Eileen Boris
Location
IHC MCCUNE CONFERENCE ROOM HSSB 6020

Thursday, January 22 | 7:00–9:30PM
Friday, January 23 | 8:30–5:00PM
Saturday, January 24 | 8:00–2:30PM

This multi-day conference honors the remarkable career of Eileen Boris, celebrating her retirement and the profound impact she has made on labor history and feminist studies. Boris has shaped how we understand the politics of work and the lives of women across the globe. Illuminating the intersections of gender, race, labor, and care work, her scholarship has not only transformed academic fields but also inspired countless students, colleagues, and activists.

The conference will bring together a community of friends, scholars, and collaborators to reflect on her scholarship and carry forward the conversations she helped ignite. We celebrate Eileen Boris’s contributions and imagine the future pathways her work has opened for feminist and labor history.

Registration Deadline: December 22, 2025

 

Register

Book Your Hotel

Take advantage of our special group rate and book a room by December 22, 2025.

Best Western Plus South Coast 
5620 Calle Real, Goleta, California 93117 United States


Group Rate

Or call the booking desk and ask for “Boris Retirement Conference”

Questions?

Email us at eileenborisretirementconferenc@gmail.com

Thursday, January 22, 2026

7:00pm – 7:30 pm

Welcome Address

Charles R. Hale
SAGE Sara Miller McCune Dean of Social Sciences, Professor of Anthropology and Global Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Session 1: Scholarship & Activism

Chair: Barbara Winslow
Professor Emerita
Brooklyn College, CUNY

Friday, January 23, 2026

8:30 am–9:00 am

Breakfast

9:00 am – 9:30 am

Opening Address

Jane Ward
Professor and Chair of Feminist Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara

9:30 am – 11:30 am

Session 2: Intimate Labors

Chair: Joceyln Olcott
Duke University

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Lunch

12:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Session 3: What is work, Who is a worker?

Chair: Lara Vapnek
St. John’s University

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Coffee Break

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Session 4: Racialized Gender and the State 

Chair:  Judy Rohrer
Eastern Washington

Saturday, January 24, 2026

8:00 am – 8:30 am

Breakfast

8:30  am – 10:30 am

Session 5: Transnational Turn

Chair: Barbara Molony
Santa Clara University

10:30 am – 11:00 am

Break

11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Session 6: Teaching By Doing: On Mentorship

Chair: Lauren Sklaroff
University of South Carolina

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Concluding Remarks

Introduced by Alex Mireles
Doctoral Candidate, Feminist Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara

Closing Remarks by Eileen Boris
Hull Professor of Social Justice, Feminist Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Lunch

Co-Sponsorships
Hull Chair
Department of Feminist Studies
Feminist Futures
Department of Global Studies
Department of History
Center for Black Studies Research
Office of Vice Chancellor Jeffrey C. Stewart
Graduate Division

Local Arrangements Team
Alex Mireles, University of California, Santa Barbara
Laury Oaks, University of California, Santa Barbara

Conference Coordinator
Elizabeth Tandy Shermer, University of Georgia

Panel Organizers
Elizabeth (Beth) Currans, Eastern Michigan University
April Haynes, University of Wisconsin
Erik S. McDuffie, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, University of California, Irvine
Jasmine Yarish, University of District of Columbia

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