Fall 2025 Event Schedule

🍁 Open House This event has passed.

Thursday, September 11, 3:30–4:30pm

Baker Library, Room 206

All are invited to join WGSS for this fall's open house for new students.

 

🍁 Faculty Retreat This event has passed.

Mapping the Future of the Field

Sunday, September 14, 9:00-4:30pm

Lake Morey Resort

WGSS Faculty meet for a community-building retreat at Lake Morey.

 

🍁 Women and Gender Welcome Back This event has passed.

Wednesday, September 17, 2:00-4:00pm

Collis Front Porch

Stop by the WGSS table to meet WGSS faculty and staff.

 

🍁 Fall Reception & Book Party This event has passed.

Tuesday, September 23, 6:30-8:00pm

Baker Library, Room 206

All are invited to join WGSS in celebrating new books by Profs Mingwei Huang, Molly Giedel, and Mimi Thi Nguyen!

 

🍁 WGSS Faculty Lunchtime Salon This event has passed.

"What is Trans Philosophy?" with Prof Samia Hesni

Monday, September 29, 12:00-1:00pm

Baker Library, Room 206

Faculty and staff are invited to join WGSS and Prof Samia Hesni (Philosophy) for a faculty lunchtime salon. Samia will lead an informal discussion about trans philosophy. Read Bettcher's What is Trans Philosophy? and enjoy sandwiches from The Works. First come, first served.

 

🍁 Lunch with Prof Sa'ed Atshan This event has passed.

Tuesday, September 30, 12:30-1:30pm

Baker Library, Room 206

All are invited to join WGSS and E. Wheelock House for lunch with Prof Sa'ed Atshan before his 5:30pm talk, Enduring Humanitatianism in the Palestinian Territories. Lunch from The Karibbean is first come, first served.

 

🍁 WGSS-Rocky Collaboratory: Faculty Excursion This event has passed.

Heightened Scrutiny

Thursday, October 2, 7:00pm screening

Loew Auditorium

Faculty and staff are invited to join WGSS and Rocky for a screening of Heightened Scrutiny, followed by a panel discussion. Email Bevan Dunbar to reserve a free ticket.

 

🍁 WGSS-Rocky Collaboratory: LGBTQ Policymaking This event has passed.

Friday, October 3, breakfast, 9:00-10:00am

Baker Library, Room 206

All are invited to join WGSS and the Rockefeller Center for a breakfast with Haley Norris, a policy analyst for the LGBTQI+ Policy team at American Progress. Read Norris's Teaching like a Dyke. Breakfast from The Works is first come, first served.

 

🍁 WGSS Faculty Lunchtime Salon This event has passed.

Discussion on Pedagogy and GenAI with Prof Mingwei Huang

Monday, October 13, 12:00-1:00pm

Baker Library, Room 206

Faculty are invited to join WGSS and Prof Mingwei Huang for a lunchtime salon. Bring a syllabus policy to share or workshop, an assignment or classroom idea, or predicament/scenario. Lunch is first come, first served.

 

🍁 WGSS Collective Advising Lunch This event has passed.

Thursday, October 16, 12:30-1:30pm

Baker Library, Room 206

Interested in declaring or already a WGSS major or minor? Students are invited to join WGSS faculty for a collective advising session. Get a preview of our upcoming Winter courses!

 

🍁 Faculty Fresh Print Series: "Reparations and the Human"

Prominent queer and literary theorist, Professor David L. Eng (Penn), joins Profs Kimberly Juanita Brown and Donald Pease in a conversation on his latest book, "Reparations amd the Human." Moderated by Prof Eng-Beng Lim. Co-sponsored by MALS.

Thursday, October 30, 4:30-5:30pm

Baker Library, Room 206

This yearlong series features faculty and their recent publications as they reflect on their writing in the context of the transforming field.

 

🍁 Faculty Fresh Print Series: "Reconfiguring Racial Capitalism"

Panel Discussion on Prof Mingwei Huang's "Reconfiguring Racial Capitalism" with Profs Teemu Ruskola (Penn), Mark Driscoll (UNC-Chapel Hill), Mimi Thi Nguyen, Naaborko Sackeyfio-Lenoch, and Mingwei Huang. Moderated by Prof Eng-Beng Lim. Co-sponsored by AAAS, ASCL, and DOF.

Friday, October 31, 3:00-4:30pm

Baker Library, Room 206

A super fun 4:30-5:30pm Halloween-themed reception will follow.

This yearlong series features faculty and their recent publications as they reflect on their writing in the context of the transforming field.