Articulating Differences
Since its inception in 1981, the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women has questioned the ways in which society creates and applies categories and definitions related to gender, race, ethnicity, and sexuality. At the heart of its research agenda is the concept of “difference” and how it's reflected in the production of knowledge throughout the academy.
As a result of this multidisciplinary mission, the center fosters critical, collaborative scholarship on questions of gender and difference. Its unique array of programs and resources includes:
- The Pembroke Seminar, a year-long advanced research seminar
- An undergraduate concentration and graduate certificate in Gender and Sexuality Studies
- Public conferences and lectures
- International partnership projects
- Postdoctoral fellowships
- Seed grants and fellowships for Brown faculty and students in any discipline whose work concerns gender or sexuality
- A noted academic journal, differences
- The Pembroke Archives, dedicated to feminist and queer scholarship and the history of women at Brown and in Rhode Island