Faculty-Led Program Areas Have a New Name & Approaching Deadline
November 7, 2022 In response to the changing needs of our community, IRWG has been rethinking some of our long standing programs. Faculty-Led Program Areas will now have an annual call and an initial program period of two years with the possibility of renewal. They also have a newly defined purpose, are open to all ...
A Word from IRWG Director, Anna Kirkland, Fall 2019
September 20, 2019 Happiness research tells us that meaningful relationships and meaningful work make us happy. As researchers, we need to form interesting collaborations with others on campus. We need spaces and opportunities to talk about ideas and meet each other. It can be very hard to do that with days filled with teaching, meetings, ...
New Research Collaborations: Building Scholarly Community to Address Big Questions
Under Anna Kirkland’s directorship, IRWG is growing as a networking hub for research collaborations that seek to tackle big societal issues related to gender. “Questions about gender are everywhere, but on a large, decentralized campus like Michigan’s, it can be hard for researchers to connect. This is where IRWG comes in,” explains Professor Kirkland. Three ...
Transnational Feminist Summer Institute
Last month, the “Transnational Feminist Histories” project of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender hosted a nine-day feminist summer institute, organized by Professor Wang Zheng. Participants included young feminist students and scholars from China, the University of Michigan, and diverse locations globally who have been working on the history of international socialist feminism. ...