... of Europe Gender studies University Culture Wars Anti-gender activism Anti-gender narratives defend a world of absolutes that must be challenged if human rights are to be enjoyed universally. —Victor Madrigal-Borloz, UN Independent Expert Historically excluded sexual and gender minorities have sought...

...There exists an inextricable and deep connection between women and food. Food studies’ examination of women and food can be traced vis-a-vis sociology, anthropology, social history, gender studies, and also nutrition sciences. While in the twenty-first century there exists an abundance of good...

... Yehuda Goodblatt David Meir Torah Jewish women classical rabbinic texts aggadah gender studies aggadic texts The rabbi and his wife retired for the evening. Unbeknownst to them, one of the rabbi’s students was hiding under their bed. When the student was discovered, his teacher angrily questioned...

...Launching the first gender studies program in the University of Fez was a challenge. After much resistance, the organizers established the interdisciplinary dirasat al-ajnas (study of genres) as a form of intellectual resistance. In this chapter, Fatima Sadiqi shares the story...

... of reading an “American literature” in motion, specifically working in the “minor” fields of critical race and ethnic studies, feminist and gender studies, labor studies, and queer/sexuality studies. earthquakes New Madrid American character sympathy as trait of Connecticut Gazette Native American tribes...

... the intersections between Judaism and food. Seventeen original chapters advance the state of both Jewish studies and religious studies scholarship on food in accessible prose. Insights from recent work in growing subfields such as food studies, sex and gender studies, and animal studies permeate the volume...