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Fostering teaching, learning and discussion about gender and sexuality at the University of Chicago…
The Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at the University of Chicago was established in 1996, after a decade of faculty and student self-organization. It now consolidates work on gender and sexuality, and in feminist, gay and lesbian, and queer studies.
Our building is wheelchair accessible via a ramp in front of the building on University Avenue. There are automatic doors with push pads at the front entrances of the building. The building is equipped with three gender-neutral restrooms; the first floor restroom is ADA accessible and equipped with an automatic door and push pad.
For any other questions about access accommodations, please email csgs@lists.uchicago.edu.
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Announcing The Unfundable Fund for Gender & Sexuality Theory, Research, & Practice in honor of Prof. Lauren Berlant (1957-2021)
The CSGS is launching a campaign to garner immediate-use graduate student and postdoctoral research project funding, and eventually endow, The Unfundable Fund for Gender & Sexuality Research, Theory, and Practice. The name of this fund comes from Center co-founder Prof. Lauren Berlant (1957-2021), who was a tireless advocate for keeping space open for student research that presents "forms of queer we might not yet recognize." In this spirit, the Unfundable Fund will prioritize humanistic areas of inquiry that are centered in gender and/or sexuality studies and are not easily fundable through existing mechanisms. Through this initiative, we seek to continue the crucial work of Prof. Lauren Berlant in making the Center an incubator of cutting-edge gender & sexuality research by emerging scholars.
Please consider making your gift today to help us reach our goal by December 31, 2021.
Remembering James C. Hormel
We at the CSGS are saddened by the loss of the Hon. James Hormel (JD '58). The first openly gay U.S. Ambassador, James Hormel was a dedicated and generous supporter of the Center – funding our first graduate student fellowships for work in LGBTQ Studies at a time (in the late 1990's) when such programs were rare. Through this fund, we were able to support student research that became books such as Moving Politics: Emotion and ACT UP's Fight against AIDS by Deborah B. Gould (The University of Chicago Press, 2009); Queer Clout: Chicago and the Rise of Gay Politics by Timothy Stewart-Winter (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016); and Screw Consent: A Better Politics of Sexual Justice by Joseph J. Fischel (University of California Press, 2019). Our love and support go out to his family and friends.
In Memory of Lauren Berlant
We at the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality are mourning the loss of our colleague and dear friend, Lauren Berlant. Lauren helped found the CSGS in 1996 and served as the faculty director from 1999-2002. Since the formation of the GNSE major, Lauren was a central teacher, starting with "Problems in the Study of Sexuality," and more recently with our signature courses, "Theories of Gender and Sexuality" and "Advanced Theories of Gender and Sexuality." They organized conferences, writing workshops, and teach-ins, all of which pushed the boundaries of gender and sexuality scholarship forward in new ways. While authoring six monographs, numerous edited volumes, and countless articles, Lauren served on more than 100 dissertation committees, M.A. theses, and B.A. theses since 1984. They cared deeply about finding new ways to build a world with faculty, students, and staff, and in supporting radical ideas and new ways of thinking that do not always find nourishment in institutions of higher learning. We will miss Lauren's energy and wit and generosity at the Center and remain deeply committed to continuing their mentorship and world-building with new generations. We will be announcing plans for a public celebration of Lauren's legacy in the 2021-2022 academic year, as well as plans for an endowed fund for graduate student research – what Lauren imagined as "the Unfundable Fund" that would support a new generation of scholars producing theory that doesn't fit the current norm.
Read a letter about the impact of Lauren's research and teaching co-authored by Professors Debbie Nelson and Kristen Schilt.
All UChicago college students have the opportunity to learn about the fundamental importance of gender and sexuality as analytic categories as part of their general education requirement teaching the introduction to the tools of inquiry used in every discipline. The CSGS offers several sections of a two-quarter civilization sequence taught by our faculty based in a variety of disciplines. Read more about Gender and Sexuality in World Civilizations.
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