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Kathi Weeks, Associate Professor, Women's Studies

Contact Info:

Office Location:	East Duke Building
Office Phone:	(919) 684-5840
Email Address:

Teaching (Spring 2026):

• GSF 701S.01, FOUNDATIONS IN FEMINIST THEORY Synopsis

  Friedl Bdg 126, W 10:20 AM-12:50 PM

  (also cross-listed as LIT 761S.01)

Education:

Ph.D.	University of Washington	1992
M.A.	University of Washington	1984
B.A.	Western Washington University	1981

Keywords:

Anglo-American • Feminist Theory • Political Thought • Marxism • Poststructuralism

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Weeks, K; Sobande, F; Newman, J; Hearn, A; Soper, K; Littler, J, Special section: Left Feminisms, Feminist Theory, vol. 26 no. 1 (April, 2025), pp. 3-21 [doi]
2. Cholbi, M; Danaher, J; Deranty, JP; Hester, H; Weeks, K, Envisioning the Post-Work World: A Roundtable Conversation*, in Debating A Post Work Future Perspectives from Philosophy and the Social Sciences (January, 2024), pp. 9-37 [doi]  [abs]
3. Weeks, K, Abolition of the family: the most infamous feminist proposal, Feminist Theory, vol. 24 no. 3 (August, 2023), pp. 433-453 [doi]  [abs]
4. Schaap, A; Weeks, K; Maiguascha, B; Barvosa, E; Bassel, L; Apostolidis, P, The politics of precarity, Contemporary Political Theory, vol. 21 no. 1 (March, 2022), pp. 142-173 [doi]
5. Weeks, K, Basic income from a feminist postwork perspective, Politica Y Sociedad, vol. 59 no. 2 (January, 2022), pp. e78753-e78753, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) [doi]  [abs]