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Kathi Weeks serves as Professor in the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies within Duke University's Trinity College of Arts & Sciences. A leading critical theorist, she examines intersections of capitalism, labor, and feminist politics through Marxist-feminist frameworks.
Her research focuses on:
- Feminist Theory and Marxist Theory
- Postwork Politics and Antiwork Critiques
- Social Reproduction and Capitalist Temporality
- Radical Imagination in Political Movements
Weeks' scholarship centers on dismantling the centrality of waged labor in political thought, notably through her seminal 2011 book The Problem with Work. Her recent articles analyze transgressive politics, social reproduction, and temporal dimensions of capital, revealing how work structures constrain feminist and anti-capitalist futures. Trends show deepening engagement with prefigurative politics and alternatives to labor-centric social organization.
Her contributions have established foundational debates in critical work studies, though specific institutional awards remain undocumented in public sources.
Professor Weeks mentors graduate students in political theory and feminist studies, guiding research on labor critique, social reproduction, and postcapitalist imaginaries. She participates in collaborative projects rethinking academic labor and feminist knowledge production.
