Welcome to the Rhodes Project's blog! Here you can find insights from our research, commentary on issues of gender and feminism, guest posts by Rhodes Scholars, and the latest news from the Project. To enquire about writing a guest post, contact Eric Silverman at esilverman@rhodesproject.com
Welcome to the Rhodes Project's blog. Here you will find information about our research, commentary on issues of gender and feminism, guest posts by Rhodes Scholars and others, and the latest news from the Project. To enquire about writing a guest post, please get in touch at info@rhodesproject.com.
Sometimes, I sit down to write emails to friends with a smirk. “Hello!” I write. “Great to hear from you!” Or, “I’m looking forward to hearing from you.” Or, “I can’t wait to hear about your trip.” The irony here is that I cannot hear - at least not in the same way that typically hearing people do.
Each month, the Rhodes Project publishes a selection of articles that approach issues of gender and feminism from informed, opinionated and novel angles. Visit the Feminist Reader to find out about women’s responses to current challenges and catch up on gender-related news from around the world.
Read MoreOur idea is called the "Ona-Mtoto-Lako" (See Your Baby) Project. The Project will take lifesaving antenatal care to pregnant women in remote parts of low & middle income countries, where women will be given the opportunity to come "see their baby" through ultrasonography, free of charge using a mobile ultrasonography bus.
Read MoreI was startled, recently, when someone referred to me as a ‘militant feminist’. While I identify as a woman and volunteer my time with gender-related projects like the Good Lad Initiative, I never felt a strong sense of connection to feminist causes. I never imagined myself writing letters, having heated debates or starting petitions. I never imagined that I would lobby for, never mind spearhead, an equality campaign at Oxford University.
Read MoreMy mother started showing signs of early-onset Alzheimer’s about four years ago, when I was 19 years old, several years before I arrived in Oxford on a Rhodes scholarship. We didn't realize this at the time, but her disease would accelerate very quickly. In three years, she progressed from early retirement to a secure dementia ward in a long-term care facility.
Last year, we witnessed a cultural tide turning in Oxford. With every Junior Common Room and 8 Graduate Common Rooms in Oxford offering sexual consent workshops, where over 70% of the undergraduate common rooms made theirs compulsory, the conversation about the importance of great consent practice is growing louder.
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The Rhodes Project extends the warmest farewell and well wishes to our Communications Officer, Seb Baird, who will be leaving us to take up a new position as Digital Officer at the Time to Change Campaign. This national effort seeks to end stigma and discrimination experienced by people with mental health problems.
A core member of the Rhodes Project team for the past eighteen months, Seb has helped transform the outward face of the Project through our website, social media, and blog, substantially building up our online content.
We look forward to hearing about his new work—and feel reassured that he will keep in touch across our channels. You will be greatly missed, Seb!
We are pleased to be welcoming Patricia Hill Collins to speak in Oxford on 22 May 2015.
When it comes to feminism, anti-racism, and similar social justice projects, the true test lies less in how we celebrate victories, but rather in how we respond to defeat. In her talk, she sketches out three ideas or "lessons" culled from the rich tapestry of Black feminism in the U.S. that might inform contemporary social justice projects.
Professor Patricia Hill Collins is currently Distinguished University Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her work primarily concerns issues of feminism and gender in the African American community, and she has been central in advancing the concept of intersectionality.
To book a place at the event, please make sure to sign up via our Eventbrite page.
We are delighted to be co-hosting this event with the Oxford Human Rights Hub.
On 11 April, The Rhodes Project hosted an event at our London office to celebrate the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race. The occasion marked a significant event in gender equality in sports: for the first time, the Women's Boat Race took place on the Tideway and was televised by the BBC.
Read MoreOn 26 February 2015, Tony Porter spoke to a crowded audience, dominated by students, at Milner Hall in Rhodes House, Oxford. Porter is the co-founder of ‘A Call to Men’, an organization seeking to change dominant ideas of masculinity. Max Harris, a Rhodes Scholar, reflects on the talk.
Read MoreI first learned about the 2015 Newton Women’s Boat Race when I showed up to the University of Cambridge’s Goldie Boathouse in late 2013 having never touched an oar.
Read MoreEach month, the Rhodes Project publishes a selection of articles that approach issues of gender and feminism from informed, opinionated and novel angles. Visit the Feminist Reader to find out about women’s responses to current challenges and catch up on gender-related news from around the world.
Read MoreTo develop our database, researchers at the Rhodes Project are collecting biographical and career information about non-American Rhodes Scholars elected 1977-1995. Can you help?
Read MoreEach month, the Rhodes Project publishes a selection of articles that approach issues of gender and feminism from informed, opinionated and novel angles. Visit the Feminist Reader to find out about women’s responses to current challenges and catch up on gender-related news from around the world.
Read More"I couldn’t be both an MP and a mum – at least not without falling short of my own high standards for both. It was scary and horrible. But the sense of relief that came when I admitted defeat was amazing. Driving home the day I announced my decision to step down, I had to grip the steering wheel with all my strength to stop the front of the car from lifting off the ground and floating up into the sky."
Read More"My engagement with the Rhodes Project's research, and gender issues in general, has led me to think more intentionally about how I want to live life as a man."
Rhodes Project Director, Professor Susan Rudy, discusses the Project's focus on elite women and their relevance to the broader feminist movement.
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Each month, the Rhodes Project publishes a selection of articles that approach issues of gender and feminism from informed, opinionated and novel angles. Visit the Feminist Reader to find out about women’s responses to current challenges and catch up on gender-related news from around the world.
On the Rhodes Project Blog:
'The many versions of what women can be': A retrospective of our first 200 profiles of Rhodes women.
From elsewhere:
Emma Barnett calls on us to stop defining ourselves and everyone we meet by our jobs.
Why we have to stop romanticising women's labour.
The secret history of sexism in the US Senate.
A review of Anita Anand's new book, a biography of the daughter of an Indian Maharaja who became a leading suffragette.
The Telegraph analyses the lack of diversity in this year's Oscar nominations.
Pew's latest research indicates that people perceive women to have equal ability, but that barriers still persist.
A former law clerk to Ruth Bader Ginsberg shares the lessons he learned from the Supreme Court Justice.
Rebecca Solnit reflects on 2014 as a year for women and celebrates the growing voice for women in the world.
By Joanne Cave (Alberta & St John's 2013), Profile Coordinator
The Rhodes Project celebrates an important milestone today – our 200th profile has just been published! The Profile Series has been a labour of love, with much collaboration from past interns and staff at the Project. We have particular gratitude for Zoe Johannes, the first Profile Coordinator for the Rhodes Project, who was responsible for the Series’ inception and for conducting many of the profile interviews.
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