Fostering teaching, learning and discussion about gender and sexuality at the University of Chicago…
About the Center
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The Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at the University of Chicago was established in 1996, after a decade of faculty and student self-organization. It now consolidates work on gender and sexuality, and in feminist, gay and lesbian, and queer studies.
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NEWS
James C. Hormel, JD'58, shares his private and public battles.
Hillary Chute, English professor and Director of CSGS' Artists Salon interviews cartoonist Alison Bechdel. In Spring 2012, Bechdel will be a Mellon Residential Fellow for Arts and Practices and visiting scholar at CSGS.
The Center for Gender Studies has changed its name! We are now the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality (CSGS). Our Mission »
Where Are the Women? Sociologist Kristen Schilt explores gender differences that shape academic career decisions
CSGS has received a Sawyer Seminar grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for 2011–2012 to organize International Women's Human Rights: Paradigms, Paradoxes, and Possibilities.
Winter Quarter Event Highlights
- Public Lectures: Distinguished Faculty Lecture by Leora Auslander (Jan 19), Distinguished Alumni Lecture by Katherine Crawford (Feb 9), Jasbir Puar (Feb 16), Lisa Nakamura (Feb 27), and Nancy Miller (March 1)
- Symposium on Understanding Sexual Violence in Conflict: Gendered Dynamics of Victimization with speakers: Elisabeth Wood, Dara Cohen, Jocelyn Kelly (March 1-2), as part of the Sawyer Seminar.