The Danger of a Metaphor: The Female Body and Land in Polish Theatre and Performance
by Anna Dulba-Barnett, PhD Candidate, Department of Theatre Arts
CSWS Annual Review
Informal Labor Blues: Gendered Effects of COVID-19 and Beyond on Backward Caste Women in India
by Malvya Chintakindi, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology
“I don’t care if I live or die, I just need put some food on plate for my family. I don’t have any other support."
“I wish I did not get my daughter married at 15, but we couldn’t afford another mouth to feed or extra space for her in our one room to sleep. Afterall, I was married away when I was 12.”
“To the government, our bodies only matter during elections since the votes we cast are important for political gains. Because it is then, we are not untouchables.”
Viral Bodies: AIDS and Other Contagions in Latin American Narrative
by Jon Dell Jaramillo, PhD Candidate Department of Romance Languages
Resisting and Reclaiming: Housing Occupations by Homeless Mothers in Three US Cities
by Claire Herbert, PhD, and Amanda Ricketts, MA, Department of Sociology
Women Defending the Theatre in Early Modern Europe
by Corinne Bayerl, Senior Career Instructor, Clark Honors College
Catching up with Baran Germen
Baran Germen is an assistant professor of film and media studies at Colorado College. In 2018, he graduated with a PhD in comparative literature from University of Oregon, where he also completed a certificate degree in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies and specialized in film studies. His research and teaching focus on global cinema and comparative media studies, cutting across melodrama, queer theory, and Islam and secularism.
CSWS Expands Support for Graduate Students
by Jenée Wilde, Senior Instructor, Department of English
“One of the things that became clear during the pandemic is that graduate students were the most affected by lockdowns, but the institution made the least room for addressing how they were affected,” says CSWS Director Sangita Gopal. “Faculty could take a break from research, but graduate students didn’t have that leisure.”
Reflecting on the 2022 Acker–Morgen Memorial Lecture
This spring, CSWS resumed the Acker–Morgen Memorial Lecture series after winter weather and pandemic conditions had thwarted the event for the last three years. On May 20, we were thrilled to welcome on campus Dr. Raka Ray, a professor of sociology and South and Southeast Asia studies and dean of social sciences at UC Berkeley. She specializes in gender and feminist theory, domination and inequality, the emerging middle classes, and social movements. Below, political science graduate student Olivia Atkinson offers a personal reflection on Ray’s talk:
A Year in Review
by Sangita Gopal, CSWS Director
On the Implications of Overturning Roe
On June 24, 2022, in a historic and far-reaching decision, the US Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion—upheld for nearly a half-century—no longer exists. The majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization proposes that the various provisions of the Constitution contain no inherent right to privacy or personal autonomy. Writing for the majority, Justice Samuel Alito stated unequivocally that abortion is a matter to be decided by the states.