Past Events
Religion Professor Kirsten Wesselhoeft hosts an event celebrating her new book, Fraternal Critique: The Politics of Muslim Community in France. She will give a talk and have a question and answer period.
Writer and scholar Karen Tongston will be in discussion with Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology, John Andrews, on the possibilities for queer survival and world-making presented by popular culture, television, and quotidian conviviality. This event is free and open to the public.
Historian of sexuality Jen Manion (Amherst College) gives an oral history of 18th- and 19th-century “female husbands,” the elusive, rebellious and enchanting characters who transed gender, lived as men, and married women.
Campus community only, please.
Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs, the first researcher to explore the full depths of Audre Lorde’s manuscript archives, will give a talk on her new book, Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde. Open to the public.
Prudence Fenton ’75 will be featured at a screening of a documentary she co-produced about her partner, the songwriter Allee Willis. Open to the public.
The Film Department and Women, Feminist, and Queer Studies presents a screening of some of Peggy Ahwesh’s short films, followed by a Q&A session moderated by Visiting Assistant Professor of Film Carl Elsaesser.
Campus community only, please.
Author Elyssa Maxx Goodman will speak about her book Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City and discuss drag’s effects on the culture of the city and the U.S. overall.
Jin Jiang is Professor Emeritus at East China Normal University and Yeung Family Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Johns Hopkins University. Her research interests are at the intersection of women and gender, popular culture, and Shanghai history.
A book talk with award-winning Syrian writer Shahla Ujayli and translator Michelle Hartman.
Campus community only, please.
A lecture by Sharla Alegria, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto, whose research examines inequalities that persist when individuals and organizations embrace principles of equity.
Natalie Frank offers an overview of her work from her undergraduate studies to portrait paintings that are currently under development in the studio (2005-2024).
An exhibition by Kütral Vargas Huaiquimilla. Performance and opening reception February 22.
The Women, Feminist, and Queer Studies Program invites the campus community and the public to hear Michelle Horton discuss her six-year battle to free her sister from incarceration—a local story that turned into a national conversation.
Strain, Professor of Film and the Moving Image at Wesleyan University, will lecture on her experience as a documentary filmmaker of color and woman dedicated to representing issues of race and history in the United States.
A poetry reading and conversation on women, home, exile, and identity featuring poet-scholar and activist Saba Hamzah.
A reception for the Library’s fall exhibition, Elizabeth Bishop’s Postcards, with talks by Head of Special Collections Ronald Patkus and the two co-curators of the exhibit, plus refreshments.
Learn about the ways in which interlocking systems of oppression impact the lives of individuals navigating them. Reception to follow. This event will be livestreamed.
Campus community only, please.
Award-winning author Jennine Capó Crucet will read from her novel Make Your Home Among Strangers. Q&A and book signing to follow.
Internationally renowned drag queen, visual artist, author, and Vassar alum will present an immersive evening of drag, storytelling, and live art. Reservations required.
Campus community only, please.
In this talk, author Koa Beck will examine the history of feminism, from the true mission of the suffragists to the rise of corporate feminism—paying careful attention to the ways capitalism and racism have functioned as structuring forces within dominant feminist culture.