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Thu, 09/26/2024

Jeanne Vaccaro (Assistant Professor of Gender Studies and Museum Studies, University of Kansas), and Jennifer Doyle (Professor of English, University of California, Riverside) present "Scientia Sexualis"

Scientia Sexualis, is an exhibition by an ambitious group survey of contemporary artists whose works take up the fraught relationship between sex and science.
Fri, 09/06/2024

Congrats to Jeanne Vaccaro (Museum Studies/WGSS) who was awarded an M-AAA Fellowship!

Vaccaro is one of sixteen artists awarded the Mid-America Arts Alliance Fellowship to Ignite Social Change.
Mon, 05/13/2024

Our Wonderful MA Graduates!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Tue, 04/30/2024

HUGE Congratulations to these WGSS Superstars!

Their impressive accomplishments are truly well deserved. We wish you all the best in the future!
Tue, 12/12/2023

Two WGSS PhD Alums have now published books!

Congrats to Corinne Schwarz and Jo Kipgen! In Policing Victimhood: Human Trafficking, Frontline Work, and the Carceral State, Schwarz examines critical issues in crime and society. Kippen contributes to an understudied area in Reproductive Politics in India: The Case of Sex-Selective Abortion. ...

Tue, 12/12/2023

$1M Mellon Foundation grant will boost transgender studies at KU

LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas Department of Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies has received a $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to deepen the department’s work in transgender studies. ...

Wed, 11/29/2023

'Masculine Pregnancies' reveals literary relationship between artistic creation and procreation

Tue, 11/07/2023

Cease Fire Statement

To borrow the words of Ibram X. Kendi, the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies department faculty, “stand in solidarity with all Israelis and Palestinians who are grieving the loss of their loved ones, who are grieving the destruction of the homes and neighborhoods—who are grieving as they lay in the...

Tue, 11/07/2023

Cease Fire Statement

To borrow the words of Ibram X. Kendi, the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies department faculty, “stand in solidarity with all Israelis and Palestinians who are grieving the loss of their loved ones, who are grieving the destruction of the homes and neighborhoods—who are grieving as they lay in the...

Thu, 11/02/2023

New Book Network Podcast explores new book by Akiko Takeyama (Opens in new window)

In a world dominated by the notion of autonomy, free choice, and consent, Akiko Takeyama takes us on a thought-provoking journey into the heart of Japan's adult video industry in her groundbreaking book, Involuntary Consent, The Illusion of Choice in Japan's Adult Video Industry. ...

Thu, 11/02/2023

New Book Network Podcast explores new book by Akiko Takeyama (Opens in new window)

In a world dominated by the notion of autonomy, free choice, and consent, Akiko Takeyama takes us on a thought-provoking journey into the heart of Japan's adult video industry in her groundbreaking book, Involuntary Consent, The Illusion of Choice in Japan's Adult Video Industry. ...

Fri, 10/27/2023

New York Book Review Features Nick Syrett

by Nicholas L. Syrett...

Fri, 10/27/2023

New York Book Review Features Nick Syrett

by Nicholas L. Syrett...

Thu, 09/21/2023

Two KU doctoral students receive Fulbright-Hays dissertation award

LAWRENCE — Two doctoral candidates at the University of Kansas have been awarded the prestigious Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Award, receiving a combined $92,000 to conduct research in South America. ...

Thu, 08/24/2023

Trans identity and Catalan independence share key perspectives, research finds

LAWRENCE – When Marta Vicente was researching various aspects of transgender identity, one surprising word kept coming up: colonialism. ...

Sat, 12/24/2022

Lawrence Times Highlights Ayesha Hardison's Work with History of Black Writing

Oftentimes, Black people are lumped into one box. An online literature exhibit by University of Kansas students works to show the range of cultures and lived experiences among Black people across the western hemisphere. ...

Sat, 12/24/2022

Lawrence Times Highlights Ayesha Hardison's Work with History of Black Writing

Oftentimes, Black people are lumped into one box. An online literature exhibit by University of Kansas students works to show the range of cultures and lived experiences among Black people across the western hemisphere. ...

Fri, 05/13/2022

Stacey Vanderhurst Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Nigeria

LAWRENCE — Stacey Vanderhurst, University of Kansas assistant professor of women, gender & sexuality studies, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to study how Nigerian women are fighting harassment in public spaces. ...

Fri, 05/13/2022

Stacey Vanderhurst Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Nigeria

LAWRENCE — Stacey Vanderhurst, University of Kansas assistant professor of women, gender & sexuality studies, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to study how Nigerian women are fighting harassment in public spaces. ...

Sat, 03/26/2022

Pere DeRoy Authors Report on Hate Crimes in Guyana

Two NGOs have collaborated to analyze the prevalence of hate crimes in Guyana with a view to helping to protect those persons and groups that suffer from these crimes. ...

Sat, 03/26/2022

Pere DeRoy Authors Report on Hate Crimes in Guyana

Two NGOs have collaborated to analyze the prevalence of hate crimes in Guyana with a view to helping to protect those persons and groups that suffer from these crimes. ...

Mon, 02/07/2022

Alesha Doan & Elise Higgins co-author study on abortion politics and social media

Mon, 02/07/2022

Alesha Doan & Elise Higgins co-author study on abortion politics and social media

Thu, 02/03/2022

FiveThirtyEight Talks to Alesha Doan

This kind of tactic is increasingly familiar in politics today. Republican politicians, in particular, build entire campaigns around false or misleading information, then implement policies that respond to those falsehoods, cementing them further in our political landscape. ...

Thu, 02/03/2022

FiveThirtyEight Talks to Alesha Doan

This kind of tactic is increasingly familiar in politics today. Republican politicians, in particular, build entire campaigns around false or misleading information, then implement policies that respond to those falsehoods, cementing them further in our political landscape. ...

Tue, 11/30/2021

Akiko Takeyama Wins Racial Equity Grant

LAWRENCE – Addressing disparities in the child welfare system, prioritizing racial equity in flood management and reclaiming the stories of displaced Black and Latinx communities are among the goals of 10 projects selected for the inaugural round of KU Racial Equity Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity Awards. ...

Tue, 11/30/2021

Akiko Takeyama Wins Racial Equity Grant

LAWRENCE – Addressing disparities in the child welfare system, prioritizing racial equity in flood management and reclaiming the stories of displaced Black and Latinx communities are among the goals of 10 projects selected for the inaugural round of KU Racial Equity Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity Awards. ...

Tue, 10/05/2021

Marta Vicente's Research Explores Connections Between Trans Identity & Medicine

LAWRENCE — The endeavor of individuals who want to medically change their gender has become a hot-button topic in contemporary society. But it’s actually been part of the cultural dialogue for more than a century. ...

Tue, 10/05/2021

Marta Vicente's Research Explores Connections Between Trans Identity & Medicine

LAWRENCE — The endeavor of individuals who want to medically change their gender has become a hot-button topic in contemporary society. But it’s actually been part of the cultural dialogue for more than a century. ...