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WelcomeThe Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research offers an
interdisciplinary forum for the study of gender, its function in
cultures and societies, and its intersection with race and class.
Students may choose from three areas of concentration within the BA
program: General Concentration, Concentration in Theories and Politics
of Sexuality, Concentration in Gender and International Development. A
minor in Women's Studies and a minor in Theories and Politics of
Sexuality are also available. The Center offers master's and doctoral
students the Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies in conjunction
with (other) degree programs. Graduate students may choose a thesis or
non-thesis Master of
Arts degree. For more information on specific programs, please
refer to the Undergraduate
or Graduate
pages. News and AnnouncementsSpecial Lecture: Feminism in Jalisco, MexicoBeatriz Bustos, Ph.D. The state of Jalisco in northern Mexico has had a great Catholic tradition since colonial times. Even though there is a secular government, Catholic ideology is inserted in high political spheres, and contributes to the reproduction of patriarchal social relations among men and women. Feminism has been hidden between shadows, even there are radical groups fighting for women’s’ rights. Currently Feminism in Jalisco has a “coin” effect: two different faces/ideologies, struggling to improve women's status in society. Beatriz Bustos will present a short historical description of feminism in Mexico, in Jalisco, and will discuss the current politics of gender. For more information, please click on this link. Gender Conversation Series ContinuesThe popular Gender Conversation Brown Bag Lecture Series continues again this 2009-2010 academic year. The series, an open forum for research discussion, aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue within the UF community about the scholarly and political issues surrounding gender and sexuality by creating an informal setting for sharing insights drawn from research, activism, and pedagogy, both inside the university and beyond. Everyone is welcome - local community members as well as UF faculty, staff, and students. So bring your friends, students, classmates - and bring a brown bag lunch! Don't miss our next Gender Conversation on Monday, November 2nd at 11:45a.m. in the third floor Reading Room in Ustler Hall, featuring Caleb Simmons, a doctoral student in the Department of Religion discussing "Intersections of Gender and Development: Muscles and (Mal)development: Hypermasculinity and the Legacy of the Domination of Nature in India" For a copy of the abstract for this conversation, please click on this link. The Gender Conversations Series is commonly held in the third floor reading room of Ustler Hall. Please click on this link for a complete schedule or for more information, please contact Donna Tuckey at tuckey@ufl.edu or call the Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research at 352-392-3365. Flora Zárate & the Art of the Andean ArpilleraFlora Zárate and Dr. Elayne Zorn The Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research is proud to announce a reception and demonstration by Flora Zárate, Peru’s foremost arpillera artist, with a presentation by Dr. Elayne Zorn of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Central Florida, on Friday, October 30, 2009 from noon-1:30pm in the Ustler Hall Atrium. Refreshments will be served. This reception and demonstration is co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies. For more information about this event, please click on this link or contact the Center for Women's Studies. Judith Page Named New DirectorA message from Dean Paul D'Anieri: "I am pleased to announce that Judith Page, Professor of English, has agreed to become Interim Director of the Center for Women’s Studies. Please join me in congratulating and thanking Judith for taking this important role. "
Kathryn Chicone Ustler HallBuilt in 1919, the structure fell into disuse in 1979 but was
saved from demolition in 1988 when it was granted protection under the
National Register of Historic Places. A generous donation from
sociology alumna Kathryn
Chicone Ustler in 2000 allowed for the vacant gym to be transformed
into a 14,700 square-foot academic treasure. The restoration process
began in 2004, and Women’s Studies moved into the facility in July,
2006.
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