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.

 

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 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

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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)

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