Women and Gender Studies Institute
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 […]
An Evening with Habiba Nosheen | Hosted by Samira Mohyeddin Tue, October 15, 2024 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm New College D.G. Ivey Library, University of Toronto, 20 Willcocks Street, Toronto ON Join us for a special event with three-time Emmy award-winning investigative reporter, filmmaker and WGSI alum Habiba Nosheen. This talk will be hosted by […]
“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 […]
Join the WGSI for free lunch to celebrate Lunar New Year. Wednesday, January 29, 2025 | 1:00pm - 3:00pm | WGSI Lounge, 20 Willcocks Street (above D.G. Ivey Library) RSVP Here
Join the WGSI for a reception of Otherworld: An immersive exhibition of works by Camille Turner on Wednesday February 5, 2025 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. More information about the exhibition can be found at: www.artmuseum.utoronto.ca/exhibition/otherworld/ RSVP Here
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 […]
Please check back in for more information. Wednesday, March 5, 2025 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm RSVP Here
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 […]
RSVP HERE Join the Women & Gender Studies Institute's doctoral students as they present their research. April 17, 2025 | 10:00am - 1:00pm Room 2053, Wilson Hall New College, 40 Willcocks Street With Presentations by: Kayla Webber, Ran Deng, Valley Weadick, Rachael Kalaba, Roberta S. Pamplona, Sidrah Ahmad, Darlyne Bautista, Esra Kazanbas, Eesra Bengizi and […]
RSVP HERE When She Arrives: On friendship, singular encounters, and being a researcher like a friend with Marie Rask Bjerre Odgaard May 7, 2025 | 12:30pm - 2:30pm WGSI Lounge, Above D.G. Ivey Library, 20 Willcocks Street, Toronto ON ______________________ The Beautiful friend shows up unexpectedly and a worlding can begin. In this talk, we […]