and Associate Director WGS. From the nineteenth century to the present. Legal and societal implications of marriage. Marginalization of the single person. Different gendered stereotypes of the uncoupled adult, including the bachelor and the spinster. Non-normative forms of kinship and relationships. Primarily United States with...
Gender & Sexuality Seminar featuring research by Jamie Shenton (WGS), Friday, October 30, 3-4:30 pm, Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities
Oct. 8, 2015—Gender & Sexualities, a seminar hosted by the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities This seminar provides an interdisciplinary forum for the development of critical perspectives on gender and sexuality. The seminar examines how gender and sexuality shape human experience within and across cultures, in different time periods, and as part of social practice....
“ME NOT,” a solo exhibition by Catherine Forester, Monday, October 26, 5:30-7:30, The Rymer Gallery, 233 5th Ave N, Nashville, TN
Oct. 7, 2015—“ME NOT” explores femininity beyond the biological and includes a series of drawings, videos, digital paintings, and the community outreach event (BYOC). “ME NOT” also examines gender fluidity, violence against women (cis and trans), the transition from childhood to womanhood (with a girlhood and in its absence), and resistance to cultural constructs of womanhood. Hosted...