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 »
Did you know Women’s & Gender Studies Graduate Program offers not just a Master of Arts in WGS (MA), but also a combined Master of Arts in WGS and a Master of Library and Information Science degree (MA/MLIS) as well … Continue Reading »
Women’s & Gender Studies is proud to announce Jennifer Nash, Jean Fox O’Barr Professor of Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies at Duke University, and author of Black Feminism Reimagined After Intersectionality (2018), Gender Love (2017), and The Black Body in … Continue Reading »
Our second Brown Bag Lunch presentation of the semester will be Cheryl Kader, former lecturer of Women’s & Gender Studies, who will present “Paid My Dues: Creating Milwaukee’s Feminist Music Culture (for Dorothy Dean)” on Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at … Continue Reading »
Melinda Brennan is hosting a two-part Coffee Hour series – Join In! Thursday, November 12 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm Crunchtime Work-Life Balance Thursday, December 3 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm Prioritizing Feminist Self-Care Contact Dr. B for more details! … Continue Reading »
Women’s & Gender Studies is hosting the Brown Bag Series of lectures again this fall. Once a month, we invite anyone to join us virtually to hear esteemed lecturers speak on a variety of fascinating topics. Mark your calendars – … Continue Reading »
This event has been CANCELLED due to COVID-19 precautions. Women’s & Gender Studies’ Brown Bag Series of presentations wraps up for the semester on May 6, 2020. These sessions are held one Wednesday each month at 12:30 pm in Curtin … Continue Reading »