The Center for Gender Studies at The University of Chicago

Workshops

Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop

The Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop (GSSW) promotes studies of the ways in which gender and sexuality shape human experiences and are embedded in other social practices. It provides participants with an interdisciplinary forum for the development of critical perspectives on gender and sexuality. The workshop meets Tuesday afternoons in even weeks of the quarter to discuss pre-circulated papers written by University of Chicago graduate students, faculty, and visiting scholars. To maintain the workshop's interdisciplinary focus, this year's presentations come from many disciplines, including English, History, Law, Sociology, Religion, and Art.

Attendees are expected to read the paper in advance of the workshop meeting and the papers are made available on the CGS website or via our email list. If you are interested in being included on the workshop email list, please register using the link below or email this year's student coordinator, Sarah Imhoff (sarahi@uchicago.edu).

Join the Sexuality Gender Workshop mailing list.

All workshops are held on the first floor of the Center for Gender Studies, 5733 S. University Avenue, from 4:30 to 6:00 PM, unless stated otherwise.

FALL 2009 GSSW Presentations

October 6

Dorith Geva, Collegiate Assistant Professor in the Socicial Sciences, Harper Fellow, University of Chicago
French Conscription, Familial Authority, and European State Modernity

Friday, October 9, 10:30 AM

David Halperin, W.H. Auden Collegiate Professor of the History and Theory of Sexuality, University of Michigan
How To Be Gay: Male Homosexuality as a Cultural Practice

October 20

Elizabeth Hutcheon, CGS Fellow and graduate student in English, University of Chicago
Haunted by Medea: Negotiations of Gender, Rhetoric, and Maternity in Shakespeare

November 3

Steven Epstein, Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University
Discussing the Undiscussable: Queer Biocitizenship and the Gender and Sexual Politics of Anal Cancer

November 17

Joan Blakey, CGS Fellow and graduate student in Social Service Administration, University of Chicago
From Surviving to Thriving: African American Mothers Navigating Substance Abuse Treatment and Child Protection

December 1

Sian Beilock, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Chicago
Susan Levine, Professor of Psychology, University of Chicago
Learning Math and Spatial Skills: How Performance Stereotypes and Anxiety Impact Early Elementary School Student Achievement

See the CGS Events Calendar for Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop events.

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Regulating Family, Sex, and gender

Professor Mary Anne Case from the Law School at the University of Chicago has created this workshop to illustrate the breadth of subjects and methodologies covered by the regulation of family, sex, and gender. The workshop is intended for lawyers and non-lawyers alike.

The workshop will meet irregularly on Wednesday afternoons in the Winter and Spring from 4:00 to 5:30 PM in Room B of the Law School. Students may register to take the workshop for credit, but all interested persons are welcome at any sessions that interest them. Papers will be posted at the workshop site and e-mailed to a workshop mailing list. Anyone wishing to be be placed on the workshop mailing list papers and annoucements should send an e-mail to that effect to macase@law.uchicago.edu.

For more information and a look at the Family, Sex, and Gender Workshop schedule, go here or visit the CGS Events Calendar.

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