Wilkinson College is committed to leading the conversation in our community on issues of humanity, unity, and justice. As such, the college has undertaken semester-long examinations of key societal issues including the significance of race, environmental justice, ethnic studies, and health equity. These interdisciplinary, campus-wide conversations promote thoughtful dialogue; mindful reflection; social tolerance; awareness and respect; peace and kindness. Our purpose for the 2024-25 ETW series is to promote informed, sustained, and enriching dialogues through an in-depth exploration of gender and sexuality.
What is Gender & Sexuality?
The study of gender and sexuality employs interdisciplinary approaches from the arts, humanities, and social sciences to examine how bodies, lived experiences, and subjectivities are shaped by the social constructs of gender and sexuality. Through dialogue and conversation, we will explore how culture, power, institutions, and social structures shape our understandings of gender and sexuality.
The series will explore:
- the evolution and impact of cultural, community, and legal conceptions subjectivities in terms of gender and sexuality.
- contemporary sociopolitical and historical structures that influence perspectives of gender and sexual norms.
- resistance and activism countering gender inequality, community exclusion, and sexual and gender-based violence.
- how gender and sexuality intersect with race, ethnicity, class, health, and religion.