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The Clayman Institute for Gender Research began in 1974 as the first of its kind and remains at the
cutting edge of gender research.
The Institute empowers students and scholars in three key ways. We conduct and invest in intersectional gender research; mentor students through fellowships and internships; and inspire, translate, and amplify gender scholarship. More about us
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Forgotten women writers expand postwar memory
In a new project, ALYS GEORGE turns to postwar women fiction writers in Austria, whose work contributes to a more inclusive and accurate account of persecution, resistance, and recovery

Estelle Freedman
Historian explores hidden identities of two social activists
Working on a recent documentary of folk singer Faith Petric, ESTELLE FREEDMAN found intriguing parallels with an earlier biography subject, prison reformer Miriam Van Waters

Jodi Kantor to give Jing Lyman Lecture
The best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize winner, one of the New York Times investigative reporters who broke the story of allegations against Harvey Weinstein, will appear Oct. 9 in conversation with Stanford legal scholar PAM S. KARLAN

Book launch: "The Cancel Culture Panic"
From Director ADRIAN DAUB: an incisive work analyzing the global spread of cancel culture discourse as a moral panic and investigating the powerful hold that the idea of "being cancelled" has on readers around the world. Daub discussed the book at a recent launch event

Alison Dahl Crossley authors book on feminism in the U.S.
Join us in celebrating the publication of a new book by Clayman Institute Executive Director ALISON DAHL CROSSLEY. Feminism in the United States: A Concise Introduction provides a focus on intersectionality, goals, tactics, and varieties of feminism

Clayman Institute report highlights misuse of NDAs
In partnership with advocacy group Lift Our Voices, the Clayman Institute released a striking report exposing the widespread misuse of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in workplace misconduct cases to silence employees, especially in cases of sexual harassment and discrimination
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