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We convened on Teams to catch up and plot. The second of the two blue plaques, which were part of a collaboration between the RaCE network and SunGen in response to the BLM movement,...

This joint event with Prof Alison Phipps of Sussex University marks the publican of SunGen’s second edited collection, Gender Equality in Changing Times. Thanks to everyone who logged in for the book launch, and...

Those who braved the weather and politics were treated to a talk by Mary Talbot about the third edition of her internationally-famous text book, Language and Gender.  She talked about how the first edition...

We hatched two new plans today. For IWD, we will oragnise an event to draw attention to the need for help in preparing and attending interviews.  We will invite some local organisations that deal...

On 13th September, research by Dr Sarah Hellawell led to the unveiling of a plaque to Dr Marion Phillips at 18 Foyle Street, Sunderland.  Marion was Sunderland’s first female MP, and was in office...

Thanks to Dr Sarah Hellawell’s research, the work of Sunderland’s first female MP, Dr Marion Phillips, is going to be commemorated in a blue plaque in September 2019.  On 13th September, a blue plaque...

On 28 June, SunGen co-hosted with the RaCE network a one-day event, Gendered Worlds.  This event featured four fabulous external speakers, and an audience from across the university as well as those from the...

SunGen supported the university’s IWD events this year by contributing funding to the SisterShack event in City Space.  In addition to stalls and DJing, there were talks on related issues, including Dr Julie Scanlon’s...

We have settled on Friday, 28th June, 2019 for our Gendered Worlds event.  More details of invited speakers will be posted as they are confirmed.  Meanwhile, we have a logo!  

We have been busy marking the centenary of (some) women first getting the vote in the UK with a series of events in June.  Bryan Talbot designed a logo for us which we have...