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Queer Chimerica: Speculation and the Futur(h)istory of Homopostsocialism

Kai Blake-Leibowitz — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:49:06 +0000

Queer Chimerica: Speculation and the Futur(h)istory of Homopostsocialism Kai Blake-Leibowitz Wed, 04/02/2025 - 09:49

Wednesday April 2nd, 2025
4pm - 5:30pm

Gates Woodruff Women's Studies Cottage, Reading Room - View map

What’s the relationship between the discourse of queer fluidity and the rise of China since the 1990s? In what ways are queer history and futurity shaped by shifts in global postsocialist conditions? What stories are amplified or sidelined through the performativity and theatricality of queer politics? And what does it mean to write queerness as critical fabulations?

Blending archival work, ethnography, and cultural analysis with memoir, graphic arts, and science fiction, Dr. Shana Ye’s Queer Chimerica: A Speculative Auto/Ethnography unpacks the ways in which the transnational circulation of queer culture, politics, and institutions are structured through the antagonist interdependence of China and the US.

Dr. Shana Ye is an Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies at the University of Toronto. Her research areas include transnational feminism, queer theory, post/socialist studies, affect studies, and Sinophone science and technology studies.

This event is wheelchair accessible and will have automatic captioning available. Please contact WGST@Colorado.EDU for specific accommodation requests.

Co-sponsored by the LGBTQ Studies Program, the Departments of Women and Gender Studies, English, History, and the Pride Office.

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A Feminist Lens on Global China 2025 Colloquium

Kai Blake-Leibowitz — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 19:15:46 +0000

A Feminist Lens on Global China 2025 Colloquium Kai Blake-Leibowitz Mon, 02/10/2025 - 12:15

Friday March 7, 2025
10:00am - 4:30pm

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The Department of Women and Gender Studies at the �鶹ӰԺ is hosting a one-day colloquium on feminist perspectives on Global China as part of our Department's 50th Anniversary celebration.

The rise of China as a new global economic and political force has spurred the rapid growth of the field of Global China studies. Yet, research focused on gender and sexuality remains quite limited. This colloquium is a rare event that brings together an international group of scholars to help foster more robust feminist perspectives on Global China. Special attention will be paid to the implications of China’s engagement with the Global South, especially Africa and South Asia.

Panelists include:

Ching Kwan Lee, UCLA
Marie Berry, University of Denver
Yoon Jung Park, Georgetown
Mingwei Huang, Dartmouth
Sisasenkosi Mataruse, University of Zimbabwe
Prolific Mataruse, University of Zimbabwe
Vivian Lu, Rice
Ivy Gikonyo, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Charlotte Goodburn, King’s College London
Soumya Mishra, King’s College London
Matthew Chin, University of Virginia
Yiping Cai, UC Irvine
Eram Ashraf, Swansea University, UK
Xinlei Sha, Cornell
Justin Haruyama, University of British Colombia
Xianan Jin, University of Exeter, UK
Colloquium organizer: Robert Wyrod, Associate Professor, Women and Gender Studies Department and International Affairs Program, CU �鶹ӰԺ

Detailed Colloquium Schedule, Friday March 7, 2025

10am
Welcome

10:15am
Panel 1: Framing Global China Research and Researchers

Searching for China in Afro-Sino Gender and Sexual Relations
- Robert Wyrod, �鶹ӰԺ
Feminist/Queer Reorientations of China-Africa Studies
- Mingwei Huang, Dartmouth College
Enfiguring Afro-Asian Capital and the Body Geopolitic
- Vivian Lu, Rice University
Gender and Chinese Investors Corporate Social Responsibility in Africa: Perspectives from the ‘Weaving the Future’ - Community Moms Empowerment Project in Zimbabwe
- Sisasenkosi Mataruse and Prolific S. Mataruse, University of Zimbabwe
Becoming Postcolonial: Situated Knowledge Yet beyond Borders
- Xianan Jin, University of Exeter, UK
Discussant: Ching Kwan Lee, UCLA

12pm, noon
Lunch break, refreshments provided

1pm
Panel 2: Intimacies of Global China

When Factory Comes to the Field: How Do Chinese Investments Change Local Women’s Lives?
- Soumya Mishra, King’s College London, UK
Chinese Workers, African Women, and Abandoned Children: The Gendered Impact of Chinese Labour Practices in Africa
- Ivy Gikonyo, University of Pretoria, South Africa
The Dependence of Capital on Women’s Affective and Reproductive Labor in China-Africa Relations
- Justin Lee Haruyama, University of British Columbia, CA
Cultural Politics of Blame: HIV/AIDS Rumors, Race, and Gender
- Xinlei Sha, Cornell University
Discussant: Marie Berry, University of Denver

2:30pm
Coffee break

3pm
Panel 3: Perspectives from South Asia, the Caribbean, and Beyond

Co-Producing Southern Feminist Knowledge on Global China
- Yiping Cai, University of California, Irvine
Disciplining Production and Reproduction in Special Economic Zones beyond China: Rural Migrant Women and Dormitory Labour Regimes in India and Uganda
- Charlotte Goodburn, King’s College London, UK
Gender and China's Belt and Road Initiative in Pakistan
- Eram Ashraf, Swansea University, UK
Intimacies of Travel: Afro-Asian Relations in Post-Independence Jamaica
- Matthew Chin, University of Virginia
Discussant: Yoon Jung Park, Georgetown University

4:30pm
Closing Remarks

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Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship for Faculty Diversity - Fall 2024

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 19:42:14 +0000

Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship for Faculty Diversity - Fall 2024 Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 08/30/2024 - 13:42

The Department of Women and Gender Studies (WGST) welcomes applications for the Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship for Faculty Diversity Program. For detailed program information, including eligibility requirements, the CU �鶹ӰԺ application process and timeline, and the application portal, please see: /postdoctoralaffairs/current-postdocs/chancellors-postdoctoral-fellowship-diversity-program. It is a competitive application process, first at the department level and then the university level.

To be considered as a ranked departmental nominee, materials (as listed below) need to be submitted to the Department of Women and Gender Studies by October 1, 2024. Please note this is one month ahead of the required university deadline of November 1.

Internal Application for the Department of Women and Gender Studies

Applicants should begin the process by contacting a possible mentor among the WGST faculty as soon as possible. If the WGST faculty member agrees to consider mentorship, the applicant should send them the follow materials by October 1st:

Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Personal Statement (guidelines on the university's application page)
Writing Sample

The WGST faculty will review applicant dossiers in order to rank all applicants. We are only able to nominate the very top-ranked candidates to the university review committee. Applicants will be advised of the department’s decision by October 18. The �鶹ӰԺ applicant deadline is November 1.

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Dr. Samira Mehta shares new writing on Interfaith Voices and The Conversation

Anonymous — Wed, 15 May 2024 15:42:08 +0000

Dr. Samira Mehta shares new writing on Interfaith Voices and The Conversation Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 05/15/2024 - 09:42

Dr. Mehta, director of Jewish Studies and associate professor of Women and Gender Studies has recently published two new pieces of writing. On gender studies topics, Mehta wrote, "Words Count: From "Woman" to "Mother," "Embryo" to "Child"" for Internfaith Voices which discusses religious language in reproductive history. On Asianness and Judaism, Mehta also wrote "Asian Jewish Americans have a double reason to celebrate their heritage in May" for The Conversation.

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Educational Resources on Palestine and the war in Gaza

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 16:09:27 +0000

Educational Resources on Palestine and the war in Gaza Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:09

For an updated list of educational resources on Palestine and the war in Gaza please visit the Resources Google Document.

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Dr. Leila Gómez Honored with College Scholar Award

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 17:28:56 +0000

Dr. Leila Gómez Honored with College Scholar Award Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 12/14/2023 - 10:28

Dr. Gómez has been selected as a recipient of the College Scholar Award by the College of Arts and Sciences as an acknowledgement of her "scholarship, creative accomplishments and promise." Congratulations Dr. Gómez!

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Special Issue: Kashmiri Futures Co-edited by Dr. Misri Available Now

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 17:10:00 +0000

Special Issue: Kashmiri Futures Co-edited by Dr. Misri Available Now Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 11/22/2023 - 10:10

"Kashmiri Futures," a special issue of English Language Notes edited by Dr. Deepti Misri, Dr. Mohamad Junaid, and Dr. Ather Zia is available now.

This special issue inaugurates a scholarly and creative conversation that seeks to detach the future of Kashmir from the narrative, aesthetic, and political frames of powerful nation-states that have sought to keep Kashmiris confined to a long and seemingly enduring colonial present. It seeks, moreover, to inspire radical imaginations of possible futures in danger of foreclosure by occupying states, and asks us to think about occupation as a temporal as well as spatial regime.

Check out the special issue and read the editor's introduction, made freely available.

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Announcing the Janet Jacobs Honors Colloquium!

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 19:41:45 +0000

Announcing the Janet Jacobs Honors Colloquium! Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 11/16/2023 - 12:41

The Janet Jacobs Honors Colloquium is an annual event, hosted by the department of Women and Gender Studies (WGST) and the Arts and Sciences Honors Program, to celebrate students whose honors theses, in any discipline, thematically address the fields of WGST and LGBTQ studies. Each spring 3-7 students from across the University will be selected to present their work in a colloquium setting for an audience of mentors, friends, family, and interested students, faculty, and staff. Each year, WGST and the Arts and Science Honors Program will select a guest speaker to deliver a keynote address.

The Janet Jacobs Honors Colloquium is named after Professor Janet Jacobs in honor of her more than thirty-five years as an esteemed member of the WGST department and her 8 years as Program Director for the Arts and Science Honors Program. Professor Janet Jacobs is Professor of Distinction in Women and Gender Studies. Her research focuses on ethnic and religious violence, gender, mass trauma, and collective memory. She is author of numerous books and journal articles, including Divine Disenchantment: Deconverting from New Religions (1989), Victimized Daughters: Incest and the Development of the Female Self (1994), Hidden Heritage: The Legacy of the Crypto-Jews (2002), Memorializing the Holocaust: Gender, Genocide and Collective Memory (2010), and The Holocaust Across Generations: Trauma and Its Inheritance Among Descendants of Survivors (2016). Her current work is on genocide, collective memory, and counter memorialization. She is the recipient of numerous book awards and in 2005 she received the Hazel Barnes Prize, the most prestigious single faculty award granted by the �鶹ӰԺ.

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Professor Celeste Montoya Publishes New Chapter ¡Sí, ella puede!

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 16:30:30 +0000

Professor Celeste Montoya Publishes New Chapter ¡Sí, ella puede! Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 10/06/2023 - 10:30

In a chapter written for the recently published Distinct Identities: Minority Women in U.S. Politics, Celeste Montoya, a �鶹ӰԺ associate professor of women and gender studies, demonstrates how social movements and community activism have played a vital role in shaping Latina legislative leadership in Colorado.

Check out the full ¡Sí, ella puede! article in A&S magazine!

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Emmanuel David Collaborates in Traveling Art Installation "We are Coming" for MCA Denver Exhibition "Cowboy"

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 18:59:56 +0000

Emmanuel David Collaborates in Traveling Art Installation "We are Coming" for MCA Denver Exhibition "Cowboy" Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 09/27/2023 - 12:59

CU �鶹ӰԺ Professor’s, Emmanuel David and Yumi Janairo Roth are highlighted in local newspapers, The Ampersand Podcast, and more for their collaboration in “We Are Coming” a traveling art installation showcased at the Museum of Contemporary Art’s upcoming exhibition “Cowboy”. The exhibit examines how the myth of the cowboy exists today, with regard to gender archetypes, assumptions and relationships between the cowboy and the land, aiming to break apart the homogenous ideal of the cowboy as a white, cisgender, American male contemporarily and across history.

Podcast episode of The Ampersand, "We are coming: A collaborative project gives voice to the past and draws researchers closer in the present."
Press Coverage. We Are Coming, a collaboration between Yumi Janairo Roth and Emmanuel David, receives shouts outs in W Magazine and 5280.

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WGST news

Queer Chimerica: Speculation and the Futur(h)istory of Homopostsocialism

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A Feminist Lens on Global China 2025 Colloquium

Friday March 7, 2025 10:00am - 4:30pm

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Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship for Faculty Diversity - Fall 2024

Internal Application for the Department of Women and Gender Studies

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Dr. Samira Mehta shares new writing on Interfaith Voices and The Conversation

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Educational Resources on Palestine and the war in Gaza

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Dr. Leila Gómez Honored with College Scholar Award

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Special Issue: Kashmiri Futures Co-edited by Dr. Misri Available Now

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Announcing the Janet Jacobs Honors Colloquium!

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Professor Celeste Montoya Publishes New Chapter ¡Sí, ella puede!

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Emmanuel David Collaborates in Traveling Art Installation "We are Coming" for MCA Denver Exhibition "Cowboy"

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Friday March 7, 2025
10:00am - 4:30pm