An Evening with Carolyn Eichner

Carolyn Eichner, author of FEMINISM’S EMPIRE and THE PARIS COMMUNE – an in-person Boswell event About this event On August 26, 2022, Boswell Book Company hosts an evening with Carolyn Eichner, author of Feminism’s Empire and The Paris Commune. Cohosted by UWM’s Department of … Continue Reading »

Lunch & Learn Series Continues

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 »

Vilas Trust Speaker Named

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 »

Community Crisis: Affordable Housing

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 »

Safe Space Dialogue

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 »