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15 August 2022

GENDER.ED's Annual Research Showcase - A Retrospective

GENDER.ED’s Annual Research Showcase returned after a two-year halt as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The showcase was an opportunity to learn about the cutting-edge gender and sexualities research projects and initiatives at the University of Edinburgh.

08 August 2022

Agency and Precarious Life: Reflections on the relevance of Butler’s scholarship to feminist activism in the Latin American context

Chilean women protesting, while they are wearing green scarves in women’s rights mobilisations spread in Latin America and elsewhere. These scarves are a resistance symbol.

05 August 2022

Undergraduate Feminist Trailblazer Awards 2022 – Katie Horsburgh, 1st Prize

This year, GENDER.ED and the Edinburgh University Students Association (EUSA) came together for the launch of the Undergraduate Feminist Trailblazers Awards and Blog Series. The Awards seek to recognise and celebrate […]

01 August 2022

GENDER.ED Newsletter – August 2022

In this month’s newsletter, you will find updates on GENDER.ED’s recent events, including the first of our Academic Writing for the Public workshops. We also highlight some upcoming events that […]

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22 July 2022

Socialities of Reading: Reflections on the 2022 Judith Butler ‘Deep Dive’

Aiswarya JayamohanI am often alone when I read Judith Butler. This is sometimes by necessity – I can get quite rambunctious in front of Bodies That Matter (1996). Book open, […]

Gender politics reading group. Judith Butler. Deep Dive.

18 July 2022

Reflections on Reading for Reading’s Sake and the Judith Butler ‘Deep Dive’

Dr Rebecca HewerReading is an important task for academics. And yet, we rarely discuss it or plan for it as such. Reading is subsumed into other tasks: we read to […]

15 July 2022

‘Disrupting Coloniality in the Classroom’: Reflections by Dr rashné limki

Coloniality in the classroomrashné limkiA reflection on the experiences of encountering coloniality in the classroom. Presented at IWD 2022 roundtable organised by Gender.Ed.

Roundtable on Disrupting colonially in the classroom? Decolonisation, feminism and critical pedagogies

11 July 2022

‘Disrupting Coloniality in the Classroom’: Reflections by Aerin Lai and Dr Radhika Govinda

Aerin Lai and Dr Radhika GovindaIn March this year, GENDER.ED celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD) with a roundtable on ‘Disrupting coloniality in the classroom’, featuring Dr Sara de Jong (University […]

genderED Undergraduate Feminist Trailblazers

08 July 2022

GENDER.ED-EUSA Undergraduate Feminist Trailblazers Awards 2021-2022

This year, GENDER.ED and the Edinburgh University Students Association (EUSA) came together for the launch of the Undergraduate Feminist Trailblazers Awards and Blog Series. The Awards seek to recognise and […]

06 July 2022

GENDER.ED Newsletter – July 2022

In this month’s newsletter, you will find updates on GENDER.ED’s recent events, including our Deep Dive series. We also introduce Dr. Hemangini Gupta, our new Associate Director, and Lauren Galligan, […]

01 July 2022

Reflections: "We were all poets, if only for a moment"

Mariane GalletThe ‘Doing Feminist Research’ workshop, funded by SGSSS-SGSAH and organised by GENDER.ED and Strathclyde University Feminist Research Network (SUFRN), was a three-day event at the start of May 2022. […]

29 June 2022

More than maps: The potential of queer geographical inquiry – Dr Rae Rosenberg

Marking Pride Month 2022 and Edinburgh’s Pride March on the 25th of June, Dr Rae Rosenberg writes about his research, the potential of queer geography, and queer geography’s ability to […]

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