Department News

WGSS Welcomes Liz Montegary

WGSS is delighted to welcome Liz Montegary to its faculty. Liz will be a Lecturer in WGSS for the 2011-2012 academic year. She recently completed a Ph.D. in Cultural Studies, with designated emphases in Critical Theory and Feminist Theory, at the University of California, Davis.  Liz’s  teaching and research interests include...

Professor Marianne LaFrance Publishes a new book on Smiles.

Lip Services: Smiles in Life, Death, Trust, Lies, Work, Memory, Sex, and PoliticsAn expert in nonverbal communication tackles the science of smiles and their extraordinary social impact. When someone smiles, the effects are often positive: a glum mood lifts; an apology is accepted; a deal is struck; a flirtation begins. But not all smiles...

Professor Rene Almeling publishes "Sex Cells: The Medical Market for Eggs and Sperm" University of California Press, September 2011

“What happens when sex cells sell? Do human bodies become degraded objects of commerce? Challenging simplistic accounts of commodification, Almeling offers a compelling analysis of contemporary markets for eggs and sperm. A superb contribution to 21st century economic sociology.” -Viviana A. Zelizer, author of Economic Lives: How Culture...

Laura Wexler Receives NEH Grant for Depession-Era Photo Archives

In early September, a Yale team received a $50,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant to construct an innovative online archive of government-owned photographs taken during the Great Depression. When the grant, issued by the United States Office of Digital Humanities, goes into effect in October, it will enable the team to create a...

How to be Gay

David M. Halperin, the 2011-2012 recipient of the James Robert Brudner '83 Memorial Prize and Lecture will deliver one of two talks on the Yale campus on October 5th. Visit the LGBT Studies web site for more information.

Are Homosexuals Still Sick?

David M. Halperin, the 2011-2012 recipient of the James Robert Brudner '83 Memorial Prize and Lecture will deliver his talk, "Are Homosexuals Still Sick" on Thursday, October 6th at the Yale Club of New York City. Reception at 6pm and talk at 7pm.  Visit the LGBT Studies web site for more information and to pre-register for the reception. $...

Agnes Martin: The Sexuality of Abstraction. Tuesday, September 27th, 7pm Loria 351

Jonathan D. Katz, a scholar of post war art and culture from the vantage point of sexual difference, is Director of the Doctoral Program in Visual Studies at the University at Buffalo, as well Honorary Research Faculty at the University of Manchester, UK and President of the newly opened Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art in New York, the...

Women Faculty Forum Op-Ed Project by Laura Wexler

Eyewitness Testimony Often Lies, CNN Opinion from September 22, 2011. Professor Wexler's column was written in association wtih the Op-Ed Project of the Yale Women Faculty Forum, seeking to expand the range of opinion voice to included more women.

Marginal Bodies, Queer Migrations: a screening and discussion of video art projects on desire, memory, and migration. October 10th 7pm WLH 207

mónica enríquez-enríquez is a queer Latina, born and raised in Colombia. She has an M.F.A in the Digital Arts and New Media from University of California Santa Cruz. She graduated from San Francisco State University on August 2005 with a B.A. in International Relations and an Emphasis on Women’s Studies. Her interdisciplinary interests include...

Melanie Boyd Appointed as Assistant Dean of Student Affairs.

Yale College Dean Mary Miller announced that Melanie Boyd '90 will leave her position as special assistant to the dean on gender issues in order to take on her new role as the assistant dean of student affairs. Click here to read more from Yale Daily News.