Centre for the Study of Women and Gender Events
Our forthcoming events are listed below.
You can find information about our past events here (2016 - present) and here (2000 - 2015).
For the full list of speakers in our Graduate Seminar series (2004 - present), click here.
For video and audio recordings of past CSWG events, click here.
Fri 23 Jan, '26- |
CSWG Writing SessionWolfson Research Exchange (Library - 3rd floor) - Room 1+2Are you looking for a supportive environment and dedicated time to focus on writing? CSWG invites you to join the Centre's structured writing sessions. These sessions are open to both staff and students. They will run during the Spring Term, as follows:
Sessions will be held at the Wolfson Research Exchange, located on the 3rd floor of Warwick Library. Advance registration is not required - just turn up! Access to Wolfson requires a staff card or a PhD student card, so please bring your card with you. If you are an UG or MA student, or a CSWG member external to Warwick, please email Sílvia Gomes (silvia.gomes@warwick.ac.uk) or Akane Kanai (Akane.Kanai@warwick.ac.uk) in advance so arrangements can be made to give you access to the venue. Sessions will be based on the highly successful Sociological Review Writing Retreat model, in which sessions are facilitated and divided into a series of fixed, timed writing slots, with everyone working in the same room at the same time. Details on how the sessions will run are outlined below. We work to a policy of 'no surveillance', so you’ll be responsible for setting your own writing goals and monitoring your progress. The use of phones and the internet during the writing sessions will be discouraged (unless needed). How to prepare?
If necessary, you may use the sessions for preparatory tasks such as reading articles, provided this does not disturb others who are writing. |
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Wed 4 Feb, '26- |
CSWG Seminar: "Couples at Work: Negotiating Paid Employment, Housework, and Childcare"Hybrid: R0.03 (Ramphal Building, University of Warwick) + Teams
You are warmly invited to join us for a hybrid seminar: Couples at Work: Negotiating Paid Employment, Housework, and Childcare
This event celebrates the publication of Dr Emily Christopher’s book, Couples at Work: Negotiating Paid Employment, Housework and Childcare. It will consist of a presentation by Emily and a panel discussion featuring Professor Katherine Twamley (UCL) and Dr Emma Casey (University of York). About the Book: Couples at Work offers a unique look into how couples manage paid employment, housework, and childcare. It explores how employment structures, policies, and practices intersect with individual attitudes to either reinforce or challenge gender inequalities in the domestic sphere through the ‘doing’ and ‘undoing’ of gender. The book introduces a new typology of fathering as a key mechanism through which policies affect domestic divisions of labour, demonstrating how this typology shapes the tasks men undertake and the impact of this on women’s ability to act on their ‘preferences’ about how to combine paid work and home. By examining couples' negotiations of housework and childcare, the book highlights the disparity between men’s and women’s reports on household duties, revealing distinct gendered differences in how tasks are both conceptualized and measured. Speaker Bios: Dr Emily Christopher is a Lecturer in Sociology and Policy in the Department of Society and Politics at Aston University. Emily's research primarily focuses on the reproduction of gendered inequalities in paid and unpaid work, social policy and families. Her current research examines the role of UK childcare policy in bringing about change in gender relations within families. Dr Emma Casey is Reader in Sociology in the Department of Sociology at the University of York. Emma’s research broadly seeks to redress the relative lack of prominence of sociological studies of domestic life and experiences. Her recent book The Return of the Housewife: Why Women are Still Cleaning Up explores the ways that women's unpaid labour is currently being glamourised and repositioned as empowering 'self-care' within social media cultures and, with a focus on cleaninfluencers, why the burden of housework still falls on women. Professor Katherine Twamley is a Sociologist at the Social Research Institute, University College London. Katherine’s research focuses on gender, love and intimacy, social policy, and families. Her recent book Caring is Sharing? Couples navigating parental leave at the transition to parenthood explores why and how mixed-sex couples make decisions around parental leave at the transition to parenthood, and how these decisions shape their work and family care practices during and after the leave period, contributing to debates over the efficacy of UK parental leave policy. This event is free and open to all, but advance registration is required. To register for a place, CLICK HERE. Refreshments will be provided. If you have any questions about the event, please email cswg-events@warwick.ac.uk If you have accessibility requirements or there are any adjustments we can make to support your full participation, you can let us know through the booking page above.
This event is organised by the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender, University of Warwick.
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Thu 5 Feb, '26- |
CSWG Writing SessionWolfson Research Exchange (Library - 3rd floor) - Room 1+2Are you looking for a supportive environment and dedicated time to focus on writing? CSWG invites you to join the Centre's structured writing sessions. These sessions are open to both staff and students. They will run during the Spring Term, as follows:
Sessions will be held at the Wolfson Research Exchange, located on the 3rd floor of Warwick Library. Advance registration is not required - just turn up! Access to Wolfson requires a staff card or a PhD student card, so please bring your card with you. If you are an UG or MA student, or a CSWG member external to Warwick, please email Sílvia Gomes (silvia.gomes@warwick.ac.uk) or Akane Kanai (Akane.Kanai@warwick.ac.uk) in advance so arrangements can be made to give you access to the venue. Sessions will be based on the highly successful Sociological Review Writing Retreat model, in which sessions are facilitated and divided into a series of fixed, timed writing slots, with everyone working in the same room at the same time. Details on how the sessions will run are outlined below. We work to a policy of 'no surveillance', so you’ll be responsible for setting your own writing goals and monitoring your progress. The use of phones and the internet during the writing sessions will be discouraged (unless needed). How to prepare?
If necessary, you may use the sessions for preparatory tasks such as reading articles, provided this does not disturb others who are writing. |
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Fri 13 Feb, '26- |
CSWG Writing SessionWolfson Research Exchange (Library - 3rd floor) - Room 3Are you looking for a supportive environment and dedicated time to focus on writing? CSWG invites you to join the Centre's structured writing sessions. These sessions are open to both staff and students. They will run during the Spring Term, as follows:
Sessions will be held at the Wolfson Research Exchange, located on the 3rd floor of Warwick Library. Advance registration is not required - just turn up! Access to Wolfson requires a staff card or a PhD student card, so please bring your card with you. If you are an UG or MA student, or a CSWG member external to Warwick, please email Sílvia Gomes (silvia.gomes@warwick.ac.uk) or Akane Kanai (Akane.Kanai@warwick.ac.uk) in advance so arrangements can be made to give you access to the venue. Sessions will be based on the highly successful Sociological Review Writing Retreat model, in which sessions are facilitated and divided into a series of fixed, timed writing slots, with everyone working in the same room at the same time. Details on how the sessions will run are outlined below. We work to a policy of 'no surveillance', so you’ll be responsible for setting your own writing goals and monitoring your progress. The use of phones and the internet during the writing sessions will be discouraged (unless needed). How to prepare?
If necessary, you may use the sessions for preparatory tasks such as reading articles, provided this does not disturb others who are writing. |
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Wed 18 Feb, '26- |
CSWG Graduate Seminar - "Visibility of Queer Women in International Visual Media"Online - TeamsFor information on the speakers and abstracts, see here. |
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Fri 27 Feb, '26- |
CSWG Writing SessionWolfson Research Exchange (Library - 3rd floor) - Room 1+2Are you looking for a supportive environment and dedicated time to focus on writing? CSWG invites you to join the Centre's structured writing sessions. These sessions are open to both staff and students. They will run during the Spring Term, as follows:
Sessions will be held at the Wolfson Research Exchange, located on the 3rd floor of Warwick Library. Advance registration is not required - just turn up! Access to Wolfson requires a staff card or a PhD student card, so please bring your card with you. If you are an UG or MA student, or a CSWG member external to Warwick, please email Sílvia Gomes (silvia.gomes@warwick.ac.uk) or Akane Kanai (Akane.Kanai@warwick.ac.uk) in advance so arrangements can be made to give you access to the venue. Sessions will be based on the highly successful Sociological Review Writing Retreat model, in which sessions are facilitated and divided into a series of fixed, timed writing slots, with everyone working in the same room at the same time. Details on how the sessions will run are outlined below. We work to a policy of 'no surveillance', so you’ll be responsible for setting your own writing goals and monitoring your progress. The use of phones and the internet during the writing sessions will be discouraged (unless needed). How to prepare?
If necessary, you may use the sessions for preparatory tasks such as reading articles, provided this does not disturb others who are writing. |
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Fri 27 Feb, '26- |
CSWG Black Feminist Thought GroupA1.11We are excited to invite you to join our Black Feminist Thought Group, open to all students and postgraduate researchers at all levels who are interested in or are already actively engaging with Black feminist scholarship, practice and creative work. This group will be more than a traditional reading group. Inspired by the core principles of Black feminist thought—collective growth, intersectionality and radical imagination—we’ll create a collaborative space that welcomes a range of materials, voices and forms of expression. The group will run once a month for a 2-hour session on the dates below.
The group is led by Marie Casafina-Orwin and Diana Olaleye. Whether you’re already engaged in Black feminist work or just starting to explore it, you’re welcome to join. If you're interested in joining or want to hear more, you can register here. If you have any questions, you can email Marie at marie.casafina-orwin@warwick.ac.uk |
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Thu 12 Mar, '26- |
CSWG Writing SessionWolfson Research Exchange (Library - 3rd floor) - Room 1+2Are you looking for a supportive environment and dedicated time to focus on writing? CSWG invites you to join the Centre's structured writing sessions. These sessions are open to both staff and students. They will run during the Spring Term, as follows:
Sessions will be held at the Wolfson Research Exchange, located on the 3rd floor of Warwick Library. Advance registration is not required - just turn up! Access to Wolfson requires a staff card or a PhD student card, so please bring your card with you. If you are an UG or MA student, or a CSWG member external to Warwick, please email Sílvia Gomes (silvia.gomes@warwick.ac.uk) or Akane Kanai (Akane.Kanai@warwick.ac.uk) in advance so arrangements can be made to give you access to the venue. Sessions will be based on the highly successful Sociological Review Writing Retreat model, in which sessions are facilitated and divided into a series of fixed, timed writing slots, with everyone working in the same room at the same time. Details on how the sessions will run are outlined below. We work to a policy of 'no surveillance', so you’ll be responsible for setting your own writing goals and monitoring your progress. The use of phones and the internet during the writing sessions will be discouraged (unless needed). How to prepare?
If necessary, you may use the sessions for preparatory tasks such as reading articles, provided this does not disturb others who are writing. |
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Fri 20 Mar, '26- |
CSWG Writing SessionWolfson Research Exchange (Library - 3rd floor) - Room 3Are you looking for a supportive environment and dedicated time to focus on writing? CSWG invites you to join the Centre's structured writing sessions. These sessions are open to both staff and students. They will run during the Spring Term, as follows:
Sessions will be held at the Wolfson Research Exchange, located on the 3rd floor of Warwick Library. Advance registration is not required - just turn up! Access to Wolfson requires a staff card or a PhD student card, so please bring your card with you. If you are an UG or MA student, or a CSWG member external to Warwick, please email Sílvia Gomes (silvia.gomes@warwick.ac.uk) or Akane Kanai (Akane.Kanai@warwick.ac.uk) in advance so arrangements can be made to give you access to the venue. Sessions will be based on the highly successful Sociological Review Writing Retreat model, in which sessions are facilitated and divided into a series of fixed, timed writing slots, with everyone working in the same room at the same time. Details on how the sessions will run are outlined below. We work to a policy of 'no surveillance', so you’ll be responsible for setting your own writing goals and monitoring your progress. The use of phones and the internet during the writing sessions will be discouraged (unless needed). How to prepare?
If necessary, you may use the sessions for preparatory tasks such as reading articles, provided this does not disturb others who are writing. |
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Wed 25 Mar, '26- |
CSWG Graduate Seminar - "Gendered Critiques of Immigration, Access and Precarity"Online - TeamsFor information on the speakers and abstracts, see here. |
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Fri 27 Mar, '26- |
CSWG Black Feminist Thought GroupA1.11We are excited to invite you to join our Black Feminist Thought Group, open to all students and postgraduate researchers at all levels who are interested in or are already actively engaging with Black feminist scholarship, practice and creative work. This group will be more than a traditional reading group. Inspired by the core principles of Black feminist thought—collective growth, intersectionality and radical imagination—we’ll create a collaborative space that welcomes a range of materials, voices and forms of expression. The group will run once a month for a 2-hour session on the dates below.
The group is led by Marie Casafina-Orwin and Diana Olaleye. Whether you’re already engaged in Black feminist work or just starting to explore it, you’re welcome to join. If you're interested in joining or want to hear more, you can register here. If you have any questions, you can email Marie at marie.casafina-orwin@warwick.ac.uk |
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Fri 24 Apr, '26- |
CSWG Black Feminist Thought GroupS0.52We are excited to invite you to join our Black Feminist Thought Group, open to all students and postgraduate researchers at all levels who are interested in or are already actively engaging with Black feminist scholarship, practice and creative work. This group will be more than a traditional reading group. Inspired by the core principles of Black feminist thought—collective growth, intersectionality and radical imagination—we’ll create a collaborative space that welcomes a range of materials, voices and forms of expression. The group will run once a month for a 2-hour session on the dates below.
The group is led by Marie Casafina-Orwin and Diana Olaleye. Whether you’re already engaged in Black feminist work or just starting to explore it, you’re welcome to join. If you're interested in joining or want to hear more, you can register here. If you have any questions, you can email Marie at marie.casafina-orwin@warwick.ac.uk |
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