Resistance Is Fertile honors the founding moment of the Institute for Research on Women & Gender, while speaking to the present. The institute was established because faculty members believed that research on women, gender, and sexuality required an institutional commitment to thrive. That belief was itself a form of resistance—to disciplinary silos, to marginalization, to … Read more
Please join the Global South Gender and Sexuality Studies (GS2) Collective for a lunchtime talk by Professor Raevin Jimenez from the Department of History at U-M. Professor Jimenez’s talk is titled “Gendered Mutualism in Southeast Africa: Personhood and Society in Deep-Time Historical Perspective.” Gendered Mutualism in Southeast Africa: Personhood and Society in Deep-Time Historical Perspective: This talk tells the … Read more
This talk offers a glimpse into the vast intellectual history of Third World feminisms in the decolonizing world in the 1970s and 1980s. I critically engage the possibilities and limits of the feminist epistemological revolution that emerged in the dark shadow of an earlier era of utopian internationalism, globalism, and non-alignment of the 1950s and … Read more
Abstract: What does it mean to be independent and “lead a life of one’s own,” when the state holds considerable power over individuals? Drawing on the deep theoretical tradition that connects large-scale demographic changes and the “pursuit of individualism,” I approach this question by examining individuals’ fertility ideations and behavior in contemporary China. Marshaling a … Read more
Please save the date for Prof. Evren Savcı’s lunchtime book talk “Queer in Translation: Sexual Politics Under Neoliberal Islam.” Lunch will be provided so please RSVP at this link by the end of day Wednesday, January 17, and let us know if you have any dietary restrictions. Please note that while the event will be held in person, a Zoom link can be … Read more
Panelists: Anna Bonnell Freidin, Jay Chrisostomo, Peggy McCracken, and Rafe Neis Moderator: Maya Barzilai Join Anna Bonnell Freidin, Jay Chrisostomo, and Peggy McCracken for a conversation about When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven: Rabbis and the Reproduction of Species, with author Rafe Neis, facilitated by Maya Barzilai. The University of Michigan College … Read more