IRWG hosts a wide variety of lectures, panel discussions, symposia, and other events to stimulate conversations and share new scholarship related to women, gender, and sexuality.
Our events appeal to a university audience as well as the general public, and are always free of charge. We feature speakers from a variety of academic disciplines, from U-M as well as from other world-class institutions.
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Anne Vetter: "Love Is Not The Last Room" Guest Lecture & Art Exhibition OpeningSeptember 17, 2024 - 4:00pm |
In this public talk, Anne Vetter will discuss their photography exhibition that's currently on display in Lane Hall. |
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Lane Hall Fall Exhibit Opening ReceptionSeptember 17, 2024 - 5:00pm |
Opening reception for fall art exhibits. |
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Redefining the CrownSeptember 19, 2024 - 6:00pm |
This event features the voices of Black breast cancer survivors and their hair loss journeys. |
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Vivian R. Shaw Lecture featuring Melissa Harris-PerrySeptember 23, 2024 - 5:30pm |
Professor Melissa Harris-Perry will deliver the 2024 Vivian R. Shaw lecture. |
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Networked Bollywood: How Star Power Globalized Hindi Cinema by Swapnil RaiOctober 2, 2024 - 3:00pm |
Panel discussion in IRWG’s Gender: New Works, New Questions series, which spotlights new books by our faculty |
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Creating Ethical Research Relationships with Minority Serving InstitutionsOctober 18, 2024 - 2:00pm |
Panel discussion on the complexities and rewards of building ethical research relationships between Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs) and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). |
How to Organize and Sustain Collaborative Research: Learning from the Program on Women’s Healthcare Effectiveness Research (PWHER)November 8, 2024 - 2:00pm |
Panel discussion on building collaborative research projects with faculty from Michigan Medicine |
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Community of Scholars SymposiumDecember 6, 2024 - 9:00am |
This symposium features interdisciplinary feminist scholarship from the 2024 IRWG/Rackham Community of Scholars fellows. |
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"Momentum - Portraits of Women in Motion," Ellen Rowe OctetJune 22, 2024 - 3:00pm |
The Ellen Rowe Octet performs a concert for the Feminist Theory & Music conference; this concert is also free and open to the public. |
Feminist Theory & Music 17 Conference: Day 3June 22, 2024 - 9:00am |
The study of music from the perspective of feminist theory raises significant questions that transcend the methodologies of any one subdiscipline of music. Feminist Theory and Music (FT&M) has met biennially since 1991 to provide an international, transdisciplinary forum for scholarly thought about music in relation to gender and sexuality, as well as for performances that present such thought in sound and embodied action. |
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Feminist Theory & Music 17 Conference: Day 2June 21, 2024 - 9:00am |
The study of music from the perspective of feminist theory raises significant questions that transcend the methodologies of any one subdiscipline of music. Feminist Theory and Music (FT&M) has met biennially since 1991 to provide an international, transdisciplinary forum for scholarly thought about music in relation to gender and sexuality, as well as for performances that present such thought in sound and embodied action. |
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"Life History of Archives and Objects: On Chinese Opera Actresses and Theaters in the Americas," Nancy Rao LectureJune 20, 2024 - 2:30pm |
Nancy Yunhwa Rao presents this keynote address for the Feminist Theory & Music conference; the lecture is also free and open to the public. |
Feminist Theory & Music 17 Conference: Day 1June 20, 2024 - 9:00am |
The study of music from the perspective of feminist theory raises significant questions that transcend the methodologies of any one subdiscipline of music. Feminist Theory and Music (FT&M) has met biennially since 1991 to provide an international, transdisciplinary forum for scholarly thought about music in relation to gender and sexuality, as well as for performances that present such thought in sound and embodied action. |
"It was incredible to sit on a panel and hear my dream team of scholars from each field—Professors Karyn Lacy from Sociology, Gayle Rubin from Women's Studies and Anthropology, and Charles Hiroshi Garrett from Musicology—engage my book from their differing disciplinary perspectives. . .What a brilliant format and series for discussing new work in gender and sexuality studies.”
– Nadine Hubbs (Women’s Studies, Music), author of Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music