We are at an important moment in the global debate on gender, from #MeToo and the assertion of trans identities to the far-right’s attack on ‘gender ideology’. People are increasingly aware of the issue of gender and power both in the past, present and future.
This project, based on a fellowship funded by the by the AHRC, led by Professor Maria Misra of the Oxford History Faculty and in collaboration with the Ashmolean Museum, is intended to bring research on gender from number of disciplines – history, archaeology, anthropology, ethnography and sociology, to a broader audience.
Alongside a series of panel discussions, the project includes exhibitions at the Ashmolean Museum, discussions with writers on gender issues exhibitions at the Ashmolean Museum, and showings of two recent award-winning films on trans issues, followed by discussions with their directors. It also includes a nine-month project working with local young people on curatorial and creative projects on the theme of Global Gender in the Museum.
The project also benefited from the collaboration of the Asian Studies Centre, St Antony’s, The Oxford Centre for the Humanities (TORCH) and the Phoenix Picturehouse, Oxford.
You can see and hear many of these projects at the links below, explore future plans and leave feedback.
Anna-Maria Misra is Professor of Global History and the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Keble College. She works on the history of colonial and post-colonial history. Her next book, Gender a Global History will be published in 2026. She has written on many aspects of empire, nationalism and post-colonial identity in India and Britain. Her global history of gender and sexism was published by Bloomsbury in 2022. She is the recipient of the first AHRC public engagement fellowship for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
The AHRC for its generous support; to the Ashmolean Museum and especially to Gina Koutsika, Jane Cockroft, Lucy Shipp, Victoria Jenner and Laure Barthelemy; to the History Faculty administration, especially Jane Smith; to TORCH, especially Victoria McGuiness and John Kennedy: and to the Asian Studies Centre, St Antony’s, and especially to Professor Faisal Devji and to Clare Salter.
Credits: Sarah Hoyle(Graphic Design) and Samuel Emmanuel (Web Design)
Global Gender: Past, Presents and Futures
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