We are excited to announce a special conference dedicated to the life and legacy of Susan Stanford Friedman, Virginia Woolf Professor Emerita of English and Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. A scholar of literary modernisms, gender, women, global languages and cultures, and planetary life, Professor Friedman was committed to reimagining what the humanities …
Celebrate Graduation with the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies! Join the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies to celebrate GWS and LGBTQ+ Studies graduates on Wednesday, May 10 from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm. Drop by the conference room (3401 Sterling) to enjoy some food, pick up a graduation gift, choose some decor for …
Celebrate the release of Dr. Sami Schalk’s new book, Black Disability Politics, at one of two (or both!) book release events! Wednesday October 26 10-11:30am CST. The Ford Foundation will host a hybrid (in person in NYC and streaming) event where Dr. Schalk will be in conversation with several of the activists she interviewed for the project, …
The UW–Madison Ethics of Care Workshop Spring Conference will take place virtually on May 13 and 14, 2021. Abstract submissions were open through February 18, 2021. Please see the Call for Abstracts and the Ethics of Care website for more details. The conference theme is “Relationships of Care Across and After Worlds,” and it will …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Open House Learning Community and Wheelhouse Studios came together last week for an LGBTQ+ pride themed watercolor night and had a blast! It was a great time to (virtually) gather and paint the progress pride flag using watercolors. Check out all that Wheelhouse Studios, an open art studio located in the lower level of Memorial …
New collection reframing installations by GWS Professors Anna Campbell and Jill Casid will be featured at the Chazen Museum of Art’s Faculty Exhibition 2020 from February 1-May 10, 2020. The Chazen’s 50th Anniversary year activities are supported by a grant from the UW–Madison Anonymous Fund, with additional support from the office of the Chancellor. There …