News and events

Each year the Centre for Women’s Studies hosts conferences, seminars and day schools which bring together scholars in the Centre’s key fields as well as in emerging areas. We welcome items for the news and events webpage; please send to the Centre Administrator cws@york.ac.uk.

News

Her name was Sita – Documentary Film and Panel Discussion on shame, suicide, and self-harm in South Asia

Wednesday 24 July 2024

Asha Abeyasekera was invited to be a panellist for a discussion on womanhood, virtue, shame, and suicide in South Asia hosted by the International Centre for Ethnic Studies in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 17th July 2024.

Barbie at the Design Museum

Tuesday 23 July 2024

Congratulations to CWS PhD student Daisy MacManaman on the publication of her article on the Barbie exhibition at the Design Museum in London in The Conversation.

Urban Studies Foundation- Knowledge Mobilization Award

Tuesday 23 July 2024

Asha Abeyasekera was awarded a Knowledge Mobilization Award (KMA) from the Urban Studies Foundation (USF) to build a community manifesto on housing and urban planning with poor working-class communities in Central Colombo.

Events

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Centre for Women's Studies 40th Anniversary Lecture

On the occasion of York’s Centre for Women’s Studies’ (CWS) 40th Anniversary year, we’re delighted to invite you to our prestigious 40th Anniversary Annual Lecture by Professor of Feminist Theory and CWS alumna, Clare Hemmings, entitled: Feminist Knowledge Struggles: Telling Stories Differently.

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