Escaping Afghanistan – One Woman’s Story WGS is pleased to be co-sponsoring A Conversation with Maryam Durani and Kathleen Dunn Escaping Afghanistan – One Woman’s Story. Thursday, May 5th at 3:30pm at the AGSL. Please make sure to register in advance … Continue Reading »
The Women’s & Gender Studies’ Lunch and Learn series continues for the spring semester. Check out what’s on tap: Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 12:00 pm “Mapping Reproductive (In)Justice: Curatorial Reflections in Exhibiting Milwaukee as a Hostile Reproductive Terrain” Presented … Continue Reading »
The Feminist Leadership Working Group is a WGSC initiative that supports graduate students, faculty and staff across the UW System interested in learning more about feminist leadership initiatives across UW System. This group meets virtually from 6:30-8pm on the last … Continue Reading »
Women’s & Gender Studies is honored to announce Dean Spade as this year’s Feminist Lecture Series Speaker. Dean Spade (he/him) is a Professor at Seattle University School of Law. Dean has been working in movements for queer and trans liberation … Continue Reading »
The Women’s & Gender Studies’ Lunch and Learn series continues on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at noon with a presentation by Dr. Rae Langes, Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies at UW-Eau Claire. She is presenting “This is Sentimental Archaeology!” Excavating, … Continue Reading »
UWM’s Women’s & Gender Studies is delighted to welcome Dr. Silvia Federici, professor emerita and Teaching Fellow at Hofstra University, as the Vilas Trust Speaker. Silvia Federici is a feminist scholar, teacher, and activist. She was one of the founders … Continue Reading »
IGNITE National and UWM’s Women’s & Gender Studies Department are happy to host “Community Crisis: Affordable Housing”, an event to create dialogue about affordable housing and how it impacts everyone. Today, many community members are facing housing instability. Affordable housing … Continue Reading »
The Women’s Resource Center, Women’s & Gender Studies, and the Black Student Cultural Center are hosting a Safe Space Dialogue to discuss events in Kenosha surrounding the Kyle Rittenhouse trial that impact us all. This is a great opportunity to … Continue Reading »
Thursday, October 28, 2021, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm is the next event hosted by the WGSC’s Feminist Leadership Working Group. Guest will be Dr. Alicia Johnson (she/her/hers), Director of the Women’s Center at UW-Oshkosh and Lead Organizer of The … Continue Reading »
The Women’s & Gender Studies’ Lunch and Learn series continues on Thursday, November 11, 2021 at noon with a presentation by Drs Merry Wiesner-Hanks and Gwynne Kennedy, emeritae of Women’s & Gender Studies at UWM. They are presenting “A History … Continue Reading »