Summer Institute

The FMS Summer Institute has two components:

1) a two-week Summer Seminar for 12-15 selected graduate students and postdoctoral faculty; and
2) a two-day Colloquium involving a broad range of FMS scholars from across the U.S. and abroad.

The Summer Seminar is held during the last week of July and the first week of August, and is taught by two senior professors who have co-taught or collaborated previously. The seminar meets four days during the week, and includes lectures by visiting scholars. Some afternoons and evenings are reserved for seminar participants to present their own work. In addition, there are opportunities for extensive semi-formal contact with the seminar leaders (regular office hours, informal social get-togethers, and film screenings).

The Colloquium takes place on the weekend (Friday-Saturday) at the end of the first week of the seminar, and provides the occasion for seminar students to interact with FMS scholars from all over the country. The gathering is organized around one or two keynote talks as well as short focused presentations by participants on key themes related to minority identities, democratic culture, and social justice.

Informal social get-togethers and other opportunities for developing mentoring relationships are included in the schedule for the weekend. Semi-formal communication across generations has been a valuable aspect of all FMS events, and it is a major feature of our summer institutes as well.

Topic for the 2005 Seminar: “Feminist Identities, Global Struggles”

Topic for the 2006 Seminar: “Theory From the Periphery: Minority Struggles for Social Justice”

Topic for the 2007 Seminar: "Intersecting Identities and Social Justice: Realist Explorations"

Topic for the 2008 Seminar: "Thinking Transnationally: Feminist Visions"

Topic for the 2009 Seminar: "Queer Politics in Transnational Contexts"

Topic for the 2010 Seminar: "Identity, Inequality, and Public Policy: Integrating the Humanities and the Social Sciences "

FMS Summer Institute Director and Executive Committee

The FMS Summer Institute will be organized by Satya P. Mohanty, Director of the FMS Summer Institute, in conjunction with a thirteen-member executive committee.