WGSI Research Seminar: Vanessa Watts | In Consideration of “The Sacred”

William Doo Auditorium 45 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

RSVP HERE Join the Women and Gender Studies Institute for a Research Seminar with Dr. Vanessa Watts titled: In Consideration of "The Sacred:" Reflection on Purity, Traditionalism and Futures Dr. Vanessa Watts is an Assistant Professor of Indigenous Studies & Sociology in the Faculty of Social Sciences at McMaster University Abstract: This talk will provide […]

CANCELLED – WGSI Research Seminar: Mel Y Chen | It Misses You: Arts of Indistinction

We regret to inform you that due to circumstances beyond our control, the WGSI Research Seminar with Dr. Mel Y Chen has been cancelled. We apologize for the inconvenience and short notice, but we hope to see you at future research seminars in the Winter term. Please contact wgsi.events@utoronto.ca if you have any questions about […]

Film Screening: A Conversation Between Natalie Zemon Davis & Shauna Sweeney

Innis Town Hall 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada

Film Screening: A Conversation Between Natalie Zemon Davis & Shauna Sweeney Tue, September 24, 2024 | 7:00pm - 8:30pm Innis Town Hall, University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Ave, Toronto ON Join The Women and Gender Studies Institute for a screening of an interview with Natalie Zemon Davis and Shauna Sweeney on the foundation of the […]

2024 Hopper Lecture | “Restless Earth: Money, Digital Technology and Political Entropy Around the World” with Nanjala Nyabola

William Doo Auditorium 45 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

University of Guelph Institute of Development Studies 2024 Hopper Lecture Restless Earth: Money, Digital Technology and Political Entropy Around the World | with Nanjala Nyabola Thu, October 10, 2024 | 4:00pm - 6:00pm William Doo Auditorium, University of Toronto, 45 Willcocks Street The Women and Gender Studies Institute and the African Studies Centre at the […]

Book Launch: Survival is a Promise with Alexis Pauline Gumbs

William Doo Auditorium 45 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

“Survival is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde” with Alexis Pauline Gumbs Wed, November 13, 2024 | 4:00pm - 6:00pm William Doo Auditorium, University of Toronto, 45 Willcocks Street Join the WGSI, the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies and Another Story Bookshop for the launch of Alexis Pauline Gumbs' book: Survival […]

Book Launch: Queer Chimerica

William Doo Auditorium 45 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Join the WGSI in celebrating the launch of Shana Ye's book: Queer Chimerica: A Speculative Auto/Ethnography of the Cool Child Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | 4:00pm - 6:00pm | William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks Street RSVP Here Blending archival work, ethnography, and cultural analysis with memoir, graphic arts, and science fiction, Queer Chimerica unpacks the ways […]

Book Launch: Indenture Aesthetics

William Doo Auditorium 45 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Join the WGSI for the launch of Jordache Ellapen's book, Indenture Aesthetics: Afro-Indian Femininities and the Queer Limits of South African Blackness Friday, March 28, 2025 | 4:00pm - 6:00pm | William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks Street Panelists: Rinaldo Walcott, Professor and Chair of Africana and American Studies, University at Buffalo (UB) Department of Africana […]

Book Talk: Fighting Feelings

Room 2007D, Wilson Hall, New College, 40 Willcocks Street

Join the WGSI for a book talk with Dr. Gulzar R. Charania in conversation with Dr. R. Cassandra Lord and Dr. Sheila Batacharya discussing Dr. Charania's book Fighting Feelings: Lessons in Gendered Racism and Queer Life  Tuesday, April 1, 2025 | 4:00pm - 6:00pm  WI2007D, Wilson Hall New College, 40 Willcocks Street RSVP Here Racialized women and […]