The Strathclyde Centre in Gender Studies aims to stimulate research with a gender dimension within the University of Strathclyde as well as to take part in collaborative projects with scholars and activists in Scotland, Great Britain and internationally.
Where is it?
SCIGS is nested in the History Department at the University of Strathclyde,
McCance Building, 16 Richmond St., Glasgow G1 1XQ, and can be reached
by e-mailing our Director, eileen.yeo@strath.ac.uk
What is it doing?
SCIGS
- Has produced a Register of Research with a gender dimension at Strathclyde.
- Has started a Reading Group for people who wish friendly but critical feedback to texts they want to publish. Please contact Eileen Yeo to join.
- New Migration Project: The workshops on Migration Stories last year have developed into a Scottish Migration Archives Network which aims to create new-style archives registering the rich experience of migrants to Scotland. The Network is composed of academics, artists, curators and activists and has been given a grant by the Scottish Arts Council to begin its work. The Archives Network will be both electronic and physical and will support reseach and artistic projects.
- Works Closely with Womens History Scotland whose next Conference, 'Gender, Politics and Citizenship: Scotland and Beyond'’ will take place on Saturday 29 Oct. 2005, in the Collins Suite. Click for Programme
- Has Helped create a Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women, with over 800 entries, now in production at Edinburgh University Press. SCIGS kick-started funding with grants from the Principal's Strategic Fund and Strathmartine Trust, and the project was also adopted by the Scottish Executives Equality Unit.
- Has Contributed to Gender in Scottish History, 1700 to the Present, in press now at EUP, edited by SCIGS Director Eileen Yeo together with Profs. Lynn Abrams, Eleanor Gordon and Debbi Simonton. To appear in Feb. 2006
- Is Hosting two visiting research fellows this year. Anita Shah Lakyary is a local government officer from Sindh, Pakistan and is the anchorwoman of a weekly television news show, visiting on a Charles Wallace Scholarship. She has already been advising groups in Sheffield and Manchester about setting up a radio station here. Miklos Hadas is Prof. of Sociology and co-director of the Centre for Gender and Culture of the Corvinus University of Budapest. On an Erasmus Fellowship, he will be giving a public lecture on Masculinity and Sport and will keynote a Symposium on Masculinity for researchers, including especially postgraduates, in February.
The Director, Prof Eileen Yeo
introducing the speaker at the
first public lecture
Valentine's day School
Monday 14 February 2005
