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About Rutgers Institute for Research on Women

The IRW stimulates research on women and gender within and across the disciplines . . .

Six Thursdays each year, from 4:30 to 6:00 pm, the IRW presents cutting-edge work by scholars from Rutgers and other universities.

Info about this year's series

IRW Weekly Seminar

The IRW Seminar on Gendered Agency meets Thursday mornings from 10:30 to noon. Check our schedule of discussions, and if you'd like to join us for one or more sessions, please contact us to get the readings in advance.

2010-11 IRW Theme:

The Art and Science of Happiness

Description available

Featured Web Archives

October 2008 Focus article on the discussion of faculty projects featuring gender, ethnicity and race co-sponsored by the IRW and the Center for Race and Ethnicity

IRW 30th Anniversary Celebration in Pictures:

Highlights from our

special events in April 2008 commemorating the

rich history and bright future of the IRW

Rutgers Focus article

on IRW Learning Communities

Donations

You may now contribute to the IRWby making a tax-deductible donation to the Institute for Research on Women, ensuring our future success.

The IRW is located on the second floor of the Center for Women's Programs at 160 Ryders Lane,

New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-8555.

AN OPEN INVITATION

to Rutgers Graduate Students

“Feminist Futures:

New Directions in Gender & Feminist Studies”

A one day graduate student forum

Friday, March 5, 2010

COME, PRESENT, PARTICIPATE

The Institute for Research on Women (IRW) announces its second annual Graduate Student Forum. We invite graduate students from all departments, disciplines and schools at Rutgers to present and share brief descriptions of their scholarship on women, gender and/or feminism with each other in a relaxed and supportive environment. The event is part of the IRW’s mission to encourage cross-disciplinary discussions and partnerships.

Come, share work, meet colleagues from departments, schools and campuses across the University, and hear about new research at Rutgers.

Students who wish to present 5-minute descriptions of their work are invited to send a title, brief description of your work, CV, and contact information to irw@rci.rutgers.edu with “Spring 10 Graduate Student Forum” in the subject line by Thursday, February 11th, 2010. We will arrange submissions into thematic panels.

The meeting will begin at 9 am on Friday, March 5th, 2010 at the Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building, 162 Ryders Lane (Douglass-New Brunswick campus).Light morning refreshments and lunch will be provided. Download a flyer now pdf.

Apply now for 2010-2011 IRW

Global Scholars

The Institute for Research on Women invites applications for Global Scholars for 2010-2011. Each year, the IRW four to eight scholars to join us as IRW Global Scholars for four to nine months. We have no funds to support these scholars, but offer private offices and participation in a lively interdisciplinary feminist community. The theme for our discussions from September 2010 through April 2011 will be "The Art and Science of Happiness." We invite applications from university scholars and scholar/activists whose work is compatible with the theme. The deadline for applications is February 15, 2010

Download a complete description and application information in pdf now.

2009-2010

Upcoming Lectures

Gendered Agency

IRW Distinguished Lecture Series

February 18, 2010

Susan Stryker (Gender Studies, Indiana University)

“Christine in the Cutting Room: The Cinematic Embodiment of Transsexual Celebrity Christine Jorgensen” flyer & More Info

March 4, 2010

Diana Meyers (Ellacuría Chair; Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago)

“Jenny Saville Remakes the Female Nude – Representing Agentic Womanhood”

Lectures at 4:30 on Thursday afternoons, with receptions preceding at 4:00 pm at Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building, 162 Ryders Lane, Douglass Campus, Rutgers-New Brunswick.

Everyone is welcome.

Updates

2010-2011 Post-doctoral Fellowship in Race and Gender History

The Center for Race and Ethnicity and the Institute for Research on Women at Rutgers University announce a post-doctoral fellowship for scholars pursuing research in race and gender studies. The successful applicant must have the doctorate in hand at the time of application, be no more than six years beyond the Ph.D., and be able to teach history courses. The fellowship of $45,000 is of one year duration and includes benefits and a $2,000 research stipend. The recipient will teach at least one small course in the history department and participate in the seminar series at either the Center for Race and Ethnicity or the Institute for Research on Women (whichever is the better fit). For information regarding the Center and Institute see respectively: http://raceethnicity.rutgers.edu and http://irw.rutgers.edu.

Please send letter of interest, c.v., dossier with at least three letters of reference and research proposal to:

Professor Deborah Gray White, Post-Doc Search, Department of History, Rutgers University, 16 Seminary Place, Van Dyck Hall, New Brunswick, NJ 08901.

The deadline for applications is February 28, 2010.

2009-2010 IRW Poster

This year's IRW Distinguished Lecture Series poster features artwork by painter, weaver and former Rutgers faculty member Emma Amos created at Rutgers' Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions.

Download a pdf version now, and send us an email

to join our mailing list.

Printed copies of the poster are available on request.

Other News

IRW Undergraduate Learning Community

Undergraduate students interested in exploring questions and consequences

of "Gendered Agency" will gather at the IRW every Thursday afternoon

during Fall and Spring Semesters 2009-2010.

The 1.5 credit IRW Learning Community introduces participants to the work of leading feminist scholars and provides a shared space for individual inquiry on related topics. More info