Institute for Gender and Development Studies

Semester I  [Sept – Dec 2026]

Welcome back to our series of Lunchtime Seminars, a tradition since 1998, where we invite graduate students, staff, associate academics, and partners to share ongoing research and gain feedback in an informal setting.

IGDS Lunchtime Seminar Thursday 27 August 2026, 12 NOON
Manosphere in a Nutshell: What It Is and Why We Need To Know
Presented by Dr. Jeanne P. Roach-Baptiste,
Assistant Professor, Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA.

November 19 – 20, 2026: Post-Indenture Feminisms Symposium (Online)
Post-Indenture Feminisms: Mapping Consciousness,Challenge, and Change
Eds. Gabrielle Hosein and Lisa Outar

How has the history of Indian indentureship shaped feminist organizing across the world? Has it led to distinctive experiences, strategies, and challenges in sites of indenture as well as informed cross-ethnic, international, transoceanic, and diasporic feminist movements? Can post-indenture feminisms shed light on the legacies of indenture in contemporary praxes of solidarity?

Submissions can be in the form of scholarship, non-scholarly reflective essays, interviews, short fiction, poems, photography and painting, and photo essays. We welcome scholarly essays and interviews of 7000 words (including references); fiction, nonfiction, photo essays and creative reflections of 2000 to 5000 words; and submissions of poetry which include 2 to 3 poems.

Submission Deadlines and Symposium Dates:

• Submission of Abstracts deadline extended: June 30, 2026
• May 30, 2026: Abstracts due
• October 30, 2026: Full Essays Submitted
• November 19 – 20, 2026: Post-Indenture Feminisms Symposium (Online)
• February 2027: Submission of Full Manuscript
  Download the PDF - Call for Submissions

For more information, please email both
Gabrielle Hosein: gabrielle.hosein@sta.uwi.ed and Lisa Outar: leoutar@gmail.com