Appropriating the aesthetics of fashion editorials and advertising, New York-based Marilyn Minter’s photorealist paintings examine banal realities, such as frozen peas or kitchen floors, often relegated to a hyper-feminized realm in popular culture and marketing, as well as contemporary notions of beauty and sensuality. Adding sweat, spit, hair, and dirt to the high-gloss veneer of … Read more
Marcia Bricker Halperin, Photographer The streets of New York City were filled with hundreds of cafeterias, self-service eating establishments, during the early to mid-20th Century. Their growth paralleled the rise of the office worker, women’s evolving roles in the work force, immigration, American love of efficiency and novelty, the growth of cities, the impact of … Read more
Kay Ulanday Barrett, poet, performer, and cultural strategist The Spectrum Center, Council for Disability Concerns, and School of Social Work DEI are very excited to host multi-talented brown trans disabled artist, Kay Ulanday Barrett this November. Kay is a poet, performer, and educator whose work has been supported and published by organizations including the UN … Read more
Navaneetha Mokkil, Assistant Professor at Center for Women’s Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi This talk reflects on the key interventions of Navaneetha Mokkil’s recently published book Unruly Figures: Queerness, Sex Work and the Politics of Sexuality in Kerala. Mokkil tracks the cultural practices through which sexual figures are produced in the public imagination and how … Read more
Daniela Catrileo, writer and performer The mapuche poet and feminist activist Daniela Catrileo will lead a workshop about mapuche poetry, with the reading of selected poems and the display of performances that exhibit the political tensions in the context of violence and displacement of mapuche people living in urban areas of what we call today … Read more
Irina Aristarkohva (Art & Design) Carol Jacobsen (Art & Design) Joanne Leonard (Art & Design) LeAnn Fields (University of Michigan Press) Omar Sosa-Tzec (Art & Design) Join us for a discussion about Feminist Art in Action with Stamps School of Art & Design Professors, Irina Aristarkhova, Carol Jacobsen and Joanne Leonard moderated by LeAnn Fields, Senior Executive Editor, … Read more
Marcia Bricker Halperin, Photographer Jennifer Friess, UMMA Assistant Curator of Photography Remarks at 4:30 pm. The streets of New York City were filled with hundreds of cafeterias, self-service eating establishments, during the early to mid-20th Century. Their growth paralleled the rise of the office worker, women’s evolving roles in the work force, immigration, American love … Read more
Register on Eventbrite Schedule At-A-Glance for Thursday, November 19: 9:00AM – 10:30AM Panel: The Politics of Women’s Power 10:45AM – 12:15PM Discussion: Sexuality & Reproductive Rights 1:00PM – 2:30PM Panel: Transnational Feminisms, Women, & Conflict 3:00PM – 4:15PM Book Talk: Jewish Women and Power 4:30PM – 6:00PM Panel: Women’s Suffrage & Political Participation: Historical Examinations 6:15PM – 6:30PM Keynote with … Read more
E. Patrick Johnson, Carlos Montezuma Professor of Performance Studies and African American Studies at Northwestern University with reception and book signing by Literati Presented by the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. Cosponsored with the Women’s Studies Department and the Lesbian-Gay-Queer Research Initiative of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender E. Patrick Johnson has … Read more
Anonymous Autonomous is a robotic art installation being developed by Katherine Behar, Artist in Residence at the University of Michigan, together with a team of U-M students. As the Fall 2019 semester draws to a close, we invite the U-M community to meet the team and see the work in progress with live demos of … Read more
We’re kicking off Health and Wellness Week with a very special keynote speaker, Dr. Joy Saniyah! She will be presenting based on the question: “what is right with you?” and talking about what you can do to improve your overall wellness while focusing on your strengths. Register for this event and other HWW events at: http://bit.ly/LGBTQHealthReg … Read more
Due to the recent events related to the COVID-19 virus, all U-M events on campus convening 100 people or more have been canceled until at least April 21, 2020. Because the Summer Institute draws a large global audience, it is with deep regret we are canceling the 3rd Annual Global Reproductive and Sexual Health Summer Institute, May 7-8, … Read more