Students at a computer

UChicago students

UChicago campus

The University of Chicago campus in spring

Students in class

UChicago classroom discussion

Students study in the Quads.

Students study in the Quads.

College students present to a local community group.

College students present to a local community group.

The Joe and Rika Mansueto Library provides a study space on campus.

The Joe and Rika Mansueto Library provides a study space on campus.

Professor Martha Nussbaum holds a seminar in her home.

Professor Martha Nussbaum holds a seminar in her home.

Students gather at an Office of Multicultural Student Affairs event.

Students gather at an Office of Multicultural Student Affairs event.

Student Series & Workshops

Feminist/Queer Praxis

The Feminist/Queer Praxis (formerly Feminist Lives and Queer Trajectories) series brings artists, activists, scholars, and professionals to CSGS to talk about their work in the world as people committed to queer and feminist values and action. Previous speakers have included Amber Hollibaugh, a long time activist for economic justice, sexual liberation and LGBTQ human rights and author of My Dangerous Desires: a queer girl dreaming her way home; Jessica Halem, comedian and feminist/queer activist who served as a University of Chicago CAPS counselor and RH in the 90s; Judge Sebastian Patti, the first openly gay man elected to an Illinois bench; and Anne Ladky, Executive Director of Women Employed and a nationally recognized expert on women's organizing, equal opportunity issues, career development and economic self-sufficiency.

Upcoming Series Events

Coming soon!

Workshops

Students are encouraged to participate in the Center's workshops, including:

  • Gender and Sexuality Studies
  • Regulating Family, Sex, and Gender
  • The Undergraduate Workshop

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