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Diane Middlebrook and Carl Djerassi Visiting Professor: Lent term 2026

13 January 2026

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 '...

The Juliet Mitchell Lecture: Professor Lila Abu-Lughod

4 September 2025

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...

Amelia Amemate: Winner of the POLIS PhD fieldwork photography competition 2025

31 July 2025

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...

UCCGS Gates International Scholar-elect: Dr Sarah Knaus

15 May 2025

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...

Leah Schmidt: Trudeau Scholarship 2025

15 May 2025

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...

Book Launch for 'After the Exodus: Gender and Belonging in Bangladesh's Rohingya Refugee Camps': Dr Farhana Afrin Rahman

4 April 2025

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...

From the Centre to the Margins: Decolonial Intersectionality: Professor Mara Viveros Vigoya

3 April 2025

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...

UCCGS Gates US Scholar-elect: Muaz Chaudhry

25 March 2025

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...

Panel: '(Non-)Defining 'Gender' in the Crimes Against Humanity Draft: Possibilities, Alliances, and Strategies'

28 January 2025

(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...

The Diane Middlebrook and Carl Djerassi Visiting Professor: Lent term 2025

4 December 2024

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...