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We are delighted to announce that Professor Gloria Wekker, Professor Emerita in Gender Studies, Utrecht University is the Diane Middlebrook and Carl Djerassi Visiting Professor for the Lent term 2026.Professor Wekker’s Visiting Professorship Lecture, ‘Still crazy after all those years; Revisiting Intersectionality ' will be held in the Yusuf Hamied…

We are delighted to announce that Professor Lila Abu-Lughod, Columbia University, will give the 'Juliet Mitchell Lecture' on 'Revisiting the Awkward Relationship of Feminism and Anthropology' at the McCrum Lecture Theatre, Corpus Christi College, Bene't Street, Cambridge on Wednesday 15 October 2025 at 5.30 pm. The lecture will be followed by a Q&A…

Many congratulations to Amelia Amemate (Dela), PhD in Multi-disciplinary Gender Studies, for winning the First Prize in the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) 2025 PhD Fieldwork Photography Competition for her photograph Threads of Survival.Caption:  In the swampy village of Kpordui in Ghana’s Volta Region, women craft aba mat…

The Gates Cambridge Trust has announced the 95 outstanding scholars and future leaders who will form the 25th cohort of Gates Cambridge Scholars. We are delighted to announce that Dr Sarah Knaus, PhD in Multi-Disciplinary Gender Studies, has been awarded a Gates US International Scholarship for 2025-26 and we send our warmest congratulations to Sar…

The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation has announced the recipients of its Scholarship and Mentorship programs for 2025. Sixteen doctoral students have distinguished themselves among more than 680 candidates. They come from ten universities across Canada as well as Cambridge and Imperial College London. These exceptional doctoral students were selec…

The Centre for Gender Studies will be hosting an event to mark the launch of Dr Farhana Afrin Rahman's book 'After the Exodus: Gender and Belonging in Bangladesh’s Rohingya Refugee Camps' (Cambridge University Press, 2024) on Wednesday 30 April at 5.00 pm in Room SG2, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge.The book examines how forced migr…

We are delighted to announce that the Centre for Gender Studies will be co-hosting a public talk with the Centre for Latin American Studies with Professor Mara Viveros Vigoya, Simón Bolívar Professor 2025; School of Gender Studies, Universidad Nacional de Columbia. Professor Viveros Vigoya's lecture on 'From the Centre to the Margins: Decolonial In…

Thirty-five of the most academically outstanding social leaders in the US have been selected to be part of the 2025 class of Gates Cambridge US Scholars at the University of Cambridge, marking the Scholarship’s 25th anniversary.We are delighted to announce that Muaz Chaudhry PhD in Multi-Disciplinary Gender Studies, has been awarded a Gates US Scho…

(Photo credit: Alexandra Lily Kather)On Monday 3 February 2025, the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), with the support of the University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies, is organising the panel '(Non-)Defining 'Gender' in the Crimes Against Humanity Draft: Possibilities, Alliances, and Strategies'. This roundtable event will b…

Professor Elizabeth A. Povinelli, Franz Boas Professor of Anthropology & Gender Studies, Columbia University, USA is the Diane Middlebrook and Carl Djerassi Visiting Professor for the Lent term 2025.Professor Povinelli’s Visiting Professorship Lecture, 'Alice Henry and the Collapse of the Western Plateau' was held in the Frankopan Hall, West Court,…

Dr Lauren Wilcox, Director of the UCCGS MPhil in Multi-disciplinary Gender Studies will be holding live Q&A sessions for prospective MPhil students via Zoom. If you would like to attend, please register online at the UCCGS Eventbrite Live MPhil Q&A for your preferred time-slot:Friday 8 November: 9.30 - 11.00 am GMTMonday 11 November: 5.00 - 6.30 pm…

We are delighted to welcome to the Centre Juliana Santos de Carvalho, Isaac Newton Trust Academic Career Development Fellow in Gender Studies and Human, Social, and Political Sciences (HSPS) at UCCGS and Downing College. Juliana's research focuses on feminist, decolonial, queer, and intersectional approaches to international law-making and internat…

UCCGS hosted an event to mark the end of our Gender and Technology Research Project on Friday 3 November 2023 at the Old Divinity School, St John's College, Cambridge. The event was held to celebrate a successful two years of The Good Robot Podcast, which now has over 40,000 downloads and to launch the volume Feminist AI: Critical Perspectives on I…

Fixed-term: 3 years.UCCGS and Downing College seek to appoint an Isaac Newton Trust Academic Career Development Fellow in Gender Studies and Human, Social, and Political Sciences. The Fellowship is a new opportunity for exceptional scholars to contribute to both research and teaching within a Department  and College environment, offering excellent …

The British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships2023-24 internal call deadline has been announced. If you wish to apply through the Centre for Gender Studies the deadline for applications is Wednesday 23 August 2023. The Fellowships have an early October deadline, with departmental selection of candidates occurring in September. Applicants must be UK o…