Centre for Gender Studies (CGS), Lancaster

Description

The Centre for Gender Studies (CGS) at Lancaster University is unique. It is one of the largest centres in the UK for feminist research, gender studies, and it is the only centre of its kind in the North West of England. Over 30 years old, CGS has a long and proud history, counting many world-leading leading feminist academics amongst its former directors and/or alumni.

The CGS community is international. Over the years, students have come from all over the world including Britain, Canada, Chile, Ethiopia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Ireland, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Portugal, Slovenia, Taiwan, Spain, and the United States. CGS staff members are also international: they come from Australia, Austria, Canada, Britain, India, and the United States, to name a few. It also regularly hosts visitors – staff, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students – from different parts of the world such as Australia, Canada, Finland, India, Sweden, the United States, again to name just a few.

At the Centre for Gender Studies one will find a group of people who are excited about their research and who are committed to interdisciplinarity. Feminist technoscience, cultural studies, religious studies, migration studies, multicultural studies, critical race studies, urban studies, postcolonial studies, studies in literature and creative writing, management studies, theatre studies, disability studies, health studies, and more, are all represented in the Centre. There are also links with other research centres and departments.