18th Annual Feminist Theory Workshop

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March 21-22, 2025

Duke University Penn Pavilion/ Zoom Conference

Registration is open!

In-person registration: https://forms.gle/jF4Ut97S9hvc9tbZ8 

Virtual (Zoom) registration: https://forms.gle/JXT8PA5PugThyeus7 

Please register by March, 1 2025!

 

Keynote Speakers

Professor Nicole Fleetwood
 
NICOLE FLEETWOOD
Paulette Goddard Professor of Media, Culture and Communication, New York University

 

Farah Jasmine Griffin
 
FARAH JASMINE GRIFFIN
Professor of English and African American and African Diaspora Studies, Columbia University

 

Sophie Lewis
 
SOPHIE LEWIS
Independent Scholar
Linda Zerilli
LINDA ZERILLI
Professor of Political Science and Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of Chicago
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Roundtable Speakers

Victoria Hesford

Associate Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality 
Studies, Stonybrook University 

Christina León

Assistant Professor of Literature,  Duke University 

Priti Ramamurthy

Professor of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, University of Washington 

Rebecca Wanzo

Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, African and African-American Studies, Washington University in St. Louis
 

Friday, March 21st 

1:00 pm              Attendee Check-in Begins

2:00 pm              Opening Remarks: Jennifer Nash

2:30 pm              Keynote Speech: Nicole Fleetwood

                             Introducer: Jasmine Cobb

4:00 pm              Break

4:30 pm              Keynote Speech: Linda Zerilli

                             Introducer: Robyn Wiegman

6:00 pm              Opening Reception

8:00 pm              Workshop Ends

Saturday, March 22nd

9:00 am              Conference Opens – Attendee Check-in Begins

10:00 am            Keynote Speech: Sophie Lewis

                            Introducer: Kathi Weeks

11:30 am            Lunch

1:00 pm              Keynote Speech: Farah Jasmine Griffin

                             Introducer: Nikki Lane

2:30 pm              Break

2:45-4 pm           Break-out Seminar Discussions - In-person and Virtual   

4:15 pm              Break

4:30 pm              Closing Roundtable: Victoria Hesford, Christina León, Priti Ramamurthy, and Rebecca Wanzo

                             Moderator: Ara Wilson

5:45 pm              Closing Acknowledgements:  Jennifer Nash

6:00 pm              Workshop Ends

NEARBY HOTELS

AC Duke Hotel

Millennium Hotel Durham

The Lodge at Duke Medical Center

The University Inn

The Hilton Garden Inn

The Residence Inn

DUKE CO-SPONSORS
Dance Program
Dean’s Office
Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies
Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Department of Classical Studies
Department of Cultural Anthropology
Department of English
Department of History
Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies
International Comparative Studies Program

 

INSTITUTIONAL CO-SPONSORS
Appalachian State University - Gender, Women's, Sexuality Studies Program
Bar-Ilan University - Gender Studies Program
Emory University - Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Harvard University - Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Howard University – Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia - Gender Studies Program at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences
Miami University - Global and International Studies Department
Stanford University - Program in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Stony Brook University - Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal - Doutoramento em Estudos Feministas
University of Arizona - Department of Gender and Women’s Studies
University of Buffalo - Gender Institute
University of Michigan - Institute of Research on Women and Gender
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Department of Women’s and Gender Studies
University of North Carolina, Greensboro - Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program
University of Pennsylvania - Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies Program
University of Toronto - Women & Gender Studies Institute
University of Vienna, Austria - Gender Research Office and Department of Education 
University of Virginia - Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
University of Warwick - Center for the Study of Women and Gender
University of Washington - Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies
University of Windsor – Department of Women’s and Gender Studies
Uppsala University - Centre for Gender Research
Virginia Commonwealth University - Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Department 
Virginia Tech - Women's and Gender Studies Program
Wake Forest University – Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 
William & Mary College - Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies Program
Yale University - Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department