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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: …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 & …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
Presented by Margaret Noodin (Professor of English and Associate Dean for the Humanities) and Cailín Nic an tSionnaigh (Fulbright FLTA & Irish Language Instructor, Center for Celtic Studies)
Presented by Kristin Sziarto, Associate Professor of Geography
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 …
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, …
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 …
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
Presented by Ariana Myers, Director of the LGBTQ+ Resource Center at UWM. Part of the Women's & Gender Studies Lunch N Learn series. In person and virtual. Join in Microsoft Teams: Meeting ID: 251 887 827 802 Passcode: 3QNoyA
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 …
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
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 …
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, …
The speaker is Dr. Kidiocus King-Carroll, Assistant Professor in African & African Diaspora Studies at UWM. In person or via Teams.
Since the 1970s, lacrosse has become one of the fastest-growing sports in North America, and Haudenosaunee communities have worked at the international level to claim lacrosse as an important part of Haudenosaunee culture and tradition. Lacrosse is also known as …
A panel presentation with UWM scholars, drawing upon a multi-year community collaboration and ethnographic work within the Muslim Milwaukee Project. The panelists will discuss highlights on demographics and community-building, reflections on positionality and relationality, and different expressions of activism. Panelists …
A workshop with Dr. Jennifer Boittin, Professor of Global History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jennifer Boittin is the Frank Porter Graham Distinguished Professor of Global History at UNC. She received her PhD in History from Yale University …
A presentation by Dr. Jennifer Boittin, Professor of Global History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Teams option also available. Email wgs@uwm.edu for the link or for more information. Jennifer Boittin is the Frank Porter Graham Distinguished Professor of …
Hear from Reyna Grande, author of the bestselling memoirs The Distance Between Us (Atria, 2012) and A Dream Called Home (Atria, 2018), where she writes about her life before and after she arrived in the United States from Mexico as …
Part of the Women's & Gender Studies Lunch and Learn program. Presented by Gabriela Nagy, professor in UWM's psychology department. In person and on Teams. Meeting ID: 251 056 995 968 Passcode: QL3nC7gm