Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies

Iris Marion Young Award Nominations Open through October 6

Nominations for this year's Iris Marion Young Awards (Staff, Faculty, Graduate, and Undergraduate) are welcome through October 6. View the Call for Nominations here.

Spring term '17 graduate seminars:

GSWS2252: Theories of Gender & Sexuality, Prof. Nancy Glazener, Wed. 2:30-5:00

GSWS Fall Event Calendar Released

Click here to view a PDF of the GSWS Fall 2017 event lineup. All events are free and open to the public. We hope you are able to join us!

"Is Transracial the New Transgender?: Rogers Brubaker's Trans and Other Useful Tools for Analyzing a Contemporary Vitriolic Debate"

Since June 2015, when then-President of the NAACP chapter in Spokane, WA, Nkechi Amare Diallo, more commonly known under her birth name Rachel Dolezal, was outed as White by her birth parents, the question of transracialism has generated considerable controversy.

CFP: Colloquium on Gender/Sexuality and Childhood

Call for Papers: "Playing with Childhood in the Twenty-First Century," April 6-7, 2018

Interdisciplinary Programs to Host Graduate Orientation and Welcome

On August 31 in suite 401 Cathedral of Learning, the following five interdisciplinary programs in the humanities will host a joint orientation and welcome reception for graduate students interested in earning doctoral and master's certificates:

Free MOOC course: "Gender and Sexuality: Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace"

Pitt has just launched a new MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) through Coursera. The course Gender and Sexuality: Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace, will introduce learners to the field of gender, sexuality, and women's studies, and to LGBTQIA identities.

Fall 2017

GSWS is now closed for the summer, but do plan to come back for more in September. We have the trinity of gender studies scholars coming to visit in fall term: Kathryn Stockton, Gayle Rubin, Jack Halberstam. A year of events on the topic of "Gender and Childhood" (colloquium in April, grad seminar & undergrad course in fall term). And more. We're not stopping now.

Congratulations to Todd Reeser

Congratulations to GSWS Director Todd Reeser, whose book in sexuality studies Setting Plato Straight: Translating Ancient Sexuality in the Renaissance, won the 2017 Gordan book prize from the Renaissance Society of America. The selection committee offered this statement:

Undergraduate Symposium on Masculinities

We are currently seeking proposals for the Undergraduate Symposium on Masculinities!

Are you writing a seminar paper that discusses masculinities?

Are you working on a project related to masculinities that you would like to share with a wider audience?

Do you have a paper or project from a previous class that you would like to share?