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Posts, news and videos from the Queer Internet Studies Symposium

The Queer Internet Studies Workshop brought together thinkers, makers and doers who draw upon social scientific methods to do work at the intersection of queer life and the internet. With this workshop, we brought together researchers who investigate the construction of queer communities, the development of queer knowledge production and cultures, and assess how queer identity is understood and archived.

2/9 Mona Morgan-Collins' Work-in-Process Postponed!!!

Due to the unpredictability of tomorrow's storm, we have postponed Mona Morgan-Collins' Work-in-Process lunch.

We hope you will join us when we reschedule the lunch. Watch for an email, coming soon, with the new date.

Alice Paul Center Accepting Applications for 2017-2018 Visiting Scholar Program

The Alice Paul Center for Research on Gender, Sexuality and Women invites applications for a Visiting Scholar from candidates in all the disciplines. The aim of the program is to enable the scholars to conduct independent research related to gender and sexuality while in residence at the University of Pennsylvania.

Preference will be given to candidates with a distinguished research profile and research foci related to LGBTQ Studies, feminism of color, and/or global feminisms. Candidates must have Ph.D. or its equivalent in hand at beginning of affiliations.

APC Awarded Penn Fels Policy Research Initiative Working Group Grant

In partnership with Amy Hillier (PennDesign/SP2) and Erin Cross (LGBT Center), the Alice Paul Center was awarded a Fels Policy Research Initiative Working Group Grant: Researching and Informing Policies Relating to LGBTQ Youth and Families Working Group. The Working Group will bring together researchers and practitioners to develop research on policies relating to LGBTQ youth and their families, and strengthen existing connections across Penn, CHOP and the Philadelphia Department of Public Health.