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Missionary Women and the Imperial Roots of White Evangelical Feminism

Gale L. Kenny

January 16, 2025

Exploring the origins of a new world order in Christian imperial feminism.

Sexual Difference in a Time of Terror

Ellen Mortensen

August 13, 2013

On July 22, 2011, Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people and wounded many others in a bombing and mass shooting in Norway motivated by…

November 4, 2011

Contributors include Kaucyila Brooke, Ann Burlein, Lindsay Caplan, Janet R. Jakobsen, Ins Kromminga, Laura Levitt, Minoo Moallem, Carlo Quispe, Catherine Sameh, Sisters of Perpetual…

The Feminist Ethnographer’s Dilemma

September 24, 2011

Panel featuring Orit Avishai and Lynne Gerber. Moderated by Margot Weiss.

Activism and the Academy: The Feminist Ethnographer’s Dilemma

September 24, 2011

Does a feminist perspective limit researchers' abilities to see and interpret empirical realities? What happens when these perspectives clash with the reality of field…

Religion, Race, and Sex in the American Antislavery Mission to Jamaica

Gale Kenny

February 8, 2011

Before the Civil War, white American abolitionists established a mission in Jamaica as a “test case” for emancipation. The abolitionists struggled to reconcile their…

Christianity and the Global Politics of Sexuality

Elizabeth Castelli, Eng-Beng Lim, Ju Hui Judy Han, Mary-Jane Rubenstein, and Jordan Alexander Stein

October 21, 2010

After last fall's McIntyre lecture on the influence of Christianity on foreign policy and religious freedom in Egypt by Professor Saba Mahmood of the…

Christianity and the Global Politics of Sexuality

October 21, 2010

Panel discussion featuring Jordan Alexander Stein, Ju Hui Judy Han, Eng-Beng Lim and Mary-Jane Rubenstein. Moderated by Elizabeth Castelli.

Christianity and the Global Politics of Sexuality

October 21, 2010

Focusing specifically on sexuality, the panelists discuss the ways in which transnational and non-governmental Christian organizations have an impact on legal and social policies…

Towards a Vision of Sexual and Economic Justice

September 1, 2010

Sexual oppression and economic oppression are inextricably linked, but the movements and theoretical frameworks that address each of these issues so often treat them…

Saba Mahmood: The Politics of Freedom

November 5, 2009

Full-length video of the lecture "The Politics of Freedom: Geopolitics, Minority Rights and Gender."

Should Religious Ethics Matter to Feminist Politics?

Saba Mahmood

November 5, 2009

Established in 2004 in honor of Barnard alumna Helen Pond McIntyre '48, the McIntyre lectureship highlights the work of scholars who have made extraordinary…

Saba Mahmood: The Politics of Freedom

October 5, 2009

Introduced by Janet Jakobsen, Saba Mahmood delivered the lecture, "The Politics of Freedom: Geopolitics, Minority Rights and Gender" on October 5, 2009 at Barnard…

June 2, 2009

Contributors include Kate Bedford, Jon Binnie, Erika Bornová, Laura Briggs, Ann Cammett, Lisa Duggan, fierce pussy, Mary Margaret Fonow, Suzanne Franzway, Chitra Ganesh, Deborah…

Naomi Klein: Organizing the Precarious (Excerpt)

November 29, 2007

An excerpt from a lecture delivered at "Towards a Vision of Sexual and Economic Justice."

Naomi Klein: Towards a Vision of Sexual and Economic Justice

November 29, 2007

Full-length video of Naomi Klein's lecture at "Towards a Vision of Sexual and Economic Justice."

Josephine Ho: The Criminalization of Economic and Sexual Underclasses (Excerpt)

November 29, 2007

An excerpt from a lecture delivered at "Towards a Vision of Sexual and Economic Justice."

Josephine Ho and Naomi Klein: Towards a Vision of Sexual and Economic Justice

November 29, 2007

Renowned feminist scholar and activist Josephine Ho joins best-selling author and anti-globalization activist Naomi Klein in a conversation that brings to light a new…

Josephine Ho: Towards a Vision of Sexual and Economic Justice

November 29, 2007

Full-length video of Josephine Ho's lecture at "Towards a Vision of Sexual and Economic Justice."

Towards a Vision of Sexual and Economic Justice

Josephine Ho and Naomi Klein

November 29, 2007

Sexual oppression and economic oppression are inextricably linked, but the movements that address each of these issues are not similarly intertwined. Contemporary movements for…

Sexuality, Religion, and Politics

Keynote by Michael Warner

November 8, 2007

Over the last several decades, conservative, politicized religious movements have proliferated around the world, successfully resisting secularist establishments and "liberal" culture, and mobilizing to…
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