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Nixon’s war on the media and the supposed crisis of masculinity in post-WWII America

In this blog post, Ruweyda Ahmed explores Nixon’s criticisms of the American media, discussing how Nixon made use of a perceived crisis of masculinity in post-WWII America to negotiate successive political challenges.
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Book Forum: Rahul Rao on Experimental Times

Earlier this year, GENDER.ED, CRITIQUE and the Critical Data Studies Cluster of EFI hosted a book launch for Hemangini Gupta’s new book Experimental Times. In this blog post, Dr Rahul Rao engages with the book’s core arguments and theoretical framework.

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Book Forum: Janaki Srinivasan on Hemangini Gupta's Experimental Times

Earlier this year, GENDER.ED, CRITIQUE and the Critical Data Studies Cluster of EFI hosted a book launch for Hemangini Gupta’s new book Experimental Times. In this blog post, Dr Janaki Srinivasan discusses her own experiences of researching start-up capitalism and ethnographic research.

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Book Forum: Alex Taylor on Hemangini Gupta's Experimental Times

Earlier this year, GENDER.ED, CRITIQUE and the Critical Data Studies Cluster of EFI hosted a forum on Hemangini Gupta’s new book Experimental Times. In this blog, Dr Alex Taylor shares memories of his own research in Bangalore and how it relates to Experimental Times.

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GENDER.ED - EUSA Undergraduate Feminist Trailblazer Awards: 1st Prize Winners

The winners of the 2025 GENDER.ED-EUSA Undergraduate Feminist Trailblazer Award 1st Prize were Rutendo Hoto and Claudia Efemini, co-founders of Black Women* at Edinburgh. We asked them to reflect on their feminist work, and what motivates them.

Thulsa Receiving Feminist Undergraduate Trailblazer Award Second Prize at the Annual GENDER.ED Showcase 2025. She Received the from Fiona Mackay.

GENDER.ED - EUSA 2025 Undergraduate Feminist Trailblazer Awards: Second Prize Winner

“Finding and building feminist communities of solidarity was one of the most meaningful aspects of my entire university journey”, says Thulsa Miqdaadh Moosa, second prize winner in the GENDER.ED-EUSA 2025 Undergraduate Feminist Trailblazer Award.

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GENDER.ED - EUSA 2025 Undergraduate Feminist Trailblazer Awards: Third Prize Winner

Aagoon Chakraborty - who won third prize in the 2025 GENDER.ED-EUSA Undergraduate Feminist Trailblazer Award - reflects on her journeys in feminism prior to, and after joining the University.
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GENDER.ED - EUSA 2025 Undergraduate Feminist Trailblazer Awards: Honourable Mention

Emmi Wilkinson won 2025 GENDER.ED-EUSA Undergraduate Feminist Trailblazer Award 1st Prize. We asked them to reflect on their feminist work, and what motivates them.

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Contemporary Arab Diasporas: Reimagining Nationhood in Arab Cultural and Digital Feminism

Dr. Raad Khair Allah, Postdoctoral Fellow in Digital Humanities during 2025-26, tells Kaveri Qureshi about her research on Palestinian and Syrian women's diasporic digital activism.
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Introducing our first GENDER.ED-IASH Postdoc for 25/26 - Dr. Helen Shutt

To mark International Women's Day, Kaveri Qureshi sat down with Dr. Helen Shutt, the new GENDER.ED-IASH Postdoctoral Fellow, to talk about her life and research.
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Endometriosis self-management in a gendered healthcare system

Last in this year's ECR Spotlight Series, Paula Blancarte Jaber reflects on the use of self-management strategies for the treatment of endometriosis, to illustrate how not only diseases but the way they are addressed in the healthcare system is inherently gendered, often to the detriment of those living with disease.
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When the Body Speaks: Caste, Possession, and the Gendered Politics of Ritual Authority

In the ECR Spotlight: Meenal Rawat explores how caste and gender shape ritual authority in the Indian Himalayas, through the lens of deity possession. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, it reveals how sacred spaces mirror social hierarchies, even as they promise healing.

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