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“The Other Side of Terror: Black Women and the Culture of US Empire”
Aug. 19, 2021—On Wednesday, September 29 at 4pm in Buttrick 101, Erica Edwards will give a talk entitled “The Other Side of Terror: Black Women and the Culture of US Empire.” Dr. Erica R. Edwards is Associate Professor of English and Presidential Term Chair in African American Literature. An expert in African American literature, politics, and feminist...
Congrats to Our Susan Ford Wiltshire Essay Competition Winners!
Apr. 24, 2020— Gender and Sexuality Studies is thrilled to announce the winners for the 2020 Susan Ford Wiltshire Awards. The undergraduate student award goes to Meilan Lu for the essay, “Old Father, Old Artificer: Female Sexuality and Male Authorship in Les Fleurs du mal and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.” The graduate...
Trans & Crip
Feb. 6, 2019—Thanks for joining us at our spring semester keynote event with Alexandre Baril, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at the School of Social Work at the University of Ottawa. We had a wonderful turnout at both events with Dr. Baril. See the event posters below for more information. Students interested in talking with Alexandre over lunch...
NEW Independent Study!
Nov. 28, 2018—We’re excited to offer a new one credit independent study on feminist and queer research methods! Have you ever been curious how to use a feminist lens to explore information on gender, sex, and sexuality? Do you want to expand your knowledge on how to access feminist and queer oral histories and archives? We will...
Gender/Sexuality Matters Seminars
Sep. 21, 2018— The Women’s and Gender Studies Program at Vanderbilt Presents: Gender/Sexuality Matters: Fall 2018 Come join us for informal discussions on some of the most pressing gender/sexuality matters currently facing women and LGBTQI+ communities in Nashville, on the Vanderbilt campus, as well as nationally and internationally. These will be informal conversations with experts in specific...
OMPR
May. 11, 2018— Congratulations to our graduating seniors! To those of you considering becoming majors or minors in WGS, check out this Senior Seminar capstone project by graduating seniors Olivia Solow-Niederman and Mary Armintrout. OMPR (Olivia and Mary Public Radio) podcast series focuses on the unique challenges that female leaders face at Vanderbilt and in Nashville, Tennessee. Olivia...
Dr. Robert McRuer, “Crip Times 2018: Queer/Disability Politics in a Post-Truth Era”
Apr. 5, 2018—On March 27, 2018, Dr. Robert McRuer, Professor of English at the George Washington University, gave a talk entitled, “Crip Times 2018: Queer/Disability Politics in a Post-Truth Era.” The talk was based on his very recent book, Crip Times: Disability, Globalization, and Resistance, and included implications for his argument in the present moment.
Gender/Sexuality Matters with Edwin D. Real and Zoe Foster
Feb. 25, 2018—On Thursday, February 22, the Women’s and Gender Studies Program hosted the second Gender/Sexuality Matters seminar of the spring 2018 semester. Edwin D. Real and Zoe Foster, transgender activists, discussed their experiences growing up and living as transgender and how these experiences inform their activism.
“Sin Big: Why Mary Daly’s Insights (and Her Limitations) Are Valuable to Us Now,” Jennifer Rycenga, San José State University, March 1, 1:10pm, Wilson 112
Feb. 21, 2018—“Sin Big: Why Mary Daly’s Insights (and Her Limitations) Are Valuable to Us Now” Mary Daly, radical feminist elemental philosopher (and sometime theologian) spurred much of feminist thought from the 1970s forward. Her work is provocative, historically important, and challenging. Is the work of these early radical feminist thinkers useful at all to us today?...
“The Transgender Community in Nashville” with Edwin D. Real and Zoe Foster, Transgender Activists, Thursday, February 22, 4-5:30pm, Buttrick 122
Feb. 19, 2018—Thursday, February 22, 4-5:30 in Buttrick 122 The Transgender Community in Nashville with Edwin D. Real and Zoe Foster, Transgender Activists Edwin D. Real is a transman currently working on trans issues outside of academia. Zoe Foster is a transwoman, early in transition and engaging with Nashville’s trans-community on multiple levels. They will share their...