Columbia University
Institute for Research
on Women and Gender
 http://www.columbia.edu/cu/irwg


Contact Information:

Columbia University
763 Schermerhorn Extension MC 5008
1200 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10027
Marianne Hirsch and Elizabeth Povinelli, Co-Directors
Phone: 212/854-3277 Fax: 212/854-7466
Email: irwag@columbia.edu, mh2349@columbia.edu, ep2122@columbia.edu
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/irwag




CENTER DESCRIPTION

The Institute for Research on Women and Gender at Columbia University is a focal point for interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching and operates an undergraduate degree program in Women and Gender Studies. In addition, the institute offers interdisciplinary graduate education in feminist inquiry and sponsors lecture series and colloquia that support feminist scholarship and teaching in the university and in the surrounding community.

AREA(S) OF EXPERTISE

Archives; cultural, racial, religious, and ethnic diversity; cultural studies; economic and social status of women; education; feminist thought and scholarship; gender studies; global issues; history; human rights; international issues; law/legal issues; literature; media; politics; queer studies/LGBT studies; sexuality; women's studies.


RECENT PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES

  • Feminist Thought and Scholarship
    • Feminist Interventions. In addition to undergraduate and graduate teaching, the institute sponsors an annual public lecture series entitled Feminist Interventions, and has recently hosted conferences or colloquia on sexual violence against women, nationalism and sexuality, and queer theory.


PUBLICATIONS

    Feminist News. A newsletter published in September and January.

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