Rethinking Black Feminist Solidarity in Germany
Tiffany Florvil, Associate Professor of History at the University of New Mexico
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Human Trafficking Panel
ImpactSTL, a student-run advocacy group, is hosting a panel session on human trafficking.
Panel Presenters:
Patricia (Trish) McKnight: Founder, Butterfly Dreams Alliance; Sarah Pretorius: Director of Programming and Partnerships, Selah Way Foundation;
Rumi Kato Price, PhD: Founder of Human Trafficking Collaborative Network, Washington University Institute for Public Health and Jessica Wilkins: Administrator of Community Based Services, The Covering House
WGSS Spring Colloquium: "Calculating Couples: Computational Intimacy and 1980s Romance Software" Colloquium for Faculty and Graduate Students
Skandalaris Startup Webinar: Women in STEM
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship: "Wicked Flesh: Black Women, Intimacy, and Freedom in the Atlantic World"
Dr. Jessica Marie Johnson
Sex Trafficking in Missouri
A Conversation with Pepper Schwartz
Join the Alumni Association for a conversation with Pepper Schwartz, on-air relationship expert for Lifetime's "Married at First Sight” and prolific author and researcher on the subjects of love, sexuality, and commitment. Hedwig "Hedy" Lee, professor of sociology, director of undergraduate studies, associate director of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, & Equity, will moderate this event.
Tanisha C. Ford on "Truth to Power: Writing Black Feminist Memoir"
Writer and historian Tanisha C. Ford will discuss her critically-acclaimed memoir Dressed in Dreams: A Black Girl’s Love Letter to the Power of Fashion and the political importance of Black feminist memoir today.
Learn about the 3-2 Program in Social Work - Earn your MPH or MSW - This is not an Intro event
Learn about the 3-2 Program at the Brown School that allows you to finish your undergraduate degree and MPH or MSW in just 5 years! Join us for a brief presentation from Sarah Birth, Associate Director of Admissions & Recruitment, Tess Hankin, a WGSS major now in her second year of the MSW program, and Keishi Foecke, an Anthropology major and now a first-year MPH student to learn about this exciting opportunity.
“Misogynoir”: American Contempt Towards Black Women and How to Change It
Missouri Historical Society: Women's History Month Kick-Off: Continuing the Legacy of Empowering Missouri Women
Inspired by the Missouri History Museum’s exhibit Beyond the Ballot, which commemorates the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, we will talk to women who are continuing Missouri’s long legacy of empowering other women. Join us for a conversation with Leslie K. Gill, president of Rung for Women; Wendy Doyle, president and CEO of United WE; and Keri Koehler, executive director of the Women’s Foundation of Greater St. Louis. We’ll discuss the challenges facing women in our state today, how the pandemic has amplified these challenges, and how women are finding ways to support one another. The conversation will be moderated by Andrea Henderson of St. Louis Public Radio.
Rethink: Smashing the Myths of Women in Business
Please join Andrew Simon, AB ’63, and Andi Simon, co-founders of the Simon Initiative, for a panel discussion featuring alumnae who have smashed the myths of women in business.
St Louis University Bridging Black History Month & Women's History Month: "Rebel Archives: The Life and Legacy of Queen Mother Audley Moore"
Dr. Ashley Farmer is a historian of black women's history, intellectual history, and radical politics. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Departments of History and African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Her book, Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era is the first comprehensive intellectual history of women in the black power movement. The award-winning book introduces new and overlooked women activists into the history of black power, examines the depth and breath of their political and intellectual engagement, and shows the relationship between women’s gendered theorizing and the trajectory of the black power movement. She is also the co-editor of New Perspectives on the Black Intellectual Tradition, an anthology that examines four central themes within the black intellectual tradition: Black internationalism, religion and spirituality, racial politics and struggles for social justice, and black radicalism.
She is a graduate of Spelman College and holds a Ph.D. in African American Studies and an M.A. in History from Harvard University.
Black Girlhood Studies Lab in Conversation with Dr. LeConté Dill
In this conversation, Dr. Leconté Dill will share her expertise in public health, Black girls, and creative projects as contributions to the field of Black girlhood studies.
Reproductive Justice and the Prison-Industrial Complex: Examining the Connections
Missouri Historical Society: Three Flags Day: Colonial St. Louis Women under Changing Regimes
In the 40 years between the time St. Louis was founded in 1764 to when the American flag was raised in 1804, St. Louisans were the subjects of three different empires, and with each new flag came new laws and customs. Community Tours Manager Amanda Clark will discuss how women—free and enslaved—experienced life in colonial St. Louis under Spanish, French, and finally, American rule.
Black Italians and Digital Culture
Director Fred Kuwornu discusses issues of culture, race, identity, and citizenship in contemporary Italy drawing from the new arena of social media. Kuwornu shines a spotlight on a generation of Black Italians - artists, entrepreneurs, and bloggers- who have been affirming themselves in Italian culture and society gaining more visibility nationally and in the Global Black Diaspora. Among the topics: race and national identity, second generations and issues of citizenship in Italy, new media and activism, Black women in Italy, music and media industry.
Perspectives: Unlearning Masculine Over Feminine Bias
This discussion will focus on specific examples of gender bias in work and learning environments. We will discuss the impacts of these biases on women at both the individual and institutional level. The session will conclude with strategies and tactics for practicing allyship and shifting cultural norms to value the perspectives and contributions of women.
Missouri Historical Society: Women Making War: Female Confederate Prisoners and Union Military Justice
Hiding in Plain Sight: Black Women the Law and the Making of a White Argentine Republic
Professor Erika Denise Edwards, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Anti-Asian America
The Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and the Asian American Studies Minor at Washington University in St. Louis invite leading scholars to talk with us about how we can understand Anti-Asian America.
Panel Discussion: The Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Women
This event will feature a panel of women, representing various identities, to provide an intersectional look at how the COVID-19 pandemic has had disproportionate impacts on women. From their roles as caregivers to frontline workers, women’s mental health, careers and overall well-being have been negatively impacted in ways we may not fully understand for some time.
Monumental Women: Female Statuary and the Struggle for Suffrage, 1870-1920
Dr. Nicole Williams, Honorary Guest Scholar, Department of Art History and Archaeology
St. Louis University WGS Department: "Navigating the Borderline: The History and Conflicts of a Gendered Diagnosis"
Dr. Michelle Bach
Black Girlhood Studies in Conversation with Dr. Nikki Jones
Nikki Jones is a Professor of African American Studies at UC Berkeley.
Moderators: Dr. Kenly Brown and Nya Hardaway
WGSS Spring Colloquium, "A Timely Revelation: Trans Temporality, Crip Time, and the Testimony of Irina Layevska Echeverría Gaitán"- Colloquium for Faculty and Graduate Students
Presenter: Robert Franco, Post-Doctoral Fellow in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Discussant: René Esparza, Assistant Professor, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Missouri Historical Society: Advocating for Pride
Join a panel of representatives from local advocacy groups and LGBTQIA-friendly organizations to learn about their work as they discuss the challenges and successes of advocating for LGBTQIA+ communities in the St. Louis region.
Race + Sorting Algorithms? The New Sexual Racism in Online Dating
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship presents Dr. Shanna Greene Benjamin: "Half in Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Nellie Y. McKay"
Shanna Greene Benjamin is a literary critic and biographer who studies the literature and lives of black women. She has published on African American literature and black women's literary history in MELUS, African American Review, Studies in American Fiction, and PMLA.
WashU Women’s Health and Empowerment Network (WHEN) is hosting a panel on gynecological, vulva, and vaginal pain
The panel will feature speakers from Planned Parenthood, WashU Medical School, and Tight-Lipped, a podcast focusing on female chronic pain.
Missouri Historical Society: Women's History on the Hill
When it comes to St. Louis’s Hill neighborhood, much has been made of the famous men who have called it home. For this talk Community Tours Manager Amanda Clark will highlight the women—some who you may know and many you may not—who have shaped the Italian enclave’s history.
Transforming Misogynoir through a Digital Health Practice
Moya Bailey, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies, Northeastern University
South Asia's Best Kept Secret: Repackaging Caste in the Diaspora with Yashica Dutt
In this student-faculty collaborated talk, Yashica Dutt joins Prof. Shefali Chandra (Washington University) and members of the student group Ekta to discuss how caste is "the invisible arm that turns the gear in nearly every system in India," and how this invisible arm has extended its reach to the diaspora.
The PRIDE Study: Updates from the First Long-Term National Study of LGBTQ+ Health
Juno Obedin-Maliver, MD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Stanford University School of Medicine.
The Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Equity Presents: "Change ‘Gon Come: Black Love-Power and The Inner Work of Racial Justice"
The inaugural talk of the CRE2-funded Mindfulness & Anti-Racism series presents the work of Professor Rhonda Magee. Rhonda is Professor of Law at the University of San Francisco and an internationally-recognized thought and practice leader focused on integrating mindfulness into higher education, law and social justice.
The Vagina Monologues
“LOVE THYSELF” Black Women, Mental Health, and Radical Joy in Troubled Times
Honors Thesis Presentations
You are invited to the annual WGSS honors thesis presentation on Wednesday, May 5 from 11:00-11:30.
Porn Work: Sex, Labor and Late Capitalism
Virtual Pride: Mapping LGBTQ St. Louis
Women Founders in the Wellness Industry
Celebrate PRIDE Through CommUNITY
P&P Live! Work, Inequality, Gender, and Capitalism in Modern America Panel
Join this panel of authors to discuss their latest books, all centered around the theme of work, inequality, gender, and modern capitalism.
Asian American Speaker Series: Eric Wat: Love Your Asian Body: What AIDS Taught Us about Sex in a Pandemic
What kind of racial reckoning is this? Black LGBTQ Practices of Care amid Spatial Marginalization
Marlon M. Bailey, PhD, MFA is an Associate Professor of African and African American Studies and Women and Gender Studies & American Studies at Arizona State University.
Texas and the Future of Abortion Law and Reproductive Justice
Panelists:
Marie Griffith, Director, John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics, John C. Danforth Distinguished Professor in the Humanities;
Zakiya T. Luna, Dean’s Distinguished Professorial Scholar, Department of Sociology; and
Susan Appleton, Lemma Barkeloo & Phoebe Couzins Professor of Law
Virtual Book Launch - Black Feminist Sociology: Perspectives and Praxis
Join the Washington University Department of Sociology in virtually celebrating the book launch of Black Feminist Sociology: Perspectives and Praxis, co-edited by Drs. Zakiya Luna and Whitney Pirtle.
The Prison Education Project Maggie Garb Lecture Series - Sisters of Carceral Liberation: Building a Movement of Social Justice for and About Black Women in Higher Education in Prison
The Prison Education Project Maggie Garb Lecture Series: Restoration
Syrita Steib is the founder and executive director of Operation Restoration, a nonprofit that creates opportunities for formerly incarcerated women, eradicating the roadblocks that she faced when returning to society after incarceration.
A Retrospective: 50 years of LGBT Campus Center Activism - LGBTQIA History Month Speaker featuring Will Sherry
Thursday Nights at the Museum: Madam Mayor
More women than ever are being elected to positions of leadership in local government. Join us to hear from a panel of women who have served or are currently serving as St. Louis–area mayors.
GS X SIR Speaker Series: Lorraine Bayard de Volo
Engendering War: Strategies and Tactics in the Cuban and Nicaraguan Revolutions
. . . and she died: Early Modern Re-imaginings of Aethiopica
Margo Hendricks, University of California -Santa Cruz, Emerita
The Gastronomic Revolution and Other Stories of Race and Coloniality in Peru
Dr. María Elena García, Associate Professor, University of Washington
She Leads Keynote Speaker: NASA's Moogega Cooper
Faculty Book Talk: Heather Berg
Celebrating Josephine Baker
Join us on Nov. 30th at Graham Chapel to celebrate Josephine Baker.