May 2019 marked the 150th anniversary of the awarding of bachelor’s degrees to women at UW–Madison. UW Women at 150’s mission, initiated in 2018-19 and to be continued beyond, is to celebrate the contributions of women and the achievements of our alumnae, and to give voice to their resilience in the face of adversity. Stories …
Administrative Staff Positions in Gender and Women’s Studies, UW–Madison Gender and Women’s Studies is seeking a new half-time (50%) Administrative Assistant (USA2) for the main office. Please find the direct link to the job posting and portal to apply here. The Center for Research on Gender and Women is seeking a full time (100%) Administrator …
Professors Chris Garlough and Annie Menzel with graduate students Agnes Muyanga and Flint Devine have been awarded support for an interdisciplinary Borghesi-Mellon Workshop in 2019-2020! This Borghese-Mellon Workshop — titled “Care: Politics, Performances, Practices” — hopes to open discussion of “feminist care theory” informed by socialist feminists, reproductive justice advocates, performance studies scholars, disability activists, domestic labor organizers, …
Professor Sami Schalk is interviewed for Space the Nation in the SYFY Wire. Schalk “believes today’s mainstream science fiction erases disability in the same way some early utopian science fiction erased racial differences, even as our history proves that disabled people have always been the ones pushing technology into the future.”
Chair of Gender & Women’s Studies, Professor Aili Tripp, weighs in on how the impact of the newly elected, all female-identified Madison Metropolitan School Board, one that also includes several women of color, may have on upcoming policy changes.
Professor Jenny Higgins shares expertise on how the expanding influence of health care institutions funded by religious groups in Wisconsin contributes to the changing landscape of women’s reproductive care and policy.
Professor Sami Schalk, in Inside Higher Ed, questions the arbitrariness and biases of scholarly standards for so-called lowbrow subjects and activities.
Congratulations to Professor Janet Hyde who has been named as the recipient of the Kinsey Institute’s inaugural Alfred C. Kinsey Distinguished Researcher Award! Well deserved, Professor Hyde! More... .
The Department of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison supports and shares the concerns expressed by the Madison Asian American community about the staging of the musical Miss Saigon in Madison in April, 2019. We critique Miss Saigon in terms of gender and sexuality, as well as race and ethnicity, for its stereotyped and offensive …
Sites/Sights/Cites of Resistance, the Gender and Women’s Studies 2019 Graduate Symposium, is taking place this Friday and Saturday, March 29-30, 2019, Sterling Hall, UW–Madison. All talks listed below are free and open to the public, and held in Sterling 1310. CART services provided. For more information contact gwsconference19@gmail.com or call 608-263-3312. Kemper Knapp Keynote Friday, …