Recently Gender and Women’s Studies proudly celebrated our 50th anniversary as a department here at UW Madison.
Over a few exciting days, students, faculty, staff, and alumni came together to share in the memories of critical program building, feminist thought, and the potential of a degree in GWS. From a profoundly moving panel of Teaching Assistants throughout the years of Gender, Women, Bodies, & Health 103, exciting discussions led by GWS faculty & graduate students on the state of GWS today, to a provoking key-note address by Dr. Brittney Cooper, GWS’ 50th was a time to reflect on the places we’ve been as a department and the pressing work that we must continue to pick up together.
50 years as a department is not only a landmark achievement worthy of celebration, it is a continual reminder to us all that the work in Gender & Women’s studies has been a constant, propelling us further in conversation and action towards the futures we imagine. As we step through the threshold of this anniversary and towards what is to come, we are reminded that 50 years of doing this work together is simply the beginning; our greatest triumphs still lie ahead to be uncovered.
