Initiated by Dr. T. L. Cowan in 2011, the Feminist Research Lecture Series strives to bring visibility to Women's and Gender Studies (WGST) by hosting an event rooted in feminist methodology and collegial dialogue. This series not only seeks to enhance the recognition of feminist and interdisciplinary research but also aims to acknowledge the significant role of community.

"The social life of feminism doesn't get talked about too much but it's absolutely central to what we do. Feminist and queer scholars at many institutions can feel, or be made to feel, marginal. My goal is to create a couple of nights a year when we're absolutely central." - Dr. Cowan

The series serves as a model for students, showcasing the possibilities within feminist research and sexuality studies, encouraging rigorous and imaginative exploration. Having spanned over a decade, the research series has consistently attracted both emerging and established scholars from across the country.

Harsh Realities, Loving Connections: Masculinities in Contemporary Queer Canadian Cinema.

Speaker: Josh Morrison 

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Quantum Materialisms: Bringing Time and Matter Together in a Feminist Future.

Speaker: Rachel Loewen Walker 

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Settler News Narratives of HIV Non-disclosure: Deconstructing Representations of Indigeneity, Sexuality, and Law 

Speaker: Emily Snyder

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Hooligan Sparrow: Representations of Sexual Assault in Chinese Cinema, Feminist Activism and the Limits of #MeToo in the Face of Male-Dominated State Power.

Speaker: Mirela David

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Situated Embodied Resistance to 21st Century Necro-Techno-Colonialism.

Speaker: Praba Pilar 

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The Impacts of Settler-Colonial Violence on Indigenous Women.

Speaker: Eleanore Sunchild 

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Performance as activism and utopia in the Americas.

 Speaker: Manuela Valle-Castro

Julia Kristeva, Disability, and the Singularity of Vulnerability

Speaker: Mary Bunch

Recounting The Truth Of War Through Feminist Fiction 

Speaker: Melanie Schnell 

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Emerging Feminist Urban Futures 

Speaker: Tiffany Muller Myrdahl 

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Timing Femininity in Christian Dior's Self-Fashioning

Speaker: Ilya Parkins

Mediating Affect in the Queer Americas: Cases of Creative Resistance  

Speaker: Jasmine Rault 

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