Beyond Housing Injustice: Expanding Community Connection Through Research
Research notes: The interconnectedness of economic greed in the face of housing inaccessibility and environmental disaster Racism and the commodification of housing Hope for Resistance—chronicling women-led Resistance and the Black Power movement Foregrounding the role of Black and women-led movements of resistance in the legacy of housing justice organizing Centering the perspectives of low-income Black […]
Ukraine Solidarity Event: (getting beyond) Doomsday Scrolling
Saturday, March 19, 7:00pm (EST) The Center at West Park 165 W 86th St, New York, NY 10024 AnomalousCo, an international transdisciplinary theatre collective based in New York City, is planning an urgent evening of solidarity with Ukraine and its refugees in New York. All proceeds from the benefit will go towards refugee assistance.Tickets can […]
Cite Black Barnard: Spring 2022 Programming
Presented by the Center for Engaged Pedagogy and the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Barnard College Faculty and Staff Cite-a-Thon Thursday, February 10, 2022, 6pm Virtual: Zoom Link Kicking off the Cite Black Barnard spring programming and Black History Month, the second annual Black Barnard Cite-a-Thon on Thursday 2/10 will be an opportunity to […]
Upcoming events on transforming the medical industrial complex, Black feminism, and more
Join BCRW this March and April in a series of critical events from our collaborators and partners. All events are free and open to the public. More information and RSVP links are below. Lecture Mapping the Sacred: Transforming the Medical Industrial Complex Featuring Cara Page Thursday, March 7, 6–8 PM The Graduate Center, 365 5th […]
BCRW Newsletter: Spring 2019
LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR Fall semester was BCRW’s first semester in our new space on the sixth floor of the Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning, and we’ve definitely made ourselves at home. In addition to settling into offices, student research rooms, and work spaces for Social Justice Institute affiliates, we also inaugurated the Denise […]
Hey students, stop by BCRW Wednesday 9/12!
Join BCRW for an open house to usher in the new year! Stop by to hear from staff and current Research Assistants and volunteers to learn about BCRW’s history, current projects, and ways to get involved, including supporting BCRW’s activist-academic collaborations, working with Social Justice Institute activists and artists, archiving, blogging, and lots more! Light snacks and refreshments will be provided. When: […]
Farewell to the Inaugural Social Justice Institute Cohort
BCRW extends our warmest thanks to the inaugural cohort of the Social Justice Institute, Activist-in-Residence Tourmaline Gossett, Activist-in-Residence Cara Page, Activist-in-Residence Tarso Ramos, Researcher-in-Residence Andrea J. Ritchie, and Activist-in-Residence Dean Spade ’97. Stay tuned for an announcement about the incoming 2018-2020 cohort! Project Highlights Video Invisible No More: Racial Profiling and Police Brutality Against Women […]
New videos: Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Simone Browne, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and more
Videos: Watch and Share Scholars and activists thinking and working through major historical and contemporary issues, from surveillance to colonialism to the day-to-day practices of political resistance from BCRW’s spring 2018 events. The 43rd Annual Scholar and Feminist Conference Subverting Surveillance: Strategies to End State Violence February 16-17, 2018 “they said in the name of […]
BCRW Spring 2018 Newsletter
Director’s Note When we don’t know what’s coming, we watch. When we sense danger, we watch out. When we feel uneasy at the edges of our world, we look back. We are watched. We look for the eyes watching us. These are the themes on our minds as we move into the spring semester with […]
BCRW Fall 2017 Newsletter: Upcoming events with Tina Campt, Barbara Smith, Sara Ahmed, and more
Director’s Note At the flash of a crisis, we rush, panic, act; we pool the resources at our disposal; we stall the tide or we fight. Then we pause. Maybe we collapse from exhaustion or hesitate or question ourselves. There is a staggered intake of breath. We come to see, again, the scale of the […]
In the Wake: A Salon in Honor of Christina Sharpe
On February 2nd, 2017, Christina Sharpe, Hazel Carby, Kaiama Glover, Arthur Jafa, and Alex Weheliye gathered on a panel to discuss Sharpe’s new book In the Wake: On Blackness and Being (2016). Below are the stills from the event: http://www.tb-credit.ru/news.html http://www.tb-credit.ru/zaim-online.html
BCRW Spring 2017 Newsletter: Upcoming Events on Black Feminism, Ethics of Being, and More
Director’s Note Over the past few months we have witnessed a heightened sense of fear, shock, and vulnerability about our families, friends, and communities. Yet this moment has also amplified critical research and analysis, creative forms of resistance, deep strategizing, and a recognition of the power and resources we have at hand. While the political […]
Gearing up for 2017
A NOTE FROM OUR DIRECTOR As we come to the close of a challenging semester, I am reminded of the inspiring conversations, critical insights, and crucial resources the BCRW community has provided over the past few months. I want to thank you for the part you play in this community. Thank you for joining us […]
Speaker Comments from “The Argonauts: A Salon in Honor of Maggie Nelson”
The Argonauts: A Salon in Honor of Maggie Nelson from BCRW Videos on Vimeo. View more videos from BCRW here. Featuring Maggie Nelson in conversation with Christina Crosby, Saidiya Hartman, Sam Huber, and Heather Love. Moderated by Tina Campt. In her widely acclaimed memoir, The Argonauts, Maggie Nelson writes, “There is much to be learned from wanting something both ways.” […]
VIDEO: Challenges and Strategies for Anti-Violence Movements
In 2015, BCRW Activist Fellow Dean Spade and BCRW Creative Director Hope Dector produced a video series on historical challenges and strategies for anti-violence movementsbased on interviews conducted at the 2013 Queer Dreams and Nonprofit Blues Conference, co-sponsored by BCRW and the Engaging Tradition Project at the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law at Columbia […]
PHOTOS from The Argonauts: A Salon in Honor of Maggie Nelson
On April 14, 2016, Christina Crosby, Saidiya Hartman, Sam Huber, Heather Love, and Maggie Nelson joined us for a conversation at The Argonauts: A Salon in Honor of Maggie Nelson, moderated by Tina Campt. Watch a recording from the event below: The Argonauts: A Salon in Honor of Maggie Nelson from BCRW Videos on Vimeo. And check out photos […]
Caribbean Feminisms: From the Page to our Lives, Across Borders and Communities
Victoria Brown and Edwidge Danticat at Barnard College In hosting a series of events that featured conversations between Caribbean woman writers, the Barnard Center for Research on Women sought to centralize the importance of developing a transnational feminist dialogue. This year, the debut event for the BCRW’s Caribbean Feminisms on the Page series featured a conversation between Edwidge Danticat and […]
Reading on 4/19 with Karen Tei Yamashita
Please join BCRW and friends at a reading with National Book Award Finalist Karen Tei Yamashita on Tuesday, April 19 at 6 PM in Altshul Hall, Room 503. Yamashita will be reading from I-Hotel & Anime Wong. This event is sponsored by the Department of Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies (WGSS) and the Consortium for Critical Interdisciplinary Studies (CCIS). Image credit: Carolyn […]
Getting Excited for: “BRIDGING THE GENERATIONS: CARRYING ON…” at #SF41
While events often feature folks from different generations, we don’t often hear conversations about the the challenges, experiences, and gifts of intentional intergenerational work. This Saturday’s #SF41 workshop, “Bridging the Generations: Carrying On…,” will do just that. Our featured guests, Trishala Deb, Frances Kunreuther, Krystal Portalatin and moderator, Katherine Acey, will address the challenges that arise due to generation differences and discuss […]
Considering Community in Black Art: Sustaining Harlem
Sustaining Harlem: Art, Community Activism and Black Women’s Leadership will be a panel presented by Pat Cruz, Thelma Golden, Virginia Johnson, and Sade Lythcott during the 41st annual Scholar & Feminist Conference this Saturday, February 27. This panel is presented by the Harlem Semester, a new public humanities initiative of the Barnard Center for Research on Women […]
“Fearless in an Austere Way:” Activist in Residence Reina Gossett talks Intersectionality, Prisons, and Pinkwashing
Reina Gossett is an activist, writer, community organizer, and the 2014-2016 Activist in Residence at BCRW. She is also the co-writer and co-director of the upcoming film “Happy Birthday, Marsha.” “Happy Birthday, Marsha” tells the story of Black trans artist and activist Marsha “Pay It No Mind” Johnson in the hours before the 1969 Stonewall Riots. In January, Reina […]
Schedule for Scholar and Feminist Conference: Sustianabilities
This year we at BCRW are implementing the framework of sustainability for our 41st Annual Scholar and Feminist Conference. As a community of activists and scholars, we would like to ask and discuss how we can sustain the material, creative, cultural and critical resources necessary to maintain the vitality of our communities, movements, and scholarship. The conference […]
FILM SCREENING: “I Remember Harlem”
We are excited to announce the launch of a BCRW and Africana Studies joint initiative: the Harlem Semester! The Harlem Semester offers a new way for students and faculty to be in closer dialogue with our Harlem neighbors and connect to the rich history of Harlem’s sociopolitical organizing and cultural legacy. Our opening Harlem Semester […]
PHOTOS from the Nina Ansary event: The Untold Story of Iranian Women
On November 5th, Nina Ansary ‘89 joined us to speak about her new book, Jewels of Allah. Ansary dismantles narratives of the subjugated post-revolutionary Iranian woman through story-telling of their feminist, anti-regime work within the public domain. Check out some photos from the event: See more photos of the event on the BCRW Facebook page. Sign up […]
PHOTOS of Caribbean Feminisms on the Page: Edwidge Danticat and Victoria Brown
On September 17, we were privileged to be joined by Caribbean writers Edwidge Danticat and Victoria Brown for the second event in our series, Caribbean Feminisms on the Page (video available here). Here are some photos from the night: Caribbean Feminisms on the Page places distinguished writers in conversation with emerging authors to discuss issues […]
BCRW Fall 2015 Newsletter
A Note From BCRW Director Tina Campt I first set foot on the Barnard campus in 1982, at the tender age of 17, at a reception for admitted students. I entered Barnard Hall, gazing down that impressive hallway at the other young women assembled there. The next thing I remember was looking for a payphone, […]
No Such Thing as Neutral
On November 8, 2014, members of the Flex and Lite Feet dance communities joined Ali Rosa-Salas ’13 for a lecture demonstration and discussion. NO SUCH THING AS NEUTRAL highlights movement-based artists who engage notions of subjectivity and materiality of the body in their work while utilizing the technical formalities of Abstraction. The project celebrates Flex and Lite Feet, […]
Invisible Lives, Targeted Bodies: The Conference
Amber Hollibaugh’s project Queer Survival Economies took the form of a conference “Invisible Lives, Targeted Bodies” on January 23rd and 24th. Queer Survival Economies (QSE) is a project that aims to organize poor and working class people around economic justice and immigration issues, particularly problems that impact LGBTQ+ people. The project works with various organizational partners and includes conferences, […]
Transformative Justice Workshop Resources
On Friday, February 27th, BCRW Research Assistants and Ejeris Dixon (Founding Director of Vision Change Win Consulting) will facilitate “Transformative Justice Approaches to Sexual Violence on Campus and Beyond”, a workshop at the 40th Annual Scholar & Feminist Conference on education. We (BCRW Research Assistants) have compiled a resources guide to concepts that will be explored at the workshop […]
Home Is Where the Heart Cannot Be: The Oppression of Haitians in the Dominican Republic
How does it feel to be a stranger in your own home? To be told that you don’t belong in the place you grew up? Activist and law student Altagracia Jean Joseph addressed these questions in her lecture “How Does It Feel to Be Stateless,” hosted by BCRW on October 1. Altagracia, of Haitian descent, was born […]