Thinking Gender 2024 Graduate Student Research Conference

Thinking Gender 2024's conference theme, “Dystopian Realities, Feminist Utopias,” considers what it means to live in the cataclysmic wake of racial capitalism, settler colonialism, and neoliberalism. At the same time, the theme celebrates how feminist, queer, and BIPOC scholarship, activism, and art enact utopias by imagining alternatives to hegemonic structures. 

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The theme seeks to explore how dystopianism serves as an apt metaphor to explore and critique social and political issues related to gender, race, class, and sexuality and how utopianism is an ethical mandate to imagine a better present and future.

Raffle: You could be the lucky winner of CSW|Streisand Center swag, UCLA swag, and a gift card to the UCLA Store! The more panels you attend, the more chances you’ll have to win! Raffles include:

• $100 gift card to the UCLA Store
• UCLA Swag: UCLA backpacks, baseball caps, belt bag, tote bag, and mugs
• CSW|Streisand Center Swag Bags
• Conference-related books, including The Witches Flight: The Cinematic, the Black Femme, and the Image of Common Sense and Queer Times, Black Futures, both by keynote speaker Kara Keeling

Friendly Reminder: Seating is on a first come, first served basis. Due to the high percentage of no-shows, we do overbook our events. Therefore, a reservation does not guarantee a seat, so we suggest you arrive early. We appreciate your understanding and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.