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On the University in/and Crisis

June 22, 2026

This essay reflects on and extends the critical conversations and discussions that occurred in the meetings and public events of the University in/and Crisis…

The City and the University: A Symposium

Anupama Rao and C. Riley Snorton

May 2, 2026

Student-led symposium exploring universities’ roles in society, examining social inequality, segregation, and education through critical research, archives, and activism, connecting campus histories with broader…

The City and the University: A Symposium

Anupama Rao and C. Riley Snorton

March 5, 2026

REGISTER The University in/and Crisis Working Group invites you to attend a symposium featuring research and activism by students at Barnard College, Teachers College,…

Who Gets to Travel? Race and the Politics of Student Travel in an Era of Global Crisis

Neriko Musha Doerr, Devin Walker, Abosede George, and Tamara J. Walker

March 4, 2026

REGISTER Coming on the heels of the MMUF Distinguished Lecture with Dr. Christopher Loperena, join Neriko Doerr and Devin Walker for a lunchtime conversation…

The Scholar and Feminist: Fifty Years of Meeting the Moment

September 25, 2025

For half of a century, The Scholar and Feminist Conference has provided a mutually activating space for scholars, activists, and artists to confront the…

January 31, 2016

This issue of S&F Online looks at the nonprofit and the university as two key sites in which neoliberal social and economic formations are…

Policing the Crises: Thinking It Forward – Panel at Stuart Hall Conference

September 26, 2015

Panel featuring Ben Carrington, Karla FC Holloway, Barnor Hesse, and chair Tina Campt from the conference "Policing the Crises: Stuart Hall and the Practice…

Reconstructing the Popular Round Table at Stuart Hall Conference

September 24, 2015

Discussion featuring featuring Jane Gaines, Rob King, Bruce Robbins, and chair E. Ann Kaplan from the conference "Policing the Crises: Stuart Hall and the…

September 1, 2015

Report of BCRW accomplishments from Fall 2013 – Spring 2015.

June 30, 2015

“The Worlds of Ntozake Shange” highlights Shange’s centrality to black feminism and the continuing impact of her work both within and outside the academy.…

Gender: A Dialogue Between the Sciences and Humanities

Frances Champagne, Evelynn Hammonds, Rebecca Jordan-Young, Gloria Origgi, Rosalind Rosenberg, Banu Subramaniam

April 9, 2015

Ideas about gender have changed in complex ways in the 125 years since Barnard was founded. How have the natural sciences and humanities each…

Ebonie Smith: Learning STEM through Music Production and the Arts

February 28, 2015

Closing remarks at The Scholar & Feminist Conference XL - Action on Education.

February 5, 2015

Supporting trans-inclusive admissions at Barnard.

Why Sex? Why Gender?: Activist Research for Social Justice

A Symposium in Honor of Janet Jakobsen

January 9, 2015

At BCRW’s “Activism and the Academy” conference in 2011, Ai-jen Poo, Executive Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, pointed out that if those…

Action on Education

January 9, 2015

REGISTER DESCRIPTION PROGRAM SPEAKERS Description—#sfedu Speakers include Ujju Aggarwal, Lalaie Ameeriar, Abigail Boggs, The Black Youth Project, Nuala Cabral, Natalia Cecire, Jaz Choi, Tressie…

October 7, 2014

This issue is organized around continuing the conversations that took place between scholars, activists, and scholar/activists at these conferences. In their writing, the contributors…

Are the Gods Afraid of Black Sexuality? Religion and the Burdens of Black Sexual Politics

Anthea Butler, Kenyon Farrow, Darnell Moore, Alondra Nelson, Emilie Townes, and more

August 28, 2014

Registration and full schedule available here. We are living through a moment of tremendous change at the intersection of race, religion, and sexuality, which…

Justice in the Home: Domestic Work Past, Present, and Future

Eileen Boris, Tamara Mose Brown, Linda Burnham, Grace Chang, Janice Fine, Evelyn Nakano Glenn, Claire Hobden, Tera Hunter, Fish Ip, Eva Kittay, Jennifer Klein, Elizabeth Clark Lewis, Andrea Cristina Mercado, Premilla Nadasen, Rhacel Parrenas, Ai-jen Poo, Cecilia Rio, Mary Romero, Saskia Sassen, Peggie Smith, Nik Theodore, and Martina Vandenberg

May 13, 2014

DESCRIPTION PROGRAM REGISTER Description Link to Justice in the Home Wikispaces Click here to register online. Research about domestic work, domestic workers, and domestic…

Dean Spade: Why Do Trans Women Belong at Women’s Colleges?

April 9, 2014

An excerpt from the talk "Trans Students and Women's Colleges" at Barnard SGA Townhall.

Dean Spade: Why Do Trans Men + GNC People Belong at Women’s Colleges?

April 9, 2014

An excerpt from the talk "Trans Students and Women's Colleges" at Barnard SGA Townhall.

Dean Spade: Why Does Student Activism Matter?

April 9, 2014

An excerpt from the talk "Trans Students and Women's Colleges" at Barnard SGA Townhall.

Dean Spade: Why are Women’s Colleges Still Important?

April 9, 2014

An excerpt from the talk "Trans Students and Women's Colleges" at Barnard SGA Townhall.

Dean Spade: How Do You Respond to Arguments about Trans Women Affecting Title IX Status of Women’s Colleges?

April 9, 2014

An excerpt from the talk "Trans Students and Women's Colleges" at Barnard SGA Townhall.

Dean Spade: Why Can’t Admissions Policies at Women’s Colleges be Based on “Legal Gender?”

April 9, 2014

An excerpt from the talk "Trans Students and Women's Colleges" at Barnard SGA Townhall.

Dean Spade: Trans Students and Women’s Colleges

April 9, 2014

Dean Spade discusses why trans and gender nonconforming students belong at women's colleges at a Barnard SGA Townhall.

Situating Transnational Feminism in a Changing Theoretical Landscape

February 22, 2014

Plenary at "Locations of Learning: Transnational Feminist Practices," featuring Attiya Ahmad, Toby Beauchamp, Nadia Fadil, Tate LeFevre, and Shayoni Mitra. Moderated by Tina Campt.

Building Interdisciplinary and Transregional Alliances

February 22, 2014

Plenary at "Locations of Learning: Transnational Feminist Practices," featuring Bianca Williams, Sima Shakhsari, Netta van Vliet, and Neetu Khanna. Moderated by Deborah A. Thomas.

Critical Scholarship in Neoliberal Times

February 22, 2014

Plenary at "Locations of Learning: Transnational Feminist Practices," featuring Tami Navarro, Harjant Gill, Jennifer Nash, Liz Montegary, and Catherine Sameh. Moderated by Jennifer Terry.

Transnational Feminist Practices: Global Transformations

February 22, 2014

Plenary at "Locations of Learning: Transnational Feminist Practices," featuring Abigail Boggs, Christine Cynn, Magdalena Grabowska, Maja Horn, and Neha Vora.

Digital Engagement in Transnational Feminisms

February 22, 2014

Plenary at "Locations of Learning: Transnational Feminist Practices," Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh (Zanan TV), Tamura Lomax (The Feminist Wire), Laura Hale (Wikipedia), and Maria-Belén Ordóñez (FemTechNet).…