Stuart Hall has already told us in his classic essay “Cultural Identity and Diaspora:”  “…all discourse is ‘placed’, and the heart has its reasons.” The concept “diaspora” leaves us reaching for something else. Here, we propose Black/queerpolis as a supplement. After the Atlantic revolutions and Maurice Bishop, after structural adjustment, after Reagan, Thatcher, AIDS, and crack (and […]

White Supremacy, Racism, and the Coloniality of Anti-Trafficking: Book Launch with editors Kamala Kempadoo and Elena Shih

This lecture considers the centrality of forms of domesticity, such as family, kinship, and schooling, to the social reproduction of colonialism and racial capitalism in the United States. Colonial and capitalist social relations are materially reproduced through feminized care work, household, and biological labor. While homes and households are primary sites for the invisible and […]

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been cancelled Please join the WGSI in celebrating the launch of Kemi Adeyemi's book Feels Right: Black Queer Women and the Politics of Partying in Chicago. The launch will include a conversation with the author and respondents Beverley Mullings, SA Smythe & Jordache A. Ellapen.

Join the Women and Gender Studies Institute; New College; African Studies; and Caribbean Studies for the launch of Mary Nyquist's book Wet Toes. A former faculty member and director of WGSI, Mary Nyquist has participated in both Caribbean and African Studies. She is an award-winning scholar of early modern literature, Euro-colonialism, and Atlantic slavery. Though […]

NEW DATE: FEBRUARY 3, 2023 Click here to RSVP The event will include a moderated talk with the authors, a poetry performance by Canisia Lubrin and books will be sold on site by Another Story Bookshop. About the Book Rehearsals is a captivating book, part debate, part dialogue, part lively and detailed familial correspondence between […]

Join the WGS 435: Gender, Sexuality and Nuclear Colonialism class for a Screening of Radiation, A Slow Death: A generation of Hibakusha, Director Hitomi Kamanaka's award winning film March 2, 2023 | 3:00pm – 5:00pm

Join the International Women’s Day Lecture about Feminist Politics & Structural Change In an Era of Authoritarian Resurgence with Dr. Elena Ruiz on Zoom March 8, 2023 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm Register Here

Join the WGSI for a screening of Ryan Persadie's short film "Gyal," followed by a moderated talk. March 15, 2023 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm The talk following the screening will be moderated by Ryan Persadie; with speakers: Aruna Boodram, Suzanne Narain, Marisa Rosa Grant & Shanese Indoowaaboo Steele RSVP Here