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.

News

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.

Where Are the Women? Sociologist Kristen Schilt explores gender differences that shape academic career decisions

James C. Hormel, JD'58, shares his private and public battles.

Conference Announcement: Engendering Change: The Second Annual Chicago Area Graduate Gender/Sexualities Conference, sponsored by Northwestern University, the University of Illinois-Chicago, and the University of Chicago, to be held April 27-28 at the University of Chicago.

Coverage of Catharine MacKinnon's visit hosted by CSGS.

Rebecca Zorach, Art History professor and Director of CSGS' Social Media Project comments on "Why computer voices are mostly female"

The Center for Gender Studies has changed its name! We are now the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality (CSGS). Our Mission »

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.