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University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies
@cambridgegender.bsky.social
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World-leading research and teaching on all aspects of gender and sexuality across the disciplines at the University of Cambridge. MPhil and PhD degrees. www.gender.cam.ac.uk.
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University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies @cambridgegender.bsky.social · 4d
Coming up in 10 days now!
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University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies @cambridgegender.bsky.social · 12d
We're pleased to announce Prof Lila Abu-Lughod of Columbia University as this year's Juliet Mitchell lecturer. Join us 15 October 17:30 at the McCrum theater for her talk "Revisiting the Awkward Relationship of Feminism and Anthropology." Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-juliet...
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University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies @cambridgegender.bsky.social · 12d
We're pleased to announce Prof Lila Abu-Lughod of Columbia University as this year's Juliet Mitchell lecturer. Join us 15 October 17:30 at the McCrum theater for her talk "Revisiting the Awkward Relationship of Feminism and Anthropology." Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-juliet...
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University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies @cambridgegender.bsky.social · 12d
We're pleased to announce Prof Lila Abu-Lughod of Columbia University as this year's Juliet Mitchell lecturer. Join us 15 October 17:30 at the McCrum theater for her talk "Revisiting the Awkward Relationship of Feminism and Anthropology." Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-juliet...
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University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies @cambridgegender.bsky.social · 16d
Check out the latest from our Deputy Director Dr Holly Porter!
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 16d
📰Dr Holly Porter @cambridgegender.bsky.social has written
an article for @jeasjournal.bsky.social titled 'Babies, buildings,
and bones' examining the (im)materiality of love and homemaking after war.

🌍 Read the article now: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Babies, buildings, and bones: the (im)materiality of love and homemaking
This article examines the (im)materiality of love and homemaking after war. It draws on long-term ethnographic work on gender, sexualities and violence in northern Uganda, including over 200 ‘love-...
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University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies @cambridgegender.bsky.social · 16d
We're BACK and getting set for this year! First, sign up for the Juliet Mitchell Lecture given by Prof Lila Abu-Lughod of Columbia Univeristy on "Revisiting the Awkward Relationship of Feminism and Anthropology." 15 October, 5:30, McCrum Theatre.
www.gender.cam.ac.uk/news/juliet-...
The Juliet Mitchell Lecture: Professor Lila Abu-Lughod | University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies
We are delighted to announce that Professor Lila Abu-Lughod, Columbia University, will give the 'Juliet Mitchell Lecture' on 'Revisiting the Awkward Relationship of Feminism and Anthropology' at the M...
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · Aug 20
📚Dr Holly Porter @cambridgegender.bsky.social has written a book review of "In Love and at War" by @hilarymatfess.bsky.social in @civilwarsjournal.bsky.social.

📕In Love at War: cambridge.org/core/element...

📑Book Review: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In Love and at War
Published in Civil Wars (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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Gates Cambridge @gatescambridge.bsky.social · Aug 1
Christine Carpenter on So, now what? warns women to be mindful of the information they put on tech platforms & how it could be used against them - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/i...

#gatescambridge #podcast

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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · Aug 1
We're hiring an Associate Professor/Professor at Cambridge Digital Humanities. Specialisms include Digital History/Mapping, Critical Data Studies, Archive and Memory Studies, Digital Media Arts, Environmental Humanities, AI/Digital Visual Culture.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD837/a...
Associate Professor/Professor in Cambridge Digital Humanities at University of Cambridge
An academic position as a Associate Professor/Professor in Cambridge Digital Humanities is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunit...
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Gates Cambridge @gatescambridge.bsky.social · Jul 31
Reetika Subramanian on the So, now what? podcast on the importance of engaging men in discussions about gender and climate crisis...

#podcast #gatescambridge25 #climatchange #genderequality

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University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies @cambridgegender.bsky.social · Jul 30
For more info and the other lovely honorees: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/news/announc...
Announcing the Winners of the PhD Fieldwork Photography Competition! | Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS)
The Department of Politics and International Studies is thrilled to announce the winners of this year's PhD Fieldwork Photography Competition!
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University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies @cambridgegender.bsky.social · Jul 30
Congrats to our Dela Amemate for winning the POLIS Fieldwork Photography Contest! Her image "Threads of Survival" shows aba mats from Ghana’s Volta Region. "These mats are more than products—they’re currency, sustenance, and a form of agency for women supporting their families." Link below!
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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · Jul 2
💥 CRASSH at 25!
Be part of our 2026 anniversary programme!

Submit your ideas in response to our anniversary open calls for a special annual lecture and a series of funded half-day events on the theme of
'Knowledge in a Fractured World'
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CRASSH at 25! Anniversary open calls, submit your ideas on the theme of 'Knowledge in a Fractured World'.
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University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies @cambridgegender.bsky.social · Jul 6
Check out a new article by our PhD student Leah Schmidt in Ms Magazine on Canada's response to the 'gender panic': msmagazine.com/2025/07/03/c...
Canada Rejects MAGA’s Gender Panic—And Why It Matters After This Year's Pride Month
As Pride Month came to a close against a backdrop of global backlash to LGBTQ+ rights, Canada’s spring election delivered a rare counterpoint: Voters refused to take the bait. Conservative leader Pier...
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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · Jun 19
👀 Did you miss our recent Annual Lecture 'Anarchitecture after everything' given by Jack Halberstam? You can now watch it on our YouTube channel!

The event was supported by @cambridgegender.bsky.social
CRASSH | Annual Lecture 2025 with Jack Halberstam: Anarchitecture after everything
CRASSH Annual Lecture, 9 May 2025Speaker: Jack Halberstam (David Feinson Professor of the Humanities, Columbia University)About the lectureIn this talk, I wi...
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University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies @cambridgegender.bsky.social · Jun 20
Congratulations to our PhD alum Farhana Afrin Rahman for winning this prestigious award for 'After the Exodus: Gender and Belonging in Bangladesh's Rohingya Refugee Camps'!
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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Jun 20
The second winner today was Farhana Afrin Rahman🎉

Farhana Afrin Rahman won the L.H.M. Ling Outstanding First Book Prize for her book 'After the Exodus: Gender and Belonging in Bangladesh's Rohingya Refugee Camps'📚
A purple prize giving certificate with the BISA 2025 logo reading: Winner L.H.M. Ling Outstanding First Book Prize 2025 Farhana Afrin Rahman - After the Exodus: Gender and Belonging in Bangladesh's Rohingya Refugee Camps (Cambridge University Press) “Winning the prize is both an incredible honour and a deeply meaningful affirmation of the stories and struggles at the heart of my book. I hope this recognition helps to amplify the voices of Rohingya refugees and contributes to a more thoughtful and engaged conversation around gender, displacement, and belonging. I’m extremely grateful to the prize committee for this award.” Farhana Afrin Rahman collecting her award at the front of a packed conference hall with 2 BISA 2025 powerpoint slides behind her.
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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · Jun 11
👀 Did you miss our recent Annual Lecture 'Anarchitecture after everything' given by Jack Halberstam? You can now watch it on our YouTube channel!

The event was supported by @cambridgegender.bsky.social
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CRASSH | Annual Lecture 2025 with Jack Halberstam: Anarchitecture after everything
CRASSH Annual Lecture, 9 May 2025Speaker: Jack Halberstam (David Feinson Professor of the Humanities, Columbia University)About the lectureIn this talk, I wi...
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University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies @cambridgegender.bsky.social · Jun 3
Very exciting work by our PhD grad Dr Stefanie Felsberger @flsbrgr.bsky.social on femtech and menstrual tracking apps!
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Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy @mctd.bsky.social · May 28
UPCOMING🩸The High Stakes of Menstrual Tracking

Join us at the launch of our report on femtech and improving access to menstrual knowledge and care. Hear from self-tracking and reproductive justice experts @flsbrgr.bsky.social, @wernimont.bsky.social, & Andrea Ford.

➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/events/repor...
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Margaret Anstee Centre, Newnham College @ansteecentre.bsky.social · Jun 3
Rashalee Mitchell will deliver a lecture at 5pm on 10 June at @newnhamcollege.bsky.social on Social Protection for Female Sex Workers in Jamaica. Do join us & share! ‬ @cambridgegender.bsky.social @camsociology.bsky.social @campolis.bsky.social @crasshlive.bsky.social newn.cam.ac.uk/event/social...
Lecture on 10 June on topic of Social Protection for Female Sex Workers in Jamaica: Implications for Social Policy and Development
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University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies @cambridgegender.bsky.social · May 21
It's today! See you all at 5pm in ARB SG2!
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University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies @cambridgegender.bsky.social · May 16
Don't miss next Wed's talk by Prof Patricia Owens @whitproject.bsky.social on her new book "Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men": 21 May, 5pm, ARB SG2, drinks to follow! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies @cambridgegender.bsky.social · May 20
And we get to hear about it from @whitproject.bsky.social herself tomorrow at 5pm, ARB SG2!
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Paul Poast @profpaulpoast.bsky.social · May 20
IR Book of the Week!

"Erased" by @whitproject.bsky.social. Women played a foundational roles in developing the field of international relations scholarship. But that role is often downplayed, forgotten, or simply ignored. Owens offers a crucial corrective.
Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men
Amazon.com: Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men: 9780691266442: Owens, Patricia: Books
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University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies @cambridgegender.bsky.social · May 20
It's tomorrow, 21 May! Join us with IR/Hist to welcome Prof Patricia Owens @whitproject.bsky.social to talk about her book "Erased: A History of International Thought without Men" at 5pm ARB SG2 (that's ground floor by the cafe), drinks to follow! @campolis.bsky.social @ansteecentre.bsky.social
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Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · May 20
👇 Looking forward to this...
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University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies @cambridgegender.bsky.social · May 16
Don't miss next Wed's talk by Prof Patricia Owens @whitproject.bsky.social on her new book "Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men": 21 May, 5pm, ARB SG2, drinks to follow! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · May 19
🌿 Sexual Ecologies: Space, nature and queer cinema

30 May
7 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP
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This workshop aims to reassess Eco-cinema from the specific vantage point of contemporary queer cinema, and to collaboratively explore the nexus of queerness, landscape, and lens-based art
The shadow of a hand falls onto the trunk of a tree in a forest. Text: Sexual Ecologies: Space, nature and queer cinema, a workshop on 30 may 2025, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge.
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University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies @cambridgegender.bsky.social · May 16
Don't miss next Wed's talk by Prof Patricia Owens @whitproject.bsky.social on her new book "Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men": 21 May, 5pm, ARB SG2, drinks to follow! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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