Past Events

Past Events

The Black Rep Show: The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body

Stay after the show for a post-performance conversation with playwright Lisa B. Thompson and WashU Law Professor Adrienne Davis as they reflect on The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body, a vibrant and affirming work that celebrates Black women, community, and survival. Purchase Tickets Below!
A.E Hotchner Studio Theatre, Washington University

Public Writing Across the Humanities and Social Sciences: A Workshop for Graduate Students

DUC 234, 6475 Forsyth Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63105

A Counter-Imaginary to Authoritarian Power: Gender, Passion and other Psychosocial Formations

Featuring keynote speaker philosopher and gender studies scholar Judith Butler, Distinguished Professor in the Graduate School at the University of California, Berkeley and author, “Who’s Afraid of Gender?” - Faculty Book Celebration
Hillman Hall, Clark-Fox Forum

Civic Vision & Leadership: A Conversation with Tishaura Jones

Women and Equality in the New Testament

Lance Jenott, Senior Lecturer WashU Classics
Ladue Chapel, Leutwiler Room | 9450 Clayton Rd.

Women and Equality in the New Testament

Lance Jenott, Senior Lecturer WashU Classics
Ladue Chapel, Leutwiler Room | 9450 Clayton Rd.

Women and Equality in the New Testament

Lance Jenott, Senior Lecturer WashU Classics
Ladue Chapel, Leutwiler Room | 9450 Clayton Rd.

Women and Equality in the New Testament

Lance Jenott, Senior Lecturer WashU Classics
Ladue Chapel, Leutwiler Room | 9450 Clayton Rd.

Restricted Reading: What Book Bans Mean for Health and Justice

Research from the Banned Books Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Danforth University Center, Room 239

Civil Society Brunch: Sex, Gender, and Sports

Zack Bowersox (Political Science), Marina DiMarco (Philosophy), Ophelia Vedder (Political Science), and Lucy Vollbrecht (Philosophy)
Knight Center Room 220

WGSS Alumni Student Chat

Seigle Hall 109

Critical Race Theory at the Bottom of the Well: Derrick Bell’s ‘Grandchildren’ Reflect on the Future of CRT

Join us for a roundtable with Adrienne Davis, Robert Chang, and Anthony Farley as they reflect on Derrick Bell’s legacy and the future of Critical Race Theory.
Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom (A-B Hall, Room 310)

Juana María Rodríguez: Representing Puta Life

McMillan Hall, McMillan Cafe

Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Department Showcase - Arts & Sciences WOWS Fall Series

Virtual | Zoom

Career Center Event for WGSS Majors

McMillan Hall 221

Reparation for Survivors of Conflict Related Sexual Violence: Is it possible? How? Experiences working in Ukraine, Colombia, and Syria

A Conversation with Cristian Correa
Seigle 204

Fall 2025 Major-Minor Fair

Each fall, the College holds a Major-Minor Fair, where students can talk to faculty members and get more information on many majors and minors at one time and in one place.
WashU Athletic Complex

Honors Thesis Info Session

McMillan Hall 221

Making Space: WGSS Social Gathering

Come enjoy refreshments and get to know the WGSS community at Wash U.
McMillan Hall 221

Colloquium - Book Talk - "Erotic Resistance: The Struggle for the Soul of San Francisco"

Artist-scholar Gigi Otálvaro-Hormillosa will discuss her recently released book, "Erotic Resistance: The Struggle for the Soul of San Francisco" (University of California Press, 2024).
Seigle 206

Book Celebration: The End of Transgression in Japanese Women’s Writing: Gender, Body, Nation

EALC celebrates David S. Holloway's posthumously published book
Goldberg Lounge, Danforth University Center

Reproductive Justice in 2025: Beyond Rights, Beyond Roe

Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom

Bear Beginnings Orientation A&S Departments Open House

McMillan Hall 221

WGSS Senior Presentations

Seigle Hall 109

FMS Colloquium Lecture Series: Gaylyn Studlar "Women's Erotic Labor and the Negotiation of Class Identity in 'Pre-Code' Hollywood Stardom, 1924-1934"

FMS Colloquium Lecture Series: Gaylyn Studlar
Seigle Hall, Room 306

Sex, Love, and Life: A Conversation with Acclaimed Author and Sociologist, Dr. Pepper Schwartz, AB ’67, MA ’69

Join us to hear Dr. Schwartz discuss her research, writing, and expertise in intimacy and sexuality in a conversation with Adia Harvey Wingfield, Assistant Vice Provost, Professor of Sociology, and Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor of Arts & Sciences.
Graham Chapel

Sex, Love, and Life: A Conversation with Acclaimed Author and Sociologist, Dr. Pepper Schwartz, AB ’67, MA ’69

Join us to hear Dr. Schwartz discuss her research, writing, and expertise in intimacy and sexuality in a conversation with Adia Harvey Wingfield, Assistant Vice Provost, Professor of Sociology, and Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor of Arts & Sciences.
Graham Chapel

A Wonder to Behold: Jesus’ Miracles and Late Ancient Receptions of the Story of the Woman Taken in Adultery

Jennifer Knust, Professor of Religious Studies, Duke University
Umrath Lounge

‘Suffering is not seldom the reward for service …’: Anna Julia Cooper and the Black Feminist Prometheus

Emily Greenwood, James M. Rothenberg Professor of the Classics and of Comparative Literature, Harvard University
Umrath Lounge

2025 Helen Clanton Morrin Lecture: Taylor Mac

Clark-Fox Forum, Hillman Hall

Margot Canaday - Queer Career: Sexuality and Work in Modern America

Seigle Hall 208

2nd Annual Mid-American Conference for Race, Gender, Immigration and Ethnicity Politics (MARGIE)

Charles F. Knight Conference Center

Join Our Zoom Lecture: "Towards homosexual consciousness and the birth of the gay movement: Italian Media and the Lavorini case"

https://wustl.zoom.us/j/7166260148

Dr. Nadje Al-Ali Talk

WGSS Decentering the West Lecture Series
McMillan Cafe

FMS Colloquium Lecture Series: Lisa Nakamura "The Queen of MySpace: Tila Tequila and the Asian American Roots of Social Media"

FMS Colloquium Lecture Series: Lisa Nakamura "The Queen of MySpace: Tila Tequila and the Asian American Roots of Social Media"
DUC 276

The Wolves

Sarah DeLappe's 21st century coming-of-age tale offers a glimpse into the lives of nine teenage teammates on a girls soccer team
Edison Theatre | 6465 Forsyth Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63105