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UCLA Undergrads: Join our Research Group!
CSW is currently accepting applications for our Chemical Entanglements Undergraduate Research Group. Conduct surveys, interviews, and archival research, and earn course credit!
Call for Proposals: Thinking Gender 2019
CSW is now accepting applications for our 29th Annual Thinking Gender Graduate Student Conference! This year’s conference theme, Feminists Confronting the Carceral State, will focus on gendered regimes of captivity, state violence, and incarceration, emphasizing feminist, queer, trans, abolitionist, and intersectional interventions. PROPOSALS DUE OCTOBER 28!
Join CSW and Gender Studies for the Fall Reception
Join CSW and the UCLA Department of Gender Studies as we celebrate the start of a new academic year! Join us for an opportunity to meet and network with faculty, students, and staff, and to learn about CSW’s and Gender Studies’ upcoming projects, research, and events.
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New on the Student Research Blog: What’s in a Name?
Stephanie Lumsden, Gender Studies PhD student and CSW Travel Grant Recipient, discusses the ramifications of historians’ reluctance to use the word slavery in the context of California Indian genocide.
Chemical History Timelines
Members of the Chemical Entanglements Undergraduate Student Group spent the quarter developing interactive timelines on the history of synthetic fragrances, laundry products, essential oils, and connections to women’s health and activism.
Edible Feminisms: Notes from the Editorial Trenches
CSW Adjunct Assistant Professors Sarah Tracy and Rachel Vaughn report on their Edible Feminisms project. How does a feminist eat? What does feminism have to do with waste? Or with metabolic health? These were some of the questions confronted by activists and scholars at Edible Feminisms.
