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The Women's Studies Program was established at The University of Iowa in 1974 and is one of the first programs in the United States. Read More
  • Conner Spinks, GWSS major, named a Truman Scholar

    Conner Spinks, a University of Iowa undergraduate student, has been named a 2012 Truman Scholar. Spinks, a UI Honors Program student and junior from Des Moines, is one of only...

  • Humanities Story Corps

    "Through the art of storytelling and open conversations, Humanities Story Corps is a listening program that demonstrates the value of the humanities in our everyday lives....

  • Congratulations to Dr. Monica Basile!

    Congratulations are due to Dr. Monica Basile, our newest Ph.D. in Women's Studies!!

A Campus of our Own

Women's Renunciation in South Asia: Nuns, Yoginis, Saints, and Singers

This volume brings together new ethnographic research on South Asian women who have abandoned...

Meena Khandelwal

Women's Renunciation in South Asia: Nuns, Yoginis, Saints, and Singers