Women & Gender Studies Institute

feminist questions for tangled times

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For the past 40 years, WGSI has trained students to think about the entanglements of gender, race and sexuality. Our teaching and research is distinctive for its transnational feminist approach, critically addressing how national borders, colonialisms, labour, and migration shape life, knowledge, and politics.

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    Transnational Approaches to Girlhood: A Workshop

    The Women and Gender Studies Institute is pleased to  present: Transnational Approaches to Girlhood: A Workshop A group of scholars currently engaged in research on girlhood will meet to carry out intensive conversations about works-in-progress.  They will draw connections and examine differences between regions and times, and across disciplines. All are welcome to attend the [...]

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    WGS Research Seminar: Ph.D. Student Seminar

    Date: April 18, 2012 Time: 3-5 p.m. Speakers: Holly Karibo, Amy Gullage, Vasuki Shanmuganathan, and Laura J. Kwak Location: Wilson Hall, Rm 2053 Holly Karibo is a 5th year doctoral candidate in the Graduate Collaborative Program in History and Women and Gender Studies at the University of Toronto. Her dissertation, “Ambassadors of Pleasure: Illicit Economies [...]

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