"Pathways of Desire: The Sexual Migration of Mexican Gay Men"
Héctor Carrillo, Professor of Sociology and Gender & Sexuality Studies, Northwestern University
Héctor Carrillo brings us into the lives of Mexican gay men who have left their home country to pursue greater sexual autonomy and sexual...
Queer Kinship and Family Change in Taiwan
Amy Brainer (Women's and Gender Studies and Sociology, UM Dearborn); Erik Mueggler (Anthropology); Yun Zhou (Sociology, Chinese Studies); and Chelle Jones (PhD candidate, Sociology)
Interweaving the narratives of multiple family members, including parents and siblings of her queer and trans informants, Amy Brainer...
Ann Arbor Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
The Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon is a global campaign to improve representation of cis and transgender women, feminism, and the arts...
Ovidian Transversions: ‘Iphis and Ianthe’, 1300-1650
Peggy McCracken, Valerie Traub, Basil Duffalo, Yopie Prins
-Peggy McCracken, Director, Institute for the Humanities; Mary Fair Croushore Professor of the Humanities; Professor of French, Women's...
Black Art, Politics and Visibility: “Printed” Challenges for the Black Community in Brazil and the US in Times of Totalitarianism
Luciane Ramos Silva & Nabor Jr - Editors, O Menelick 2Ato
This event is part of the O Menelick 2Ato: Art, Culture and Society From the Perspective of Contemporary Brazilian Black Press...
Launch of O Menelick 2 Ato #21 and Opening of “O Menelick 2Ato. Making Black Press in 21st Century Brazil”
Panel Discussion and Exhibit Opening
This event is part of the O Menelick 2Ato: Art, Culture and Society From the Perspective of Contemporary Brazilian Black Press...
Separated: Family and Community in the Aftermath of an Immigration Raid
William Lopez (National Center for Institutional Diversity, School of Public Health), Emily Fredericks (Pediatrics; Pediatric Psychology), Matthew Lassiter (History, Urban and Regional Planning)
William Lopez, Emily Fredericks, and Matthew Lassiter discuss Lopez's recent book, Separated: Family and Community in the Aftermath of...
CLIFF 2020: (Counter)Narratives of Migration
Ariella Azoulay, Professor of Comparative Literature, Filmmaker, and Art Curator
CLIFF is an annual conference organized by graduate students in Comparative Literature. This year’s conference theme,...
CLIFF 2020: (Counter)Narratives of Migration
Ariella Azoulay, Professor of Comparative Literature, Filmmaker, and Art Curator
CLIFF is an annual conference organized by graduate students in Comparative Literature. This year’s conference theme,...
LGQRI lecture by Andrea Bolivar
Andrea Bolivar, LSA Collegiate Fellow (Women's Studies)
Andrea Bolivar is a cultural anthropologist whose current project, “‘Somos una Fantasia’: Race, Violence, and Potentiality in...
Of Victims and Villains: The Targeting of Muslim Women | Vivian R. Shaw Lecture
Rana Elmir (Deputy Director, ACLU of Michigan)
Exploring her identity as an immigrant Muslim woman on the front lines of civil rights and liberties in Michigan, Rana Elmir will examine...
The Mothers of Gynecology: Examining U.S. Slavery and the Making of a Field
Deirdre Cooper Owens (Charles and Linda Wilson Professor in the History of Medicine & Director of the Humanities in Medicine Program, University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Deirdre Cooper Owens is the Linda and Charles Wilson Professor in the History of Medicine and Director of the Humanities in Medicine program...
Feminist Futures Roundtable
Lisa Nakamura, Ava Purkiss, LaVelle Ridley, Abby Stewart
On the occasion of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender's 25th anniversary, this panel will reflect on the past and look...
Bio
The Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) stimulates and supports research and creative activities by U-M faculty members and graduate students who use the lens of women, gender and sexuality to further their work. Each year, we also sponsor a variety of speakers and events to foster intellectual exploration and social change.
Founded in 1995, IRWG is an interdisciplinary unit of the University of Michigan Office of Research.
