Women and Gender Studies InstituteFour Theses on Posthuman Feminism This paper outlines the main tenets of feminism after the posthuman turn. The four theses are: that feminism is not (only) a humanism; that anthropocentrism has been displaced and Anthropos is now off-centre; that non-human life or Zoe is the ruling principle and that sexuality is a force beyond gender. […]
The Festival of Original Theatre (FOOT) conference will run February 5-7th 2015 at the University of Toronto. This year's theme focuses on Queer Performance on stage and in everyday life. Join us for a weekend of panels, performances and film screenings! All of our events and programming are FREE, accessible and open to the public. […]
A Conversation between Zun Lee and Rinaldo Walcott Zun Lee is an award-winning photographer from Toronto, Canada. He was born and raised in Germany, and has also lived in Atlanta, Philadelphia and Chicago. His work has been featured in The New York Times, TIME Lightbox, BURN Magazine, Hyperallergic, Slate, and other publications. Widely hailed as […]
The Comparative Perspectives on Precarious Employment Database (CPD): Feminist Approaches to Studying Labour Market Insecurity This panel will introduce researchers to a new cross-national database designed to facilitate research and teaching investigating gender and precarious in a comparative industrialized context. Launched in late 2014, the Comparative Perspectives on Precarious Employment Database (CPD) is an online […]
Family Ties Tour Featuring Vivek Shraya and Casey Mecija The University of Toronto Mississauga is excited to welcome two of Toronto’s most engaging artists Casey Mecija & Vivek Shraya for a tri-campus series of events featuring film, music and dialogue. Casey Mecija and Vivek Shraya share their two short films, My Father, Francis and Holy […]
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. PLEASE CHECK BACK SOON FOR A RESCHEDULED DATE. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is “a gifted writer who brings passion and commitment to her storytelling and who has demonstrated an uncommon ability to manage an impressive range of genres from traditional storytelling to critical analysis, from poetry to the spoken word, from […]
Family Ties Tour Featuring Vivek Shraya and Casey Mecija The University of Toronto Mississauga is excited to welcome two of Toronto’s most engaging artists Casey Mecija & Vivek Shraya for a tri-campus series of events featuring film, music and dialogue. Casey Mecija and Vivek Shraya share their two short films, My Father, Francis and Holy […]
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we need to cancel tonight’s Family Ties Tour event. We hope to be able to reschedule for a later date. Family Ties Tour Featuring Vivek Shraya and Casey Mecija The University of Toronto Mississauga is excited to welcome two of Toronto’s most engaging artists Casey Mecija & Vivek Shraya for a […]
Law at the Nexus of Politics: Humanitarian Sentimentality in the Rule of Law Movement The #BringBackOurGirls hashtag that was popularized by politicians and celebrities last spring brought to global attention the 200 school girls kidnapped by Muslim militants, Boko Haram, in Chibok, Nigeria in April 2014. However, less than a year later with subsequent attacks […]
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. PLEASE CHECK BACK SOON FOR A RESCHEDULED DATE. To inaugurate the D.G. Ivey Library graphic novel collection, WGSI has invited Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki to come discuss their new graphic novel, This One Summer. To talk about the novel, and other things, we have a panel of University of […]
