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We are delighted to announce that the book, Beautyscapes: Mapping Cosmetic Surgery Tourism (2019, Manchester University Press) has been awarded the 2020 Foundation for the Sociology...
“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” ― Angela Y. Davis As many of...
I spent 2019 conducting ethnographic fieldwork in and around professional wrestling as part of my project into concussion in contact sport. Wrestling is an unusual...
CIGS members want to express our solidarity with all those involved in, or affected by, recent Black Lives Matter protests following the killing by police...
For the last couple of months, we've been running the CIGS Writing Together Wednesdays, attracting gender studies students and scholars from both within and beyond...
As we continue to come to terms with our changing lives and environments in the face of COVID-19, CIGS is launching "Writing Together Wednesdays" -...
The new LHRI Gender, Race, Peace reading group will be launched on Monday 16th March, 12-13.30 (lunch provided). You can find more details at https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event/1848/gender_race_peace_-_reading_group_launch_event...
Wednesday 19th February Drinks and snacks from 12.30, Seminar from 1-2pm (Social Sciences Building, 12.21 / 25) All welcome. What violence can we...
This semester, CIGS is organising two reading groups around the theme of "Anger". The dates and readings are listed below. Both sessions will be held...
In the run up to the Christmas break, CIGS ran a campaign on period poverty, inviting members to donate sanitary products that would be distributed...