SOAS Centre for Gender Studies @CGS_SOAS
CGS leads interdisciplinary research and teaching on gender and sexuality with particular reference to Asia, Africa, the Middle East and their diasporas. linktr.ee/soasgender London Joined April 2013-
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thrilled to be in conversation about 'The Psychic Lives of Statues' with this galaxy of stars – @EddieBruceJones @Gargi_at_home Kerem Nişancıoğlu @LalehKhalili – @CGS_SOAS on March 21; thanks @discoursekhala and @LakhaniShreeta for organising
I hope you put these dates on your calendar for my new experiments with SRT! We already have 200+ folks signed up, so why not you?
The London launch event for my book 'Eros and Empire' will be happening in Whitechapel on Friday, March 14! Please do come if you're around! You'll get to hear from @ayca_cu, @discoursekhala, and Nivi Manchanda, sooooooo eventbrite.co.uk/e/eros-and-emp…
Tomorrow, Dr. Azza Hamed Abdel Aziz joins CGS to offer an analysis of the role of gender in the current conjuncture in Sudan. All welcome, register here: soas.ac.uk/about/event/ge…
Tomorrow, Dr. Azza Hamed Abdel Aziz joins CGS to offer an analysis of the role of gender in the current conjuncture in Sudan. All welcome, register here: soas.ac.uk/about/event/ge…
'Gendered Geneaologies in the Face of the Sudanese State', a public talk by Dr. Azza Ahmed Abdel Aziz. Part of the Centre for Gender Studies Seminar Series. Thursday Jan 9th, 2025. 5-7 pm in the Kamran Djam Lecture Theatre. All welcome, register here: soas.ac.uk/about/event/ge…
Thank you to all the attendees and speakers of our Term 1 Seminar Series. We’re pleased to share the Term 2 Seminar Series in advance of the new year! A fantastic line-up of feminist scholars and cultural workers. See you in the new year 🌱
📢Centre for Gender Studies Event Join us for a discussion about how the digital has been crucial to queer African studies with @Obsqueer Find out more: soas.ac.uk/about/event/wh…
This Friday, join our colleague @ShirinMRai to learn about the human costs of care work and how these are reproduced across the boundaries of class, race, gender, and generation. Event details: eventbrite.com/e/depletion-th…
This Friday, join our colleague @ShirinMRai to learn about the human costs of care work and how these are reproduced across the boundaries of class, race, gender, and generation. Event details: eventbrite.com/e/depletion-th…
Next week, @CGS_SOAS will welcome @leahacowan and @MollyRoseBell to explore why feminists should divest from carceral systems and structures. Find out more: bit.ly/3O4BegH
Come learn about why our feminism should be anti-carceral at our next seminar series on the 19th November 2024 at 6pm. We will be hosting @leahacowan and dr molly ackhurst. More info: soas.ac.uk/about/event/ag…
Centre for Law & Social Change - QTHoMo meets Trans Femme Futures (Hybrid), with Nat Raha and Mijke van der Drift, Thursday 7 November 1-3pm. SALT (S101) Senate House, SOAS ticketsource.co.uk/centre-for-law…
Yesterday at @CGS_SOAS talking about anthropology, queer value and gentrification in London and Buenos Aires. Thanks for having me!
📢 Dec. 3 at SOAS - Book launch for the edited anthology Producing Palestine: The Creative Production of Palestine Through Contemporary Media, featuring CGS staff member @sophiechamas87 soas.ac.uk/about/event/pr…
'Producing Palestine: The Creative Production of Palestine Through Contemporary Media' edited by Dina Matar and Helga Tawil-Souri is a forthcoming book in the #SOAS Palestine Studies series published by @ibtauris bloomsbury.com/uk/producing-p…
Check out the upcoming Seminar Series from our friends at SOAS Centre for Gender Studies @CGS_SOAS. The first event takes place tomorrow, 15.10.24

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