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We are pleased to announce that the Centre is hosting a public talk on 'Modernity, Decoloniality, Violence: Towards a Feminist Dialogue across the South' with Professor Mary E. John, Professor Emerita, Centre for Women's Development Studies, New Delhi on Wednesday 13 May at 5.00 pm. The talk will be held in Seminar Room S1, Second Floor, Alison Ric…

This public talk hosted by UCCGS, will examine how policymakers seek to increase women's military presence and how such an approach affects women's military experiences. Using Taiwan as a case study, one of the most vulnerable states in the world due to China's threat to invade, Dr Shan-Jan Sarah Liu, University of Edinburgh, will discuss how inter…

Masculinity, Silence and Survival in Competitive Hockey.In this public talk hosted by UCCGS, Matt Kenny shared his experience of growing up and competing in elite hockey, while closeted, and what it meant to navigate a culture shaped by deeply ingrained ideas of masculinity. Through personal storytelling, he reflected on the locker room dynamics, l…

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…