The Gender and History Group begins its meeting for the year in discussion of the introduction to Judith Butler’s recent book Who’s Afraid of Gender?, in which they say: “There is still much to be understood about gender as a structural problem in society, as an identity, as a field of study, as an enigmatic and highly invested term that circulates in ways that inspire some and terrify others. As imperative as it is to defend fields of study which use gender as a term that describes identity and social forms of power and differential forms of violence, we have to keep thinking about what we mean by it and what others mean when they find themselves up in arms about the term.”

The meeting will be held on Friday 7 March, at 12.30pm in Room 5.72 in the RSSS Building (#146). Email the convenors for a copy of the reading: karen.downing@anu.edu.au, julie.hotchin@gmail.com.