Centre for Women's Studies
The Centre for Women's Studies at York (CWS) is among the most well-established bases for feminist and gender-oriented teaching and research, both in the UK and internationally. Drawing on social science and arts-based methods, we explore and critique gendered ways of knowing. We adopt an inclusive, intersectional, transnational and interdisciplinary approach to the changing nature of women's experiences, gender relations and identities.
CWS is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Founded in 1984, it has become a leading centre for interdisciplinary, transnational and intersectional women's and gender studies. Look out for events across the year to mark this milestone.
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Workshop Promoting Interdisciplinary Research and Publication
Posted on Tuesday 4 June 2024
Dr Alsop co-led a three day workshop for Early Career Researchers in Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana
CWS Virtual Open Day
Posted on Tuesday 4 June 2024
If you are interested in our MA or PhD programmes, please come and talk to our admissions tutor on the 5th June 2024.
CWS PhD student writes in The Conversation on Playboy and Halloween
Posted on Thursday 26 October 2023
Congratulations to PhD student Daisy McManaman who has an article published in The Conversation looking at how the Playboy costume has become a popular Halloween costume.
What our students say
"Make the most of your time at this great centre - the more you put in the more you'll get out of it (and the sky's the limit for that)!" - Lotika (former PhD student)
Read more students' experiences at the CWS.