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How U-M Provided Abortion Care Before Roe: Archival research offers lessons for post-Dobbs era

Submitted by heidiab on Mon, 09/19/2022 - 8:47am

A new report provides historical insight on how administrators and counselors at the University of Michigan supported students, faculty, and staff seeking abortion care in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when abortion was illegal statewide.

The 6th Annual Robert J. Berkhofer Jr. Lecture on Native American Studies: A Conversation with Robin Kimmerer

Submitted by hstuhlma on Fri, 01/07/2022 - 2:22pm

The Native American Studies program at the University of Michigan requests sponsorship for the sixth annual Berkhofer Lecture on Native American Studies to be given virtually by Robin Kimmerer.

A Century of Chinese Feminisms: Theorizing and Organizing / 中国女权一百年：从过去到未来

Submitted by heidiab on Fri, 07/31/2020 - 8:16am

This online event will feature five panelists who will discuss Chinese feminist movements.

The Lavender Scare: Federal Anti-Gay Purges during the Cold War

Submitted by heidiab on Fri, 08/25/2017 - 9:05am

David K. Johnson discusses his book The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government (University of Chicago Press, 2004).