LACS Central American Contexts Series. Writing Western Nicaragua's Colonial and Post-Colonial LGBTQ Histories
Victoria González-Rivera
Dr. González-Rivera's research on western Nicaragua's pre-1979 LGBTQ histories reveals a complex story. She documents a...
Marilyn Minter: In Person
Penny Stamps Speaker Series
Appropriating the aesthetics of fashion editorials and advertising, New York-based Marilyn Minter’s photorealist paintings examine banal...
Community of Scholars 2019 Symposium
The Community of Scholars is comprised of recipients of 2019 summer fellowships from IRWG and the Rackham Graduate School for graduate...
Poetry, Politics and Mapuche Feminism: Readings and Dialogues with Daniela Catrileo.
Lecture
Join us in a dialogue with the mapuche poet and feminist activist Daniela Catrileo. She will talk about indigeneity, feminism and mapuche...
Proud Boys and the White Ethnostate: How the Alt-Right Is Warping the American Imagination
Alexandra Minna Stern (American Culture, History, Women's Studies, Obstetrics & Gynecology); Lisa Nakamura (American Culture, Digital Studies Institute); Gayle Rubin (Anthropology & Women's Studies)
What is the alt-right? What do they believe, and how did they take center stage in the American social and political consciousness?...
Poetry, Politics and Mapuche Feminism: Readings and Dialogues with Daniela Catrileo.
Workshop
The mapuche poet and feminist activist Daniela Catrileo will lead a workshop about mapuche poetry, with the reading of selected poems and...
Feminist Art in Action Panel Discussion - Feminist Futures Series
Join us for a discussion about Feminist Art in Action with Stamps School of Art & Design Professors, Irina Aristarkhova, Carol Jacobsen...
Transformismo masculino: Drag King Performance in Post-Socialist Cuba
Matthew Leslie Santana, Assistant Professor of Music, University of California San Diego
In this talk, I consider the work transformismo masculino (drag king performance) is doing during a time of social and economic...
Suzanne Lacy: We Are Here
Penny Stamps Speaker Series
Los Angeles-based artist Suzanne Lacy is internationally renowned as a pioneer in the field of socially engaged and public art. Her work...
The Closet and the Cul-de-Sac: The Politics of Sexual Privacy in Northern California
Clayton Howard, Associate Professor of History, Ohio State University
The right to privacy is a pivotal concept in the culture wars that have galvanized American politics for the past several decades. It has...
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.
