The Beatrice Bain Research Group (BBRG) is the University of California, Berkeley’s critical feminist research center. Established in 1986 to support and coordinate feminist scholarship across disciplines, the BBRG fosters research on gender and women, and is particularly interested in enabling research on gender in its intersections with sexuality, race, class, nation, religion, postcoloniality and transnational feminisms.To meet the needs of its various constituencies, the BBRG engages in a range of activities. These include: The BBRG is a member of the Gender Consortium at UC Berkeley. Contact us at bbrg@berkeley.edu to be added to our email list. Upcoming
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010 BBRG PRESENTS: Impossible Translations and Unexpected Intersections Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Spaces of Exception: Violence, Technology and the Transgressive Gendered Body in the Indian Call Center Industry Friday, February 26, 2010 BBRG PRESENTS: BBRG Annual Keynote Talk - Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Thursday, March 11, 2010 Women in U.S. Right-Wing Movements Thursday, March 18, 2010 BBRG PRESENTS: 'Fat. Gay. Gay. Fat.' Toward a Comparative Geneology of Sexuality and Body Size Tuesday, April 6, 2010 Women, Religion and Electoral Politics in the Islamic Republic Thursday, April 15, 2010 BBRG PRESENTS: Transnational Critiques of Gender Mainstreaming Wednesday, April 28, 2010 Ex-Gay, Post-Gay, Still Gay Latest Updates Calls for Applications have been posted for programs in the 2010-2011 academic year: Scholars In Residence Program Affiliated Scholars Program BBRG now accepting online donations. |