IRW Distinguished Lecture Series

Each year, IRW's distinguished lecture series presents a variety of talks showcasing interdisciplinary work on women, gender and sexuality by a variety of eminent speakers. The lecture series revolves around an annual theme that is also shared by our interdisciplinary seminar and undergraduate learning community. In 2019-20 our annual theme is "This is What Democracy Looks Like: Feminist Re-imaginings."

Thursday, October 24, 2019
"Just the Facts? Fragile Democracies in a Post-Truth Era"
Cynthia Miller-Idriss (Education and Sociology, American University), Valentine M. Moghadam (Sociology and International Affairs, Northeastern University), Khadijah White (Journalism and Media Studies, Rutgers University-New Brunswick)

Thursday, November 21, 2019
"Beyond Walls and Borders: Immigration, Citizenship, and Security Reconsidered"
Linda Bosniak (Law, Rutgers University-Camden), Debanuj DasGupta (Geography & Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University of Connecticut), Renée Feltz (Journalist)

Thursday, February 27, 2020
"Organizing for Power: The Grassroots Struggle for Inclusive Democracy"
Heather Booth (Organizer and Strategist, Midwest Academy), Jyl Josephson (Political Science & Women’s and Gender Studies, Rutgers University-Newark), Eric K. Ward (Organizer and Strategist, Western States Center)

Thursday, April 23, 2020
"Economic Inequality and the Threat to Democracy"
Lena Lavinas (Welfare Economics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Nancy MacLean (History and Public Policy, Duke University)