Welcome to the Centre for Gender and Women's Studies

About the Centre

The Centre for Gender and Women's Studies is an internationally renowned research and teaching centre with a long and important history. Through teaching, research events, and funded research projects, the centre draws together a diverse range of staff and students who have a common interest in gender research.

The centre is housed within and is administered by Lancaster’s outstanding Sociology Department but is distinctly interdisciplinary in its focus. The centre also aims to foster links between academic research, and political movements for gender equality and social justice.

We welcome anybody with an interest in gender, sexuality and feminist research to participate in the informal and formal events organised through and affiliated with the centre.

The centre is co-Directed by Dr Imogen Tyler and Dr Celia Roberts. As well as being the home for UG students taking our first year course, and for our MA and PhD students, the centre operates as a hub for an interdisciplinary network of staff and students from departments across the University.

Current activities 2012-2013

In 2012-2013, we have an `open for all’ coffee morning every Wednesday at 9:30am and a Thursday lunch-time seminar series (1-2pm).

There are also a number of feminist activist groups on campus and in Lancaster, such as Reclaim the Night and Women Against the Cuts, contact Kate McNicholas-Smith for details.

Please see events and news for details and follow us on Twitter: cgwslancaster and on Facebook.

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Latest News

Research Collaboration, 18 January 2012

The Centre for Gender and Women's Studies willbe collaborating with the international research network MaMSIE(Mapping Maternal Subjectivities, Identit ...Read more»

Events

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16 February 2012, CGWS seminar Rachael Eastham, (Lancaster University) 'Helen Brook: a history of Sexual Health and extending services to unmarried women'

Gender and Women's Studies Degrees

Undergraduate Study

GWS offers Women's Studies as a first year undergraduate programme.

Postgraduate Study

GWS offers a taught Master's Degree in Women's Studies and PhD by research.

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Research

The CGWS fosters a particularly strong research culture and offers an exceptional environment for interdisciplinary research. Find out more about our research»

Publications

We are home to the Transformations book series (Routledge).

You will also find further information about our staff publications on their individual homepages. See our affiliated staff pages and Lancaster's ePrints publications repository