Gender Symposium

Gender Symposium

Now in its seventh year, the Gender Symposium brings together a community of individuals to discuss integrating the study of women, gender, and sexuality in their work. It provides a forum for an interdisciplinary group of graduate students and faculty to present papers and works-in-progress for peer review. In many cases, gender is just one of many topics that our presenters feature in their work, not necessarily the primary focus; our goal is to be inclusive of many different methods and styles of research.

The Symposium also invites at least one prominent scholar in gender studies to campus each year for a formal talk. We meet every other week for about two hours during the semester, usually on Fridays at 3 PM in Garrison Hall, room 1.122. Our meetings are open to all.

The Symposium is a graduate student-oriented and grad student-run organization. It provides one of the few formal environments on campus for grad students to gather, together with faculty, to discuss their work. The Symposium receives its primary funding from the History Department and the Office of the Dean of Liberal Arts. Additional funding for special programs comes from other programs and departments at UT.

The Symposium is organized each year by a team of graduate students in History who serve as co-directors. This year, this group consists of Jennifer Eckel and Mary-Katherine Matalon. The group's faculty advisor is Laurie Green.

For easy access to more information about the Gender Symposium, please bookmark this web page. We also encourage you to check out the Center for Women's and Gender Studies web site for events that might interest you.

Last updated: 5 August 2008