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When I am reading online and offline newspapers, I am struck by the constant barrage of articles, editorials, and commentaries about the relentless misogyny in the world. Some topics seem to have regained visibility. One of them is the issue of sexual violence and rape. It was initially brought out into the open during the […]
Postion: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Race and Gender History Institution: Rutgers University, New Brunswick Period: One-Year Appointment Application Deadline: 15 March 2015 Contact: Professor Deborah Gray White, Post-Doc Search Chair Official Posting (https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=50356): The Department of History at Rutgers University announces a post-doctoral fellowship for scholars pursuing research in race and gender studies. The successful applicant must have the doctorate in hand at […]
Call for Papers: Panels “Proliferating Minoritized Bodies and Knowledges in the University” and “Another University Is Possible: Praxis, Activism, and the Promise of Critical Pedagogy”. Working Group: (Women & Queer) of Color Critique Working Group of The Cultural Studies Association. Location: Riverside Convention Center, Riverside, Greater Los Angeles Area, California. Dates: 21-24 May, 2015. Deadline for Abstracts: 15 Feb […]
Postion: Director & Professor, Women’s & Gender Studies Program. Institution: Iowa State University. Start Date: August 16, 2015. Application Deadline: 16 January 2015 (review process begins), 7 February 2015 (closing date). Contact: Mary Ann Dzuback, Director, WGSS Search Committee. Official Posting (https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=50307): Iowa State University Director & Professor – Women’s & Gender Studies Program View complete details and application instructions […]
Postion: Post-Doctoral Fellow In Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Institution: Washington University in St. Louis Period: Two-Year Appointment Application Deadline: 1 February 2015 Contact: Mary Ann Dzuback, Director, WGSS Search Committee Official Posting: (https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=50323) The Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Washington University in St. Louis seeks to fill a two-year post-doctoral appointment to begin in the 2015-16 academic […]
Call for Papers: Religion Interruptus: The Affects of Sex, Politics, and Bodies (Graduate Student Conference). Keynote Speaker: Lynne Huffer, Emory University. Location: Syracuse University, Syracuse NY. Deadline for Abstracts: 10 Jan 2015. Contact: SUReligionConference[at]gmail.com. Official Posting: The Religion Graduate Organization invites you to submit paper and panel proposals to the semi-annual Religion Graduate Conference, Religion Interruptus: The Affects […]
Call for Papers: Third World Women and the Politics of Difference in Feminist Representations. Location: Lahore College for Women University, Lahore Pakistan. Deadline for Abstracts (200-250 words): 15 January 2015. Deadline for Limited Travel Grant ($500 max): 15 December 2014. Contact: Dr. Sadia Zulfiquar (sadiazee7[at]hotmail.com). Official Posting (http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=218016): Third World Women and the Politics of Difference in Feminist Representations 13th-14th March […]
Dungeons can be in our minds where we hold people captive to the illusions we have about them, but we think they are real, they are true, they are valid, and they sanction our treatment of them. . .and ourselves. They can be where we hold ourselves captive and believe the illusions we are told […]
A version of this blog was posted previously at The Huffington Post. It is an unsettling thing, sitting next to a Christmas tree and attempting to put heartsickness into words. Christmas is supposed to be a time of glad tidings and good cheer–twinkling lights, red noses, warm mittens. But under the iconic neon of Times Square […]
As I read the rape and sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby, I am disgusted to the point where I am nauseous. Why have the allegations gone uninvestigated for so long? I grew up on The Cosby Show. When I introduce my oldest son, everyone in my generation thinks I named him after Theo Huxtable. […]