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In this Together: Feminist Mutual Aid for Survival and Mobilization

Virtual/Online Event Link will be provided, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Dean Spade (he/him) is a Professor at Seattle University School of Law. Dean has been working in movements for queer and trans liberation and racial and economic justice for the past two decades. He is the author of "Normal Life: …

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Creative Writing Visiting Writer – Valerie Martinez

UWM Curtin Hall, Room 175 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Author Valerie Martinez presents a craft talk in-person (Curtin 175) and livestreamed. Link available closer to the event date. Valerie Martínez is the author of five books of poetry, one book of translations (of Uruguay’s Delmira Agustini) and a chapbook …

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Creative Writing Visiting Writer – Valerie Martinez

UWM Curtin Hall, Room 175 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Author Valerie Martinez reads from her work. In-person (Curtin 175) and livestreamed. Link available closer to the event date. Valerie Martínez is the author of five books of poetry, one book of translations (of Uruguay’s Delmira Agustini) and a chapbook …

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Women’s & Gender Studies Lunch & Learn with Sharity Bassett

UWM Curtin Hall, Room 181 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Sharity Bassett, Visiting Assistant Professor, Women's & Gender Studies, and Manager of the American Indian Student Center atUWM presents “’If you don’t want your stick touched, put it away’: Rematriation as Haudenosaunee Women's Reclamation of Space in Lacrosse” This event …

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Women’s & Gender Studies Lunch & Learn with Margaret Noodin

UWM Curtin Hall, Room 181 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Margaret Noodin, Professor of English and Associate Dean for Humanities, UWM presents: “Ginagadawendamin Nooniyang miinwaa Jaagineyang Akiing: Breastfeeding and Exhaustion as Models for Chaos Theory on Earth.” This event will be held in-person in Curtin Hall room 181 or Virtually …

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Dangerous Women, Effective Changemakers – Film and Panel Discussion

Mitchell Hall, Room 191 3203 N. Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Women changemakers have been often labeled “dangerous,” but their voices and actions have been essential in creating positive change and remain so today. A public forum, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County and UWM Women’s & …

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Transland Under Seige: A Brief History

Virtual/Online Event Link will be provided, Milwaukee, WI, United States

A virtual event with Helen Boyd Kramer from Lawrence University. A quick but thorough tour of how we came to be where we are now, starting with the first theories of trans identity, visibility movements, and trans activity in the …

WGS Vilas Trust Lecture: Indigenous Art as Revisioning and Unsettling Colonial Enclosure

UWM Greene Hall 3347 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Women's & Gender Studies Vilas Trust Lecture Series continues with Mishuana Goeman, Professor and Chair of Indigenous Studies at the University of Buffalo. The talk, titled "Indigenous Art as Revisioning and Unsettling Colonial Enclosure," will examine the ways in which …

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Hidden Treasure: Finding Women Dealers and Collectors of Far Eastern Art in Paris, 1858-1914

Mitchell Hall, Room 191 3203 N. Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Elizabeth Emery, Professor of World Languages and Cultures at Montclair State University, is giving a free public talk about her recent book Reframing Japonisme: Women and the Asian Art Market in Nineteenth-Century France, 1853-1914 (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020) and her …

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Women’s & Gender Studies Lunch & Learn with Morgan Foster

UWM Curtin Hall, Room 181 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Morgan Foster, Undergraduate Advisor and Program Coordinator in Women's & Gender Studies, UWM, presents: “American Girls: Girlhood Fiction and Fandoms in America.” Attend in-person or via livestream at the link below. Contact wgs@uwm.edu for details.

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Son-Mother: Screening and Discussion of Iranian director Mahnaz Mohamaddi’s 2019 film

UWM Mitchell Hall, Room B91 3203 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Iranian director and women's rights activist Mahnaz Mohammadi's 2019 film Son-Mother depicts Leila, a single working mom of two who loses her factory job. Kazem, the factory bus driver, proposes marriage to Leila, but she hesitates to accept his conditions …

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Women’s & Gender Studies Lunch & Learn with Leah Wilson

UWM Curtin Hall, Room 181 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Leah Wilson, Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's & Gender Studies, UWM, presents: “Queer (Re)Orientations: Reclaiming Our Bodies, Our Selves.” Attend in person or via livestream at the link below. Contact wgs@uwm.edu for details.

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Global Studies seminar: Making a Splash: Women Cartoonists in France

UWM Lubar Entrepreneurship Center 107 2100 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

In her talk “Making a Splash: Women Cartoonists in France,” Dr. Cynthia Laborde will focus on the impact of women cartoonists/graphic novelists in France in the 21st century. She will trace how this new generation has been making their own …

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After Dobbs: A Roundtable Discussion

Virtual/Online Event Link will be provided, Milwaukee, WI, United States

DUE TO WINTER WEATHER THIS EVENT HAS BEEN MOVED TO A VIRTUAL FORMAT. Register to join by Zoom at https://wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwqc-uorT8qHN3e2Fo7Scd1RkRQDSjBn5np A Roundtable Discussion on the effects of the Dobbs Supreme Court Decision, with UWM and UW-System professionals and experts. Moderated …

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Translating and Recovering Miriam Karpilove, Yiddish Authoress

UWM Golda Meir Library, 4th Floor Conference Center 2311 East Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Jessica Kirzane presents the 2023 Faye Greenberg Sigman Woman of Valor Lecture. In person and via Zoom. For Zoom link register at https://bit.ly/Kirzane Miriam Karpilove (1888-1956) was a prolific Yiddish writer certain of her own importance, even as she was …

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Quilting Bee

Learn about quilting by contributing a stitch to finish the backing of a quilt. Featuring artists Heidi Parkes and Molly Hassler. Visit and contribute a stitch, no experience is necessary, and supplies are provided. From 10:00 AM until 12:30 PM, …

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The Tragedy of Heterosexuality in Global Context: A Lecture by Jane Ward

UWM Lubar Entrepreneurship Center 107 2100 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

As part of the Women's & Gender Studies Feminist Lecture Series, Jane Ward, Professor of Feminist Studies at UC Santa Barbara, critiques one of the basic premises of the mainstream LGBT rights movement—that heterosexuality is easier than queerness—by asking for …

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Climate Justice in the City

UWM Bolton Hall, Room B60 3210 N. Maryland Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Presented by Dr. Jennifer L. Rice, Professor of Geography at the University of Georgia, and a faculty affiliate at the Institute for Women’s Studies and the Center for Integrative Conservation Research at the University of Georgia.  She is a co-editor of Urban Climate Justice: Theory, Praxis, and Resistance (University of Georgia Press, 2023).  The title of her talk is: Climate Justice in the City

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The Many Mrs. Maisels – The History of Jewish Female Stand-Up Comedians

UWM Golda Meir Library, 4th Floor Conference Center 2311 East Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Before The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, there was a long history of Jewish female comedians, standing up and speaking out. Although stand-up comedy is often described as a ‘boys’ club,’ the truth is that there have always been influential women on …

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Social Policy in India with Cash Transfers – Women’s & Gender Studies Lunch and Learn

UWM Bolton Hall, Room 535B 3210 N Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Presented by Dr. Manabi Majumdar, Political Science faculty member at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta. Hybrid program both in person and on Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NWEyNTA4YTEtNzg0Mi00ZGU4LWEwYmUtY2UxMDZkZDEyOTAw%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%220bca7ac3-fcb6-4efd-89eb-6de97603cf21%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22151ab0d2-df9e-4431-baeb-9e9ab0e92d11%22%7d Meeting ID: 293 851 990 986 Passcode: XP5Ymn

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Women’s & Gender Studies Scholarship Award Ceremony

UWM Union Wisconsin Room 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Honoring the students selected in the MPS Student "Wisconsin Women Making History" essay contest along with the UWM students selected for scholarships and awards. A hybrid event also open to viewing through Microsoft Teams: Meeting ID: 288 469 789 711 …

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This is WGS – Celebrate 50 years of Women’s & Gender Studies @ UWM

UWM Union Ballroom 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Join us to hear from and network with an alumni panel of WGS alumni and celebrate contributions to UWM over the past 50 years. Refreshments provided and exhibitions will feature student work from our Queer Theory, Indigenous Feminisms, Research Methods, …

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