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  2. Year: 2020
  3. Month: November

Month: November 2020

Dr. Araceli Alonso Teaches Study Abroad Course Virtually

Posted on November 25, 2020

Dr. Araceli Alonso, Distinguished Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of UNESCO Chair on Gender, Wellbeing and Culture of Peace, has been teaching a study abroad course to UW-Madison students as part of the UW’s Circle of …

Posted in 2020, Instructor Spotlight

Professor Jill H. Casid Featured in Day With(out) Art Event

Posted on November 25, 2020

On Wednesday, December 2nd from 5-7pm, Professor Jill H. Casid of Gender and Women’s Studies and Art History will be in conversation with multidisciplinary artist Kang Seung Lee, for Day With(out) Art, presented by Visual …

Posted in 2020, Event

Caitlin Flynn – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2016

Posted on November 24, 2020

Caitlin Flynn graduated in 2016 with majors in Journalism and International Studies and a certificate in Gender and Women’s Studies. Currently, Caitlin is a graduate student at the Fletcher School at Tufts University pursuing Law …

Posted in 2020, Alumni Spotlight

Video of Sarah Deer and Bonnie Clairmont Conversation

Posted on November 24, 2020

The Borghesi-Mellon Center for Care Initiative, stewarded by GWS faculty Chris Garlough and Annie Menzel with Professor Michael Peterson from Art and Interdisciplinary Theater Studies, hosted a virtual conversation with Sarah Deer and Bonnie Clairmont. …

Posted in 2020, Event

GWS and LGBTQ+ Studies Grad Featured in On Wisconsin Magazine

Posted on November 24, 2020

On Wisconsin Magazine published this story about GWS and LGBTQ+ Studies Certificate alum Elise Rylander (’12). Elise created her nonprofit Out There Adventures (OTA), which she began brainstorming during her LGBTQ+ Studies capstone course. “Knowing …

Posted in 2020

Professor Sami Schalk Debuts Video on Disability Justice and Pleasure Activism

Posted on November 19, 2020

Professor Sami Schalk was featured at a virtual event on November 18, hosted by the Ford Foundation, titled, “#QuarantineLooks: Embracing the Fabulously Mundane.” As an act of pleasure activism and self-care during the pandemic lockdown, …

Posted in 2020, Event

The Art of State Street: Politics, Policing, and Protest

Posted on November 12, 2020

In the wake of the killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd by the police, artists and activists took to the streets to protest for racial justice. They created art as part of the protests, lining …

Posted in 2020, Event

Professor Marwa Shalaby Has Been Awarded a Grant to Study Gender Politics in the MENA

Posted on November 9, 2020

GWS and Political Science Professor Marwa Shalaby (with Ellen Lust and Lena Wängnerud) has been awarded a grant of approximately $50,400 USD from the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) Foundation to study gender politics in the Middle …

Posted in 2020, Award

Professor Sami Schalk Receives Outstanding Women of Color Award

Posted on November 2, 2020

GWS Professor Sami Schalk has received a 2020-21 UW-Madison Outstanding Women of Color Award! This is an annual honor presented by the UW-Madison Office of the Interim Deputy Vice Chancellor and Chief Diversity Officer, and …

Posted in 2020, Award

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