Spring 2026 Event Schedule

Join the Program in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies for a variety of events this spring term!

 

🌷WGSS Snack and Study

Every Tuesday, 1:00–3:00pm

Baker Library, Room 206

This spring term, students are invited to study and enjoy snacks every Tuesday in the WGSS Library.

 

🌷WGSS Fresh Print Series

The Promise of Beauty by Mimi Thi Nguyen

Tuesday, April 28, 6:30–8:00pm

Baker Library, Room 206

Join Shuli Branson and Thea Quiray Tagle in discussion of Prof Mimi Thi Nguyen’s The Promise of Beauty. Free copies of the book will be available on a first come, first served basis.

 

🌷Afternoon Tea with Diana Whitney '95

Tuesday, May 12, 4:00–5:00pm

Baker Library, Room 206

Join Diana Whitney ‘95, author of Girl Trouble and former editor of Spare Rib in the 90s, for tea and treats from KAF. Sponsored by WGSS and East Wheelock House.

 

🌷Lunchtime Tarot Reading with Cristy Road Carrera

Thursday, May 14, 12:30–2:00pm

Baker Library, Room 206

All are invited to a lunchtime tarot card reading with Cristy Road Carrera. Please fill out this form to register for lunch.

 

🌷Sink or Burn by Cristy Road Carrera

Thursday, May 14, 4:30–6:00pm

Baker Library, Room 206

Please join WGSS and Cristy Road Carrera for a reading from Carrera’s Sink or Burn. Simon & Schuster calls Sink or Burn a “Punk Rock Love Story of Resistance, Revolution, and Resilience in a Dystopian Future.”

 

🌷Stonewall Lecture: Jordy Rosenberg

Wednesday, May 20, 4:30–6:00pm

Location TBA

Save the date for this spring’s Stonewall Lecture with author and professor Jordy Rosenberg (UMass-Amherst). Rosenberg’s visit is co-sponsored by the Literary Arts Bridge.

 

🌷Aporetic Imaginaries in Hmong American Art

Thursday, May 28, 4:00–6:30pm

Dartmouth Hall, Room 105

Please join WGSS for a symposium featuring artists Pao Houa Her and Sheng Lor. Organized by Prof HnubCi (May) Yang. Sponsored by WGSS, ASCL, OPAL, the Leslie Center, the Ethics Institute, the Dickey Center, and the Prof Program. 

 

🌷WGSS Graduation Party

Thursday, June 4, 4:00–5:30pm

Baker Library, Room 206

All are invited to celebrate graduating WGSS students and enjoy drinks and light fare catered by Salubre. Graduating WGSS majors and minors will be gifted with goodie bags.