The Gender Institute promotes innovative research and teaching while also cultivating a vibrant sense of tradition through our signature programs. For more information about each program, click the accompanying photo.
Feminist Research Alliance
“Food Justice: From Kitchens to Comprehensive Plans”
Samina Raja, Professor and Director, UB Food Lab & Shireen Guru, Research Fellow, UB Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab (UB Food Lab)
February 1, 2023
12:00 - 1:00pm (EST)
via Zoom
New Books, New Feminist Directions
Key Words in Gender and Sexuality Studies
Mishuana Goeman, Professor, Gender Studies and Chair of Indigenous Studies with Kyla Wazana Tompkins
March 2, 2023
12:30 - 1:50pm (EST)
In-person
Signature Lecture Series
"Social Reproduction and the Crisis of Housing in Buffalo" Panel
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Leon Forrest Professor of African American Studies, Northwestern University, with India Walton and Rahwa Ghirmatzion
March 15, 2023
4:00 - 5:30pm (EDT)
In-person & Zoom
Signature Lecture Series
"Social Reproduction from Majority World Perspectives" Panel
Alessandra Mezzadri, Reader, Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, with Yige Dong and Gabriella Nassif
April 20, 2023
3:30 - 5:00pm (EDT)
In-person & Zoom
Feminist Research Alliance
“Small-Gauge State: Gender, Jim Crow, and Government Films"
Loren Pilcher, Assistant Professor, Department of Global Gender & Sexuality Studies
April 26, 2023
12:00 - 1:00pm (EDT)
via Zoom
New Books, New Feminist Directions
Settling Nature: The Conservation Regime in Palestine-Israel
Irus Braverman, Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Geography with Leila Harris
May 3, 2023
3:30 - 5:00pm (EDT)
In-person & via Zoom