Workshop on Gender and Global Intellectual History (with assigned readings)

Date: Tuesday 17 November
Time: 17:00
Venue: All Souls, Hovenden Room 

Registration required

The Global Intellectual History Seminar is delighted to be hosting a special workshop entitled 'Gender and Global Intellectual History' We will begin with two short talks given by the speakers, which will introduce the assigned readings, followed by a period of open discussion where participants can respond to questions raised by the talks and readings and share connections to their own research. The assigned readings are:

1. Alice Baldock, 'Body (of) Knowledge: Women, the Body, and Dance in Postwar Japan,' Journal of Asian Studies 81, no. 2 (2022): 365–79.
2. Sophie Smith, 'Women and Intellectual History in the Twentieth Century, Part One: Rethinking the ‘Origins’ of US Intellectual History,' Journal of the History of Ideas85, no. 3 (2024): 425–54; 'Women and Intellectual History in the Twentieth Century, Part Two: Activists, Academics, and the Future,' Journal of the History of Ideas 85, no. 4 (2024): 633–79.
3. Mrinalini Sinha, 'A Global Perspective on Gender: What's South Asia Got to Do With It?', in South Asian Feminisms, eds. Loomba and Ritty (Duke University Press, 2012), 356-74; 'Universal Rights and the Specters of Indian Feminism, Part II: An Interview with Mrinalini Sinha,' Journal of the History of Ideas Blog, September 23, 2026.

The workshop is open to all; graduate students and other early-career researchers of all specializations are particularly encouraged to attend. Please complete the registration form in advance.