Tune in to The Talking Raven to hear Dr. Gentile discuss FASS’ role in social issues
Patrizia Gentile, Associate Director of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies and Graduate Advisor at the Feminist Institute of Social Transformation, recorded a thought provoking podcast with The Talking Raven. On the episode, “Meet Our Faculties: Arts and Social Sciences Edition“, the host and Dr. Gentile explore the possibilities that current and future students have within FASS and the role of universities in the field of social justice. This conversation tells us why the skills of language, curiosity and confidence are key to solving the issues of tomorrow.
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Patrizia Gentile is a Professor and Graduate Advisor at the Feminist Institute of Social Transformation and an Associate Director at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies. She holds a Ph.D. from Queen’s University in the Department of History. Her dissertation was an historical study of beauty contests in Canada from the 1920s to the early 1990s. Professor Gentile is also co-author of The Canadian War on Queer: National Security as Sexual Regulation (UBC: 2010) with Dr. Gary Kinsman.
Research Interests: Cultural/gender history; history of sexuality; history and theory of the body; beauty contests; national security; October Crisis and immigrant communities; queer theory