Join us on Monday 6 October, 12pm, CMB for 'Writing the Woman Question' in Science: Feminist Challenges, Reflections and Musings. Join Dr Gita Chadha as she reflects on her own journey in feminist science studies, and the evolving narratives of women and men in science. Visit: edin.ac/4grlzFw

Associate Director Kaveri Qureshi and Lauren Hood, outgoing summer Intern, take stock of what GENDER.ED has been doing this summer, to get ourselves ready for the new academic year. Read more on the blog here: www.gender.ed.ac.uk/blog/2025/we...

There is still time to register for the GENDER.ED Welcome Reception! 25 Sep 5-7pm, CMB Join us for networking, the exhibition 'The Pill. Angry Chuckles', and a discussion on 'Researching Contraception, Gendered Relationships and Social Justice' Visit: edin.ac/45Qu9cd

ICYMI! Register today for the GENDER.ED Welcome Reception! 25 Sep 5-7pm, CMB Join us for networking, the exhibition 'The Pill. Angry Chuckles', and a discussion on 'Researching Contraception, Gendered Relationships and Social Justice' Visit: edin.ac/45Qu9cd

Attention all Year 1 and 2 students! Sign up for our popular Semester 1 course Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World! Hear from experts across departments to understand how gender shapes everyday life, technology, ecologies, and politics.

We hope our followers have had a great summer, and we are delighted to announce our first event of Semester 1! GENDER.ED Welcome Reception 25 Sep 5pm-7pm, CMB Join us for a fascinating exhibition and roundtable discussion. More info and to register: www.gender.ed.ac.uk/events/2025/...

There is still time to register for our seminar: Possibilities for Pedagogies of Empathy in an Exclusionary University. With the Centre for South Asian Studies. Wed 16 July 12pm-1pm 3.15, CMB Register here: edin.ac/442LRrS

As the academic year draws to a close, GENDER.ED have produced a round-up of our events, awards, new appointments and other activities which have taken place over Semester Two. Read here: bit.ly/44rfWl4

At the close of Pride Month, PrideSoc President Poppy Watson discusses the Society's achievements this year, and the need for such an active, visible queer Society on campus. Read here: bit.ly/4kcjq0H

ICYMI! On 16 July we are joined by the wonderful Anagha Tambe (Pune) for her seminar: Possibilities for Pedagogies of Empathy in an Exclusionary University. With the Centre for South Asian Studies. Wed 16 July 12pm-1.30pm 3.15, CMB Register here: edin.ac/442LRrS

Lauren Hood introduces herself as the GENDER.ED summer intern and discusses the exciting projects she'll be working on. Read the blog here: bit.ly/4eoPU6M

Just announced! Possibilities for Pedagogies of Empathy in an Exclusionary University, with Anagha Tambe, Pune. With the Centre for South Asian Studies. Wed 16 July 12pm-1.30pm 3.15, CMB Register here: edin.ac/442LRrS

To conclude their internships with GENDER.ED, PhD Intern, Maéva Thibeault, and Undergraduate Intern, Mouna Chatt sat down and reflected on what they have accomplished and learnt during their time with GENDER.ED. bit.ly/43LGEWH

This year, GENDER.ED hosted a Mini-Undergraduate Dissertation Showcase as part of our Annual Research Showcase. In today's blog, Undergraduate Intern Mouna Chatt, and Kaveri Qureshi, Associate Director, converse about what they saw as the highlights of the mini-showcase. bit.ly/3ZtBjAE

ICYMI - there is still time to register! Join us for an enlightening event tomorrow, 11 June, at 4pm as Dr. Jamie Budnick discusses "No Differences? Debating Demographic Expertise on US Marriage". Learn more and register: edin.ac/4cSgg00

There is still time to register: Breaking Boundaries, Questioning Canons: In-Conversation with A Feminist Publisher, with Urvashi Butalia from Zubaan Books. 10 June,12pm - 1.30pm, Chrystal Macmillan Building Register here: edin.ac/43hrxnD

In this blog post, panellists and IASH fellows Dr Alex Brostoff, Dr Alice Parrinello and Dr Evelyn Whorrall-Campbell revisit the brainstorming meeting that took place before the GENDER.ED/IASH event on queering research methods earlier this semester. bit.ly/3FQ3gMg

There is still time to register for today's online seminar: Roundtable: researching on-campus gender-based violence Monday 9 June 4pm - 5.30pm Online via Zoom Register here: edin.ac/3HriR5l

Kaveri Qureshi reflects on how the Queer Data Showcase organised by the Gender + Sexuality Data Lab, Pride in STEM and the Edinburgh Futures Institute’s AI Ethics & Society addressed queer data as an adjective and as a verb. bit.ly/3FMj1nx

Next week promises to be a busy one for GENDER.ED, so be sure to explore the upcoming activities! Find comprehensive information about the events and how to sign up here: www.gender.ed.ac.uk/events

Next week (11 June), we welcome Jamie Budnick to the University of Edinburgh to explore how the demography of sexuality has become a battleground in debates over LGBTQ civil rights 📊 Hosted by the Gender + Sexuality Data Lab and @uoe-gender-ed.bsky.social. Chaired by: @katherinewyers.bsky.social

ICYMI Breaking Boundaries, Questioning Canons: In-Conversation with A Feminist Publisher, with Urvashi Butalia from Zubaan Books. 10 June 12pm - 1.30pm Chrystal Macmillan Building Register: edin.ac/43hrxnD

What does it mean to centre absence, ambiguity, and refusal in research? Alex Nevins explores how queering methods through the lens of the asexual-spectrum and the right to opacity invites us to read absence not as lack, but as an alternative form of presence and resistance. bit.ly/43W4pey

Join us next week for the roundtable on researching on-campus gender-based violence. Mon 9 June, 4-5.30pm, Zoom Open to UoE staff and students only Register here: edin.ac/3HriR5l

Kaveri Qureshi introduces a blog series on queering research methods, extending out of a roundtable GENDER.ED hosted on this topic back in LGBT+ History Month, augmented by work by other ECRs. bit.ly/4jsYvWK

Roundtable on researching on-campus gender-based violence Mon 9 June, 4-5.30pm, Zoom Open to UoE staff and students only Join Susan Lagdon (Ulster), Anni Donaldson (prev. Strathclyde) and Bill Flack (Bucknell), chaired by John Devaney (UoE). Visit: edin.ac/3HriR5l

Breaking Boundaries, Questioning Canons: A Feminist Publisher Reflects 10 June, 12pm-1.30pm, CMB A conversation between Urvashi Butalia, Zubaan Books, and Dr Radhika Govinda, GENDER.ED. With ‪@iashedinburgh.bsky.social‬, @critiquecentre.bsky.social‬ and CSAS. Visit: edin.ac/43hrxnD

Earlier this month, Marie Larsson and Autumn Roesch-Marsh hosted a workshop using poetry to explore contraception. In this blog, Kaveri Qureshi sits down with them to discuss their collaboration, and how the workshop went. bit.ly/4dIhCeo

@beckshewer.bsky.social summarizes her important new report exploring UK health and social care professionals’ thoughts about assessing and certifying eligibility for the two-child limit’s ‘non-consensual conception’ exception, colloquially known as the ‘rape clause’. bit.ly/44WvejT

We were delighted to have such a great turnout at last week's Annual Research Showcase! This year saw work from both PhD researchers and UG students being displayed, and we also had stalls run by EUSA student societies. A huge thank you to all who made it such a success!

Earlier this month, Dr Alice Hovorka from York University in Canada gave a lecture on visioning healthy more-than-human cities. Feminist posthumanist conceptual frames help to articulate these possibilities. GENDER.ED’s intern, Mouna Chatt, looks back at the lecture. bit.ly/4j8MvcI

Kaveri Qureshi, Associate Director of GENDER.ED, reflects on this week’s Annual Research Showcase - the highlight of the yearly calendar for GENDER.ED's community. bit.ly/4krlXVw

Join us for an enlightening event on 11 June as Dr. Jamie Budnick discusses "No Differences? Debating Demographic Expertise on US Marriage." Don't miss this opportunity to engage with important topics on gender and demographics. Learn more and register: edin.ac/4cSgg00

Mouna Chatt, GENDER.ED's Undergraduate Intern, reflects on Black Women* at Edinburgh’s Nurtured Magazine Launch Event that took place in March 2025. bit.ly/3GRkVU3

Few tickets remain for for the Annual Research Showcase on Wed 14 May, 3pm - 5.30pm, , Informatics Forum! This year's event will feature a Mini UG Dissertation Showcase to celebrate UG research related to gender and sexualities studies! Register today: edin.ac/3E7X0Pr

Hanaa Yousof reflects on receiving the news that there is war in Sudan and what it means to be separated from your country, not knowing when you can see it again. bit.ly/3Sr0Xls

In today's blog post, Ruweyda Ahmed discusses the rise of Black femicide in the UK, emphasising the urgent need for higher media coverage, culture-specific policies, and the validation of Black women and girls’ vulnerability. bit.ly/3EFWsR4

In today's blog, Avani Tilekar reflects on Brown Girl* Society's (BG*S) very first full year as an official society at the University of Edinburgh. bit.ly/3RGPcXY

Don't forget to register for the Annual Research Showcase on 14 May, 3pm - 5.30pm, which will now be held in G.07/A, Informatics Forum! This year's event will feature a Mini UG Dissertation Showcase to celebrate UG research related to gender and sexualities studies! Visit: edin.ac/3E7X0Pr

📢 Just announced!📢 No Differences: A public talk by Dr Jamie Budnick on Debating Demographic Expertise in U.S. Marriage Equality Cases. With the The Gender + Sexuality Data Lab. 11 June, 4-5pm, EFI More info: edin.ac/4cSgg00

🔥Low ticket warning! Experimental Times: Startup Capitalism and Feminist Futures in India, with @critiquecentre.bsky.social Thurs 1 May, 3.30pm-5pm Violet Laidlaw Room, CMB Register here: edin.ac/4c4DnUP

In today's blog, Maria Tsuma reflects on International Women's Day 2025, systemic change vs. individual responsibility, and what a feminist future would look like. bit.ly/447hQZI

You still have until 11.59pm (BST) TODAY to submit a nomination for the GENDER.ED-EUSA Undergraduate Feminist Trailblazers Awards! Click here to access the nomination form: forms.office.com/e/Q9nvUKNuVw

In today’s blog, Dr Simon Buck and Professor Roger Jeffery reflect on the controversy surrounding the Elsie Inglis statue and invite us to engage in a critical conversation about Edinburgh’s imperial history. bit.ly/430D8Hh

GENDER.ED is delighted to represent the Identities and Inequalities theme at the CAHSS Research Themes Showcase 2025 on Thursday 24 April. This exhibition will showcase the activities and research across the 9 CAHSS Research Themes. More information on the research themes here: edin.ac/42VqxoQ

📢There is still time to submit a nomination for the 2025 GENDER.ED - EUSA UG Feminist Trailblazers Awards! To nominate by Mon 28 April, visit: edin.ac/4bmwTjJ To read more about previous winners, visit: edin.ac/3XMRJDj

In the concluding post of our dossier on social reproduction, Dr. Tatiana Sánchez Parra reflects on last year's day-long seminar, Boundary Crossings: A seminar on the transnational travels of social reproduction. bit.ly/4lCcHPs

Sara R Farris shares her hard hitting film on the racialized work of social reproduction in paid care work on our blog today bit.ly/4lGyKEY

What’s new in gender & sexualities research at UoE? Find out at GENDER.ED’s Annual Research Showcase 2025 on 14 May! New this year: Mini UG Dissertation Showcase! UG students will present dissertation posters exploring gender & sexuality. Visit: edin.ac/3E7X0Pr

📢We have now extended the nomination deadline for the 2025 GENDER.ED - EUSA UG Feminist Trailblazers Awards! To nominate by 28 April, visit: edin.ac/4bmwTjJ To read more about previous winners, visit: edin.ac/3XMRJDj