Join us for GWS' annual awards day where we will recognize the achievements of GWS students and faculty. 

We are excited to announce the 5th KYGWS Conference!  

This year’s theme is “Justice on Trial.” As left-wing politicians and activists across the globe work for human rights and protections, right-wing parties have meanwhile paved the way for conservative laws that harm the bodily autonomy of women, people of color, LGBTQ+ people, and other marginalized communities. Anti-abortion laws, anti-trans laws, and encroachment on academic freedom are just a few examples of the injustices people are facing at this juncture.

With this landscape in mind, this year’s conference will address the theme of justice, considering issues faced worldwide, such as (but not limited to) human rights, accessibility, inclusivity, and autonomy. 

The call for papers is now open for the conference and we welcome submissions of individual research papers and panel proposals exploring the myriad meanings of justice within and outside of what we may today call the “justice system.”  All submissions must be made by May 1, 2024 at 5pm EST.  Please submit your abstract on the conference's website at this link: https://kygws.as.uky.edu/cfp

The full conference schedule will be posted here and on the KYGWS conference website once finalized. 

In this series we celebrate and discuss the ways that scholars around campus teach complex gender and women's studies concepts like feminisms, gender, sex, and intersectionality among others.  A 30-45 minute discussion/presentation of pedagogies, challenges and controversies by the scholar(s) is followed by a Q&A with the audience.  

This session's these is "Teaching Intersectionality: Highlighting the Strategies and Stories of International Graduate Instructors"