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 …
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Celebrate Graduation with GWS!
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. …
Book Events – Black Disability Politics
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 …
Ethics of Care Workshop Spring Conference, May 13 & 14
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 …
Professor Jill H. Casid Featured in Day With(out) Art Event
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 …
Video of Sarah Deer and Bonnie Clairmont Conversation
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. …
Professor Sami Schalk Debuts Video on Disability Justice and Pleasure Activism
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, …
The Art of State Street: Politics, Policing, and Protest
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 …
Open House LC + Wheelhouse
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 …
Chazen’s Faculty Exhibition Features Installations by 2 GWS Professors
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 …