Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies News
International Women's Day "Mural" Project 2020
This video documents a mural project supervised by Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies faculty Barbara Sutton with her students in "Global Perspectives on Women" (AWSS 308) for International Women's Day.
https://youtu.be/BO00aXMR2jI
POSTPONED: Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee Coming to UAlbany Campus April 15, 2020
Beyond Women’s Leadership: Liberian Lessons on Peace, Conflict, and Feminist Organizing
A Public Lecture by Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee
April 15, 2020 - 12 Noon
Campus Center Ballroom, Uptown Campus of the University at Albany
The event will include a luncheon and is free and open to the public
Studying Beyonce's Public Pedagogy Lecture March 11, 2020
Okay, Now Let's Get Information: Studying Beyoncé's Public Pedagogy, a lecture by Kevin Allred, author of Ain't I a Diva? Beyoncé and the Power of Pop Culture Pedagogy. Part if the WGSS Lecture Series: Transformative Spaces for Feminist Learning.
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Humanities 354, 12 Noon
CANCELED: Call for Papers for SIGH Conference due by March 20, 2020
The Sexuality Intersectionality Graduate Hangout (SIGH) 2020 conference theme, “Conflict, Consequences, and Beyond: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Systems of Violence and Feminist Resistance” seeks to cultivate a dialogue on the theoretical understanding of violence, historical and contemporary acts of violence, the dissemination of violence in national and transnational spaces, and the politics/poetics of resistance. Therefore, we invite participants from all (inter)disciplinary backgrounds to critically examine the rhetorics of violence, and furthermore, to think beyond such rhetorics—to imagine new and liberatory ways of living.
CANCELED: Transformative Spaces for Feminist Learning - Spring 2020 Lecture Series
Spring 2020 Lecture Series on Transformative Spaces for Feminist Learning will take place every other Wednesday at noon, beginning January 29, in Humanities 354. See Full Schedule.
Toni Morrison Film Panel at Writer's Institute Includes WGSS Chair
WGSS Chair Janell Hobson and Affiliated Faculty, music professor Kyra Gaunt, are part of a panel discussion following the film screening on January 24. This is the first in a series of commemorative events for the late author (1931-2019) who once taught at the University at Albany. The next event is a special exhibit of Morrison's time at UAlbany, which will launch on her birthday, February 18, in the Science Library.
WGSS Alumna Awkwafina Wins Historic Golden Globe Award
Awkwafina, or Nora Lum, graduated from UAlbany in 2011 with a degree in women’s studies and journalism. Awkwafina became the first Asian-American woman to win “Best Actress in Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy” at the Golden Globes for her role in “The Farewell.” Read the News 10 story
WGSS Chair Featured By CAS for Harriet Tubman Exhibit
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The College of Arts and Sciences Public Engagement office featured on their site Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Chair Janell Hobson, where she discussed her November 2019 pop-up exhibit on Harriet Tubman and what attracted her to this particular public engagement.