Department News

Kingston Book Launches: Celebrate new books and research in Black Studies

Black Studies Inauguration: Celebrate the launch of the Black Studies Program

Solidarity with the people of Sudan

Apr 21, 2023

We stand with the people of Sudan who want a civilian-led government and a people’s democracy with no military involvement, and all those who struggle against the global (U.S. and Western lead) military industrial complex and are building peaceful and non-violent futures.

Gender Matters March 2023 Poetry Reading

Gender Matters Speaker Series: Poetry Reading

Mar 13, 2023

The final Gender Matters Speakers Series event of the 2022-23 academic year will be a Poetry Reading from Chloé Savoie-Bernard and Juliane Okot Bitek

International Women's Day 2023

Mar 08, 2023

For International Women’s Day, Gender Studies and Black Studies are celebrating abolition! We have compiled a brief bibliography of key thinkers, inspiring ideas, and activist dreams.

Response to blackface incident

Feb 08, 2023

Gender Studies and Black Studies support black students, faculty, staff, and alumni who are living through and with the racist incidents uncovered during the AMS debate on February 2, 2023.

The Sixties: A Conversation

Jan 30, 2023

Join Milka Njoroge, Yaniya Lee, and Katherine McKittrick for a conversation about the incomplete and urgent worlds initiated during what Sylvia Wynter calls “The Sixties.” We will be thinking about books, designs, stories, and the connections between unspeakable beauty and freedo

Black Histories/Black Futures in Gender Studies and Black Studies 2023

Jan 25, 2023

For this Black History/Black Futures Month Katherine McKittrick and Kendall Witaszek asked Bianca Beauchemin, Channon Oyeniran, Leeza James, Timothy Yanick Hunter, and Nataleah Hunter-Young what they are reading, listening to, and moving to.

Gender Matters Speaker Series: Aysegul Kayagil

Jan 11, 2023

Aysegul Kayagil will be presenting the talk: "Race in the Making of Hegemonic Turkishness."

Fall 2022 Newsletter

Dec 19, 2022

This issue announces an Alumni Survey, spotlights Black Studies, celebrates our Fall MA graduates, and provides faculty, staff, alumni updates, and more.