Kath Woodward Speaker: Gender & Interdisciplinary

Yorks’ Graduate Programme in Interdisciplinary Studies is hosting a guest speaker, Professor Kath Woodward, on Nov. 20 at 12:15 p.m. via Zoom. She will be speaking to us about her new 2025 book, published by Edward Elgar, entitled Gender Studies: A Multidisciplinary Approach.  

Kath Woodward is Professor of Sociology at the Open University, where she has chaired women’s studies, sociology, and gender and technology courses at all levels. She is a member of the Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change and researches gender identities and diversity, most recently in sport.

Author of seven books, (and currently writing another on Simone de Beauvoir’s theories of embodiment for Routledge) she is renowned for her interdisciplinary approach to scholarship which bridges sociology, gender studies, and cultural studies and explores identity, embodiment, and the dynamics of everyday life. A fellow of both the Learned Society of Wales and the Academy of Social Sciences, Woodward has been a key figure in promoting interdisciplinary dialogue and advancing gender studies. 

You are invited to attend. Please email Fiona Fernandes at pffern@yorku.ca for a zoom link.