Carolyn Eichner has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar Grant for Jan 1 – Aug 31, 2025, in support of her research and writing a biography of 19th-century anarchist Louise Michel, orator, author, ethnographer, teacher, and leader … Continue Reading »
Women’s and Gender Studies at Half a Century: Imagining the Future and Meeting the Challenges
UWM’s Women’s & Gender Studies celebrated our 50th anniversary at the 2024 Women’s Consortium Conference in Madison, Wisconsin.… Continue Reading »
Scholarship Submission Deadline
Thursday, February 14, 2024 is the deadline for consideration for the WGS Paper and Project Contest, the Casey O’Brien Activist Award, and the Florence Healy Award – get your applications in ASAP!… Continue Reading »
Celebrating 50 Years of WGS!
This is What Women’s & Gender Studies Looks Like: Celebrating 50 Years of WGS! On Tuesday, April 30, 2024, Women’s & Gender Studies will celebrate our 50th anniversary at UW-Milwaukee with an alumni panel and reception. Mark your calendars and … Continue Reading »
Congratulations to Steinbeck Fellow Xueyou Wang!
Congratulations to Xueyou Wang, (@shayo.shay22) a recent WGS MA graduate at UWM, for being selected as one of the Steinbeck Fellows at SAN JOSÉ STATE UNIVERSITY for 2023-2024! Xueyou Wang’s work focuses on immigrant women’s experiences and transnational, transcultural stories. … Continue Reading »
Congratulations to all WGS Contest Winners!
UWM Women’s & Gender Studies 2023 Research Paper & Project Contest Winners and Casey O’Brien Outstanding Activist Awardee and Florence L. Healy Scholarship On behalf of Women’s & Gender Studies Program, Anna Mansson McGinty, WGS Chair, would like to extend congratulations … Continue Reading »
The Paris Commune: A Brief History Review Essay
The Nation magazine has published a review essay of Carolyn Eichner’s book The Paris Commune: A Brief History. https://www.thenation.com/article/world/paris-commune/… Continue Reading »
Interns Wanted!
Women’s & Gender Studies / Women’s Resource Center Internship Opportunities Are you in need of a feminist internship? Are you looking to work on a feminist team? Do you want to be a feminist leader on campus? LOOK NO FURTHER! … Continue Reading »
Dean’s List Announced
Women’s & Gender Studies is thrilled to congratulate our students who made the Dean’s List for the Spring, 2022 semester, including Andrew Borchardt Abagail Houck Isabella Matheson Sarah O’Brien Brittany Powell Alyssandra Scaffidi Great job!… Continue Reading »
Florence L. Healy Scholarship Winners Named
Dr. Matthew Healy and Kimberly Coleman Healy generously fund the Florence L. Healy Scholarship, which is open to all Women’s & Gender Studies’ students with a research interest in the area. This year we were thankful to have a boon … Continue Reading »