Aimee Meredith Cox, PhD, returns to U-M to discuss her recent book Shapeshifters. In this book, Cox explores how young Black women in a Detroit homeless shelter contest stereotypes, critique their status as partial citizens, and negotiate poverty, racism, and gender violence to create and imagine lives for themselves. Based on eight years of fieldwork at … Read more
Ozzie and Harriet, move over. A new couple is moving into the neighborhood. In the postmodern era, advances in medical technologies allow some individuals categorized female at birth to live in accordance with their gender identities, as men. While a growing body of literature on transgender men’s experiences has come to the forefront, relatively little … Read more
Wang Zheng, Professor of Women’s Studies and History; Research Scientist, Institute for Research on Women and Gender Mary E. Gallagher, Professor, Department of Political Science; Director, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Kathleen Canning, Sonya O. Rose Collegiate Professor, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Department of History This panel of U-M faculty members will discuss the recent … Read more
Anna Kirkland, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor; Associate Professor of Women’s Studies and Political Science; Associate Director, IRWG Shobita Parthasarathy, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Women’s Studies; Director, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program Peter D. Jacobson, Professor of Health Law and Policy, Director, Center for Law, Ethics, and Health This panel of U-M faculty members will discuss the … Read more
Matthew Desmond, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences and codirector of the Justice and Poverty Project, Harvard University, author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Alex Kotlowitz, award-winning journalist and author of There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America Matthew Desmond and Alex … Read more
How has the modern conservative movement thrived in spite of the lack of harmony among its constituent members? What, and who, holds together its large corporate interests, small-government libertarians, social and racial traditionalists, and evangelical Christians? In his new book, Raised Right: Fatherhood in Modern American Conservatism (Stanford University Press, 2017), Jeffrey R. Dudas, pursues … Read more
From the Women in Black vigils and Dyke marches to the Million Mom March, women have seized a dynamic role in early twenty-first century protest. The varied demonstrations–whether about gender, sexuality, war, or other issues–share significant characteristics as space-claiming performances in and of themselves beyond their place in any broader movement. Elizabeth Currans blends feminist, … Read more
Rita Chin, Professor of History Kristin Dickinson, Assistant Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures Damani Partridge, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Afroamerican and African Studies In 2010, the leaders of Germany, Britain, and France each declared that multiculturalism had failed in their countries. Over the past decade, a growing consensus in Europe has voiced similar … Read more
Jennifer Robertson, Professor of Anthropology, History of Art, Women’s Studies, and Art and Design; Affiliate Faculty, Robotics Institute Joy Rohde, Associate Professor of Public Policy and History Alexandra Stern, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Culture, History, and Women’s Studies; Chair, Department of American Culture Japan is arguably the first postindustrial society to embrace the prospect of human-robot … Read more
Introduction by David Halperin, W. H. Auden Distinguished University Professor of the History and Theory of Sexuality, Professor of English Language and Literature, Women’s Studies, and Classical Studies Discussants: Clare Croft, Associate Professor of Dance Gayle Rubin, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Women’s Studies Join LGQRI in celebrating Esther Newton’s forthcoming memoir. During her difficult childhood, Esther Newton recalls … Read more
Amal Hassan Fadlalla, Associate Professor, Women’s Studies, Anthropology, Afroamerican and African Studies Sandra Gunning, Professor, Afroamerican and African Studies, and American Culture Victor Mendoza, Associate Professor, English and Women’s Studies; Faculty Associate, Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Program, and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies The Save Darfur movement gained an international following, garnering widespread international … Read more
In the era of Donald Trump, many lower- and middle-class white Americans are drawn to politicians who pledge to make their lives great again. But, the policies that result actually place white Americans at ever-greater risk of sickness and death. Physician Jonathan M. Metzl’s quest to understand the health implications of “backlash governance” leads him … Read more