Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies

April 8, 2025

5pm-8pm | Rapaporte Treasure Hall

“Are scientists the poets of the natural world? Or are poets scientists of the imagined world?” posits Mali, one of the characters in Anton Hur’s debut novel, Toward Eternity: A Novel (HarperCollins Publishers, 2024). This conversation with South Korea’s preeminent translator and author will delve into the central themes of this intimate work of speculative fiction: the “art” of being human, language, the possibilities and perils of technology like AI, love, futurity, and so much more. Hur will also explore what it means to cultivate a literary life and navigate the world of literary publishing. 

 

March 25, 2025

4-6PM| Mandel Forum, Mandel Center for Humanities

How does a changing world and its progressively counter-democratic ideologies and trajectories impact how we theorize, live, teach, and apply gender and feminisms of Africa in/and the US, European, and global African diaspora? Three distinguished and experienced feminist and gender studies leaders, scholars and activists provide critical perspectives on this perilous historical moment. A reception with refreshments will follow the discussion.

About the Speakers:

• Dr. Nemata Blyden is the Armstead L. Robinson Professor of 19th Century African American History, the University of Virginia.
• Dr. J. Jarpa Dawuni is a lawyer, social entrepreneur, feminist scholar, Associate Professor of Political Science at Howard University, and the director of the Institute for African Women in Law.
• Dr. Christine Vogt-William is the Director of the Gender and Diversity Office of the Africa Multiple Cluster, University of Bayreuth, Germany.

This event will be moderated by Dr. Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso, Associate Professor of African and African American Studies at Brandeis University

November 14, 2024

5:30pm | Liberman-Miller Lecture Hall at Brandeis Women's Studies Research Center

In honor of National Native American Heritage Month, WGS, in partnership with the Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness (MCNAA), will hold this reading of Fire Exit, with Dr. Claudia Fox Tree (MCNAA) who will facilitate the discussion. Event location TBA.

We invite you to register for the event to receive a complimentary copy of the book to read prior to the community reading group by Thursday, September 26. RSVP via link in our bio. Will be held at the Liberman-Miller Lecture Hall at the Brandeis Women's Studies Research Center.