Wolfson College Gender Research Hub

Wolfson College’s Interdisciplinary Research Hub on Gender brings together our international community of Fellows, students and alumni to create an open and active channel for discussions about gender and support gender-related research by college members. 

The Gender Hub brings together individuals from a wide range of disciplines, generations and perspectives in accessible events, informal discussions and advocacy initiatives related to gender.  The Hub recognises that gender intersects with other axes of oppression: race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, class, and dis/ability status, among others. The Hub is committed to exploring and analysing these intersections in the events we organise and the initiatives we advance.

Strategic Priorities 

The Gender Research Hub aims to:

1. Spark cross-disciplinary conversations and innovative collaborations among Wolfson researchers –students, Fellows and alumni – on issues related to gender.  
2. Organise events to raise the profile of research on gender within the College community.
3. Support College members engaged in research on gender by offering ample opportunities to share their work in informal discussions of work-in-progress, mini-conferences and social events.

Past Events

• Recordings of past events are available in the Media Collection.
• Transgender Day of Remembrance Indoor Picnic and Film Screening of “Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen”
• 2021/2022 Kick Off Event, on 22 September 2021
• Beyond Borders: Women's Movements Around the World, on 14 May 2021
• Professors Jane Rhodes and Lynn Hudson - From Mississippi to Cambridge: Marie Battle Singer, Britain's first Black psychoanalyst, on 10 March 2021
• International Women's Day Conference, on 8 March 2021
• Sex Work and Borders: International Sex Workers' Rights Day, on 4 March 2021
• Let’s Talk: Tackling Violence Against Women, on 25 November 2020
• ‘Since U Been Gone’ Screening in observance of Transgender Awareness Week, followed by Q&A with Playwright & Performer Tabby Lamb, on 20 November 2020
• WCSA’s LGBTQ+ Officer, with the support of the Hub, put on a series of events to commemorate Pride Month.

Upcoming Events

Student Events

Feminist Society Events

📚 Gender Book Club 

10th October 2022- 7:30 pm- Roger Needham Room, Chancellors Centre

Have you read a book recently that has reshaped the way you understand gender? Have you read a book that has defined your understanding of gender? If so, please come to the Gender Hub Book Club for a discussion and a chance to meet new people.

(Pizza provided! GF/Vegan/veggie)  

 

📝 Gender Research Discussion Group 

29th October 2022 - 3 pm - Roger Needham Room, Chancellors Centre

An informal meeting for those focused on gender research to discuss their latest work and new research in their field and discuss potential developments in their work.

 

🍻 Pub Quiz in Celebration of International Men's Day

19th November 2022- 9 pm - Clubroom 

Join us in rounds of trivia celebrating men for this International Men's Day. Prizes are to be won, so do brush up on your history, general knowledge and health statistics.

 

🎥 Film Screening in Observation of Transgender Day of Remembrance

20th November 2022- 7:30 pm- Lee Hall 

All About My Mother (1999)| IMDB

Young Esteban wants to become a writer and also to discover the identity of his second mother, a trans woman, carefully concealed by his mother, Manuela.

There will be a discussion following the screening.

Get Involved

You can follow the Gender Hub on Facebook and sign up for our mailing list to receive updates about events and activities. 

If you want to host an event or participate in/ support the Gender Hub in any other way, let us know via this form.