Women's & Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Started by a handful of faculty and students in 1979, CWGS now has over 270 faculty affiliates, and hundreds of students who participate in our programs. Undergrad minor, B.A., grad Portfolio Certificate, M.A., and graduate Dual Degrees available.
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Austin, TX, 78705
Phone:
512 471 5765
Mon - Fri:
8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Women's & Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin

 
Women's & Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin

Women's & Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin Today is the last day of early registration. (Until midnight.) WGS classes will now be open to non-WGS students too!

Women's & Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin

Women's & Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde This powerful documentary weaves together a richly textured portrait of Audre Lorde – a gifted, strong-willed woman who embraced life’s moments and focused her energies to fight for civil justice, women’s equality, and lesbian rights. Wednesday, November 4 at 6:00 pm LBJ Conference Room (CMA 5.160) This screening is free and open to the public.

Women's & Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin

Women's & Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin
FOOD FOR THOUGHT - Free and open to the public Wednesday, November 4, 20094:45 - 6:00 PM GAR 2.112 A film screening of the documentary "Amuse Bouche: A Chef's Tale" Following the film, Dr. Elizabeth Engelhardt will discuss her new book The Republic of Barbecue: Stories Beyond the BrisketIt's no overstatement to say t...hat the state of Texas is a republic of barbecue. Refreshments and snacks will be provided!Read More

Women's & Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin

Women's & Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin Dr. Susan Heinzelman's lecture at Georgetown Law

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Georgetown Law educates a talented and diverse student body for legal practice and the pursuit of justice in our community, our country and the world.
Women's & Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin

Women's & Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin Silences of a Living Past: The Armenian Question Revisited November 3, Tuesday 1 pm, Sinclair Room Texas Union (Room-3.128) This panel in the Turkish Studies Lecture Series is co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies, and the Department of Anthropology.

Women's & Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin
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Gender bias in academia is alive and well. Identifying and understanding the distinct patterns of gender bias is the first step towards ensuring that bias does not derail your career.
Women's & Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin
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As a female professor, are you called rude and abrasive while your male colleagues who make similar statements are simply labeled assertive? Has your department head discouraged you from taking an assignment, saying that because you have children you might not be able to handle it?
Women's & Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin

Women's & Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin "The Rock Star of Modern Poetry"-BUST Magazine A Reading by Eileen Myles Myles will read from her new book, The Importance Of Being Iceland: Travel Essays in Art (Semiotexte) When: Friday, October 30th, 2009 Time: 4pm to 6pm Where: Eastwoods Room, Texas Union

Women's & Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin

Women's & Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin Tonight- Rejecting Violence, Imagining Alternatives: Incarceration.
6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the Rev. Marvin C. Griffin Building 1009 East 11th Street, Austin, Texas 78702

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Please join us at any or all of the following community discussions. Invited panelists will make short presentations before an open, facilitated conversation with everyone present. Join us and bring your friends and neighbors.
Women's & Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin

Women's & Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin Pictures of our students and events

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Women's & Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin New Faculty Colloquium - Negotiating Queerness in Post-Civil-War Beirut Wed, October 28, 2009 4:45 PM in GAR 2.112 by Dr. Sofian Merabet The lecture is based on ethnographic fieldwork and pays close attention to the ways in which some Lebanese men negotiate queerness through a variety of bodily performances within the urban context.

Women's & Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin

Women's & Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin What are you doing tomorrow? You should check out the The Feminist Action Project Community Yard Sale! Put together by some of our students!

Women's & Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin
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Judith Langlois and Gretchen Ritter field questions on Wednesday afternoon regarding gender equity in relation to staff salary.
Women's & Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin

Women's & Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin LGBTQ/Sexualities Research Cluster is sponsoring a brown-bag lunch with Janet Jakobsen, Director of Barnard College's Center for Research on Women, one of the preeminent sites for feminist scholarship: When: Thursday, October 22 11:45-1:15 pm (Note: The time spans across the 11 am and 12:30 teaching slots -- feel free to come late or leave early.) Where: Chicano Culture Room, Texas Union 4.206