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 Care for Global Health and Human Rights study abroad program. This past summer was the sixth year of this program. …
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 Aids. The virtual event will begin with a screening of TRANSMISSIONS, a program of 6 new videos considering the impact …
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 and Diplomacy with concentrations in Gender Analysis of International Relations and Human Security. Caitlin expects to graduate in May 2021. …
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. The event, co-hosted with the WUD Distinguished Lecture Series on November 9, 2020, was titled “Confronting Sexual Violence in the …
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 what a profound impact that time outside had for me, especially when I was coming to terms with my queer …
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, Professor Schalk began posting images of herself on social media with sparkly new hairstyles, outfits, and facemasks. The act of …
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 boarded-up store fronts with visual memorials and calls to action. On November 18th at 7pm, artists Shiloah Symone Coley and …
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 East and North Africa (MENA). The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has seen momentous upheavals since 2011, and this …
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 announced at the UW Diversity Forum. Professor Schalk is part of the thirteenth cohort of Outstanding Women of Color awardees. …