Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women

Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
Parent institutionBrown University
Established1981 (1981)
DirectorLeela Gandhi

The Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women was established in 1981 at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, as an interdisciplinary research center focused on gender and women.[1] In addition to research, the center is home to archives of feminist theory and women's history as well as Brown's undergraduate Gender and Sexuality Studies concentration. Postcolonial theorist Leela Gandhi, is the Center's director, having assumed the position in July 2021.[2]

The Pembroke Center was named in honor of Pembroke College in Brown University, Brown's former coordinate women's college. It is affiliated with Brown's Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender.

  1. ^ Encyclopedia Brunoniana, Martha Mitchell, 1993, Brown University Library.
  2. ^ "Brown's Pembroke Center Receives $5M and New Director Leela Gandhi". Philanthropy Women. 2021-06-21. Retrieved 2021-07-11.

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