Fall 2026 Events
WGST Student Lunch
Dr. Serene Khader
11.5.2026 | 12:30-1:30 pm | UC Fountain View Board Room
Women's and Gender Studies visiting speaker, Dr. Serene Khader, will sit down with our students to chat about her academic journey, her writing, and her book, Faux Feminism: Why We Fall For White Feminism and How We Can Stop. Lunch will be served.
Myth-Busting Feminism
Dr. Serene Khader
11.5.2026 | 3:00-4:30 pm | UC Fountain View Room
Join the Women's and Gender Studies Program for this guest lecture with Dr. Serene Khader on her recent book, Faux Feminism: Why We Fall For White Feminism and How We Can Stop. Dr. Khader will debunk prominent myths about feminism and suggest new ways to incorporate intersectionality to strengthen feminist solidarity. Dr. Khader is the Jay Newman Chair in Philosophy of Culture at Brooklyn College and Professor of Philosophy and Women's and Gender Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center.
Cosponsored by the Departments of Philosophy, English, Sociology, Anthropology, and The African & African American Studies Program
Spring 2026 Events
Women's History Month Student Pizza Chat
Dr. Selina Makana
3.25.2026 | 12:30-1:30 pm | HERC - Mitchell Hall 147
Virtual: Click HERE
Women's History Month visiting speaker, Dr. Selina Makana will sit down with our students to chat about her academic journey, her writing and her upcoming lecture on 3.26.2026. Pizza and drinks will be served.
Women's History Month Lecture
Thirty Years On: Mapping Transnational Feminist Engagements since the Fourth World Conference on Women
Dr. Selina Makana
3.26.2026 | 3:30-5:00 pm | UC Fountain View Room
Virtual: Click HERE
Meeting ID: 251 796 071 591 6 Passcode: Md3Cx7Pv
Reception 3:30; Event 4:00-5:00
Join us for a thought-provoking lecture by Dr. Selina Makana (Dept. of History), who will put her newly released book Beyond the Battlefield: Women and the Nation in Twentieth-Century Angola into a broader transnational context by mapping the journey of the women's rights agenda since the 4th World Conference on Women in Beijing.
Sponsors: Women’s and Gender Studies, Dept. of History, African and African American Studies, Center for International Education Services, International and Global Studies, and Dept. of Political Science
Women's and Gender Studies Works in Progress
4.27.2026 | 3:00-4:30 pm | UC River Room
Join us to hear about our WGST affiliate faculty's research in progress. We will also celebrate our undergraduate and graduate award winners.
Speakers: Alex Brockdorf (Psychology), Rhiannon Lindgren (Philosophy), Nicole Smith (English), Sally Zebrick (Anthropology)