University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies
@cambridgegender.bsky.social
World-leading research and teaching on all aspects of gender and sexuality across the disciplines at the University of Cambridge. MPhil and PhD degrees. www.gender.cam.ac.uk.
Tomorrow 1/12 (12:30-1:30, ARB S1), Princess Banda of Oxford shares her research on The Crisis of Reproductive Necropolitics and Obstetric Racism in England's (Black) Maternal Health Landscape. Join us in person or online: www.gender.cam.ac.uk/Events/gende...
November 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Tomorrow 1/12 (12:30-1:30, ARB S1), Princess Banda of Oxford shares her research on The Crisis of Reproductive Necropolitics and Obstetric Racism in England's (Black) Maternal Health Landscape. Join us in person or online: www.gender.cam.ac.uk/Events/gende...
Tomorrow 17 Nov we are welcoming Prof Sarah Dillon of the Cambridge English Faculty for a talk ""Pryce's Buoy": Alan Turing's Short Story and Homosexual Literature." All welcome to join us in person in ARB S1 at 12:30 or online at the link in the poster!
November 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Tomorrow 17 Nov we are welcoming Prof Sarah Dillon of the Cambridge English Faculty for a talk ""Pryce's Buoy": Alan Turing's Short Story and Homosexual Literature." All welcome to join us in person in ARB S1 at 12:30 or online at the link in the poster!
MPhil and PhD admissions are open and we have exciting new funding for PhDs! Book an open day spot for Tuesday here: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/openday
and check out live Q and A with MPhil and PhD Directors this week as well: www.gender.cam.ac.uk/news/live-qa...
and check out live Q and A with MPhil and PhD Directors this week as well: www.gender.cam.ac.uk/news/live-qa...
November 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
MPhil and PhD admissions are open and we have exciting new funding for PhDs! Book an open day spot for Tuesday here: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/openday
and check out live Q and A with MPhil and PhD Directors this week as well: www.gender.cam.ac.uk/news/live-qa...
and check out live Q and A with MPhil and PhD Directors this week as well: www.gender.cam.ac.uk/news/live-qa...
Don't miss a visit on Monday 3 Nov from our PhD alum Dr Hakan Sandal-Wilson, speaking on his research "Kurdish and Queer Struggles for Democracy and Peace: Transformative Dialogues". 12:30-1:30 ARB S1
October 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Don't miss a visit on Monday 3 Nov from our PhD alum Dr Hakan Sandal-Wilson, speaking on his research "Kurdish and Queer Struggles for Democracy and Peace: Transformative Dialogues". 12:30-1:30 ARB S1
Join us on Monday 3 Nov at 12:30 for the return of our alum Dr Hakan Sandal-Wilson of the LSE, speaking on his research "Kurdish and Queer Struggles for Democracy and Peace: Transformative Dialogues" ARB S1, all welcome! www.gender.cam.ac.uk/Events/gende...
October 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Join us on Monday 3 Nov at 12:30 for the return of our alum Dr Hakan Sandal-Wilson of the LSE, speaking on his research "Kurdish and Queer Struggles for Democracy and Peace: Transformative Dialogues" ARB S1, all welcome! www.gender.cam.ac.uk/Events/gende...
We're pleased to announce Prof Lila Abu-Lughod of Columbia University as this year's Juliet Mitchell lecturer. Join us 15 October 17:30 at the McCrum theater for her talk "Revisiting the Awkward Relationship of Feminism and Anthropology." Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-juliet...
September 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
We're pleased to announce Prof Lila Abu-Lughod of Columbia University as this year's Juliet Mitchell lecturer. Join us 15 October 17:30 at the McCrum theater for her talk "Revisiting the Awkward Relationship of Feminism and Anthropology." Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-juliet...
Congrats to our Dela Amemate for winning the POLIS Fieldwork Photography Contest! Her image "Threads of Survival" shows aba mats from Ghana’s Volta Region. "These mats are more than products—they’re currency, sustenance, and a form of agency for women supporting their families." Link below!
July 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Congrats to our Dela Amemate for winning the POLIS Fieldwork Photography Contest! Her image "Threads of Survival" shows aba mats from Ghana’s Volta Region. "These mats are more than products—they’re currency, sustenance, and a form of agency for women supporting their families." Link below!
It's tomorrow, 21 May! Join us with IR/Hist to welcome Prof Patricia Owens @whitproject.bsky.social to talk about her book "Erased: A History of International Thought without Men" at 5pm ARB SG2 (that's ground floor by the cafe), drinks to follow! @campolis.bsky.social @ansteecentre.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It's tomorrow, 21 May! Join us with IR/Hist to welcome Prof Patricia Owens @whitproject.bsky.social to talk about her book "Erased: A History of International Thought without Men" at 5pm ARB SG2 (that's ground floor by the cafe), drinks to follow! @campolis.bsky.social @ansteecentre.bsky.social
Don't miss next Wed's talk by Prof Patricia Owens @whitproject.bsky.social on her new book "Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men": 21 May, 5pm, ARB SG2, drinks to follow! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
May 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Don't miss next Wed's talk by Prof Patricia Owens @whitproject.bsky.social on her new book "Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men": 21 May, 5pm, ARB SG2, drinks to follow! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
It's tomorrow! We're excited for Prof Mara Viveros Vigoya's talk "From the Centre to the Margins: Decolonial Intersectionality" that we're hosting with our friends @clascam.bsky.social. 5pm, ARB SG2. All welcome, drinks/snacks afterward! @camsociology.bsky.social @campolis.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It's tomorrow! We're excited for Prof Mara Viveros Vigoya's talk "From the Centre to the Margins: Decolonial Intersectionality" that we're hosting with our friends @clascam.bsky.social. 5pm, ARB SG2. All welcome, drinks/snacks afterward! @camsociology.bsky.social @campolis.bsky.social
Celebrate Dr Farhana Afrin Rahman's book launch of "After the Exodus" with us on Wed 30 April, 5pm ARB SG2! www.gender.cam.ac.uk/news/book-la...
April 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Celebrate Dr Farhana Afrin Rahman's book launch of "After the Exodus" with us on Wed 30 April, 5pm ARB SG2! www.gender.cam.ac.uk/news/book-la...
We're looking forward to a talk "From the Centre to the Margins: Decolonial Intersectionality" by Simon Bolivar Professor Mara Viveros Vigoya, co-hosted with @clascam.bsky.social on 7 May! All welcome.
April 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
We're looking forward to a talk "From the Centre to the Margins: Decolonial Intersectionality" by Simon Bolivar Professor Mara Viveros Vigoya, co-hosted with @clascam.bsky.social on 7 May! All welcome.
Congratulations to our recent PhD Farhana Afrin Rahman, shortlisted for the BISA L.H.M Ling Outstanding First Book Prize for "After the Exodus: Gender and Belonging in Bangladesh's Rohingya Refugee Camps."
www.bisa.ac.uk/news/lhm-lin...
More on Farhana's work: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/news/farhana...
www.bisa.ac.uk/news/lhm-lin...
More on Farhana's work: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/news/farhana...
March 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Congratulations to our recent PhD Farhana Afrin Rahman, shortlisted for the BISA L.H.M Ling Outstanding First Book Prize for "After the Exodus: Gender and Belonging in Bangladesh's Rohingya Refugee Camps."
www.bisa.ac.uk/news/lhm-lin...
More on Farhana's work: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/news/farhana...
www.bisa.ac.uk/news/lhm-lin...
More on Farhana's work: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/news/farhana...
We are delighted that Muaz Chaudhry has won a Gates Scholarship to do their PhD with us! They will work on determinants and consequences of labor market exclusion for trans and queer communities in South Asia. Read their bio here: www.gatescambridge.org/biography/19...
@gatescambridge.bsky.social
@gatescambridge.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We are delighted that Muaz Chaudhry has won a Gates Scholarship to do their PhD with us! They will work on determinants and consequences of labor market exclusion for trans and queer communities in South Asia. Read their bio here: www.gatescambridge.org/biography/19...
@gatescambridge.bsky.social
@gatescambridge.bsky.social
Join us Monday 12:30 for Dr Shannon Philip of @camsociology.bsky.social and their talk "Corporate Machismo: Gender Inequalities and Sexual Harassment in Corporate Offices in Postcolonial India and South Africa." 12:30 ARB S1 or online: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/corporate-...
March 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Join us Monday 12:30 for Dr Shannon Philip of @camsociology.bsky.social and their talk "Corporate Machismo: Gender Inequalities and Sexual Harassment in Corporate Offices in Postcolonial India and South Africa." 12:30 ARB S1 or online: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/corporate-...
Join us for the Multi-disciplinary Gender Research Seminar Monday 12:30 for our own PhD student Aaron Muldoon's presentation on his PhD "Pink Arcadia: Collective Memory and Contemporary Queer Culture." ARB S1 or online: www.gender.cam.ac.uk/Events/gende...
March 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Join us for the Multi-disciplinary Gender Research Seminar Monday 12:30 for our own PhD student Aaron Muldoon's presentation on his PhD "Pink Arcadia: Collective Memory and Contemporary Queer Culture." ARB S1 or online: www.gender.cam.ac.uk/Events/gende...
It's today! Join us at 5:30 at Jesus College Intellectual Forum for Middlebrook/Djerassi Visiting Professor Elizabeth Povinelli's talk "Alice Henry and the Collapse of the Western Plateau". All welcome, drinks reception to follow.
February 27, 2025 at 10:10 AM
It's today! Join us at 5:30 at Jesus College Intellectual Forum for Middlebrook/Djerassi Visiting Professor Elizabeth Povinelli's talk "Alice Henry and the Collapse of the Western Plateau". All welcome, drinks reception to follow.
It's tomorrow, 27 Feb! Please join us for a public lecture from Middlebrook/Djerassi Visiting Professor Elizabeth Povinelli, 5:30 at Jesus College Intellectual Forum.
February 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It's tomorrow, 27 Feb! Please join us for a public lecture from Middlebrook/Djerassi Visiting Professor Elizabeth Povinelli, 5:30 at Jesus College Intellectual Forum.
Don't forget, Middlebrook/Djerassi VP Elizabeth Povinelli's public lecture is this Thursday Feb 27, 5:30 at Jesus College Intellectual Forum. Not to be missed!
February 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Don't forget, Middlebrook/Djerassi VP Elizabeth Povinelli's public lecture is this Thursday Feb 27, 5:30 at Jesus College Intellectual Forum. Not to be missed!
Coming up Monday in the Multi-disciplinary Gender Research Seminar! Dr Victoria Showunmi speaks on "Visible, invisible: Black women in higher education". Attend in person, 12:30-1:30, ARB S1 or sign up online:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/visible-in...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/visible-in...
February 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Coming up Monday in the Multi-disciplinary Gender Research Seminar! Dr Victoria Showunmi speaks on "Visible, invisible: Black women in higher education". Attend in person, 12:30-1:30, ARB S1 or sign up online:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/visible-in...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/visible-in...
Tomorrow (Mon) 12:30! Dr Charlotte Knowles joins us online from Groningen to talk about "This is what a philosopher looks like: An exclusionary norm?" Sign up for a zoom link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/this-is-wh...
February 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Tomorrow (Mon) 12:30! Dr Charlotte Knowles joins us online from Groningen to talk about "This is what a philosopher looks like: An exclusionary norm?" Sign up for a zoom link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/this-is-wh...
Don't miss this talk tomorrow by our former Visiting Professor, Bina Agarwal:
February 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Don't miss this talk tomorrow by our former Visiting Professor, Bina Agarwal:
Also coming up Monday! 10am-12pm, a panel moderated by our own Dr Juliana Santos de Carvalho, with the Lauterpacht Centre, on defining(or not!) Gender in the Crimes against Humanity draft. More information here: www.lcil.cam.ac.uk/press/events...
January 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Also coming up Monday! 10am-12pm, a panel moderated by our own Dr Juliana Santos de Carvalho, with the Lauterpacht Centre, on defining(or not!) Gender in the Crimes against Humanity draft. More information here: www.lcil.cam.ac.uk/press/events...
We're excited to welcome Elizabeth Povinelli soon as our Middlebrook/Djerassi Visiting Professor! Come see her public talk on 27 Feb at Jesus College.
January 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
We're excited to welcome Elizabeth Povinelli soon as our Middlebrook/Djerassi Visiting Professor! Come see her public talk on 27 Feb at Jesus College.
Mark your calendars! Djerassi/Middlebrook Prof Elizabeth Povinelli's lecture "Alice Henry and the Collapse of the Western Plateau" 27 Feb! @intellforum.bsky.social Will be recorded.
January 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Mark your calendars! Djerassi/Middlebrook Prof Elizabeth Povinelli's lecture "Alice Henry and the Collapse of the Western Plateau" 27 Feb! @intellforum.bsky.social Will be recorded.