Events

 

IRWG hosts a wide variety of lectures, panel discussions, symposia, and other events to stimulate conversations and share new scholarship related to women, gender, and sexuality. Our events appeal to a university audience as well as the general public, and are always free of charge. We feature speakers from a variety of academic disciplines, from U-M as well as from other world-class institutions.

Many events are sponsored by IRWG affiliates, while others are part of ongoing series such as Gender: New Works, New Questions, or partnerships with other units and departments.

If you need accommodations to get the most out of an IRWG event, please contact our events planner Heidi Bennett at heidiab@umich.edu or 734-647-6394.

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Upcoming Events

Event Title and Date Event Summary
Barriers Beyond Roe
March 20, 2024 - 10:30am

"Barriers Beyond Roe" is an interdisciplinary workshop tackling the obstacles abortion providers encounter within the built environment."Barriers Beyond Roe" is an interdisciplinary workshop tackling the obstacles abortion providers encounter within the built environment.

A picture of a gallery with a yellow background and the words "Lori Brown" Lori Brown: Everywhere You Look
March 21, 2024 - 6:00pm

Lori will present an overview of key aspects of ongoing research, advocacy, and activism that have focused on topics from immigration and the border, equity within the built environment, to reproductive justice.

13th Annual U-M Pakistan Conference 13th Annual U-M Pakistan Conference | Undoing Linguistic Hegemony: Rethinking Belonging and Identity Through and Beyond Urdu
March 29, 2024 - 9:00am

This conference interrogates how studies on language use in Pakistan have been conceptualized and received. With an eye towards native linguistic diversity that has challenged colonial-nationalist notions of monolingualism, the 13th Annual Conference on Pakistan seeks to disentangle the relationships between national, regional, and local languages.

Riding the Leviathan: Gender, Fertility, and the Selfhood in Autocratic China
March 29, 2024 - 12:00pm

As a part of the Global South Gender and Sexuality Studies Collective Series, Professor Yun Zhou (U-M Department of Sociology) will be giving a talk examining social inequality and state-market-family relations through the lens of gender, marriage, and reproduction in China.

When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven
April 2, 2024 - 4:00pm

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.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.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.

A headshot of George Takei An Evening With George Takei
April 2, 2024 - 7:00pm

Takei shares the story of his family's forced internment as Japanese Americans during WWII, his remarkable journey as social media mega-power, and his passionate fght for LGBTQ rights and marriage equality in America empowering others to beat the odds and make a difference.

photo of Kevin Maillard Writing Beyond the Academy
April 3, 2024 - 5:30pm

 Professor Kevin Maillard (Syracuse University) will discuss engaging public audiences through journalism and children’s literature.

illustration of a person writing April IRWG Write-In
April 5, 2024 - 9:00am

Treat yourself to some structured writing time with the fabulous members of the IRWG community.

A blue image of a person holding up a flag. Words on the image display the title and date of the event. Donia Human Rights Center Panel | Human Rights in Nicaragua: From Dictatorship to Hope
April 10, 2024 - 4:00pm

In this event, three women, central to Nicaraguan political life, will speak to the Michigan community about their country. 

The Dr. John Lamont Peterson Annual Research Symposium 2024
April 19, 2024 - 10:00am

The symposium features a keynote, and presentations by SOAR scholars who share findings from their behavioral and social science research related to HIV and/or sexual and gender minority populations. 

Browse Past Events

Event Title and Date Event Summary
Professor Pinto with the words "My Gender States" "My Gender States": Using Artistic Research for Social Justice and Self-Healing
March 18, 2024 - 3:00pm

Professor Pinto will discuss his ongoing artistic research and practices, emphasizing how artistic research can be used to advance social justice and self-healing.Professor Pinto will discuss his ongoing artistic research and practices, emphasizing how artistic research can be used to advance social justice and self-healing.

Ni une mas, Ni une menos Ni une más
March 16, 2024 - 7:30pm

Immerse yourself in a music, theatre, and dance production as survivors transform trauma into healing power via the arts.

Ni une mas, Ni une menos Ni une más
March 15, 2024 - 7:30pm

Immerse yourself in a music, theatre, and dance production as survivors transform trauma into healing power via the arts.

A photo of a man and woman riding on a scooter CSAS South Asian Film Series | Joyland
March 13, 2024 - 7:00pm

The first Pakistani film to be presented in the CSAS South Asian Film Series, Joyland will be screened at the historical Michigan Theater.

A drawing of a skeleton hand holding red flowers "Death and Its Afterlives: De/composing Boundaries" Conference Day 2
March 9, 2024 - 8:30am

For our 28th annual conference, the Comparative Literature Intra-student Faculty Forum (CLIFF) invites 15 minute presentations based in literary analysis, critical theory, history, politics, anthropology, translation studies, and interdisciplinary work.

Who's your dream team?

  

"It was incredible to sit on a panel and hear my dream team of scholars from each field—Professors Karyn Lacy from Sociology, Gayle Rubin from Women's Studies and Anthropology, and Charles Hiroshi Garrett from Musicology—engage my book from their differing disciplinary perspectives. . .What a brilliant format and series for discussing new work in gender and sexuality studies.”

– Nadine Hubbs (Women’s Studies, Music), author of Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music