Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies

Iris Marion Young Award Nominations Due December 15

Nominations for this year's Iris Marion Young Awards (Staff, Faculty, Graduate, and Undergraduate) are welcome through December 15. View the Call for Nominations here.

GSWS Certificate Student Presents Doctoral Research at Public Panel in Buenos Aires, Argentina

María Lis Baiocchi, a GSWS doctoral certificate student from the Department of Anthropology, was an invited speaker at a public panel on Migration and Care Work in Argentina, where on October 30th 2018 she presented a paper entitled "Affective Capital and Labor Rights of Migrant Domestic Workers." The panel was organized by the Study Group on Migra

GSWS Seeking Lecturer in Gender and Science

The Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies (GSWS) Program at the University of Pittsburgh invites applications for a non-tenure-steam lecturer position in the area of gender and science.

Pending budgetary approval, the position will begin in fall 2019 with an initial three-year contract, with the possibility of obtaining renewable three-year contracts after satisfactory performance reviews.

Support LGBTQIA+ Research & Outreach at Pitt

Dear Alumni/ae and Friends of Pitt’s Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies (GSWS) Program:

GSWS Director Todd Reeser Awarded International Fellowship

The European Institutes for Advanced Study (EURIAS) Fellowship Programme has awarded Pitt faculty member Todd Reeser a senior residential fellowship based at the Collegium de Lyon, an interdisciplinary research center in Lyon, France.

Gender/Child Conference Program Available

The program draft is now available:

https://www.playingwithchildhood.com/program/

Women’s History Month Tours at Heinz Memorial Chapel

Monday through Friday at 12:00pm and 3:00pm, March 2018

Fall '18: New Gender/Sexuality LLC

In partnership with the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies (GSWS) Program, this LLC provides students with gender-neutral housing as well as the opportunity to participate in both programming and a one-credit course on LGBTQIA+ communities. Students in this community will share a floor section and bathroom with students of all gender-identities and have a resident assistant (RA) who is focused on supporting an inclusive community. During the fall semester of their first year in the LLC, students will be required to enroll in GSWS0002: LGBTQIA+ Communities, taught by Prof.

Are you writing a seminar paper that discusses children/childhood?
Do you have a paper or project from a previous class that you would like to share?
Are you working on a project related to children/childhood that you would like to share with a wider audience?

AF Jenny Johnson, poete extraordinaire

Affiliated Faculty Member, known for her queer poetry, has just been featured on the cover of Poets and Writers magazine (and on the inside of the magazine too):

https://www.pw.org/content/januaryfebruary_2018

https://www.pw.org/content/the_whole_self_our_thirteenth_annual_look_at_...