Women's Studies Research Center

WSRC Celebrates the Centennial of the 19th Amendment

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About the Center

The Women's Studies Research Center (WSRC) at Brandeis University advances knowledge, public dialogue and social justice through interdisciplinary inquiry and the creative arts, focused on women, gender, and sexuality.

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Scholars Program

Artists and academics investigate gender issues in an interdisciplinary environment and share their knowledge with colleagues and the public.

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Student-Scholar Partnership Program

Brandeis University undergraduate students are paired with with faculty and WSRC scholars for semester-long mentoring relationships and research assistantships.

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Arts Program

Cutting-edge exhibits by and about women and gender are displayed in the center’s Kniznick Gallery.

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Innovative Research Into Gender and Women’s Issues

Working in the arts, humanities, and social sciences and at their intersections, the Brandeis Women’s Studies Research Center (WSRC) researchers and artists focus on vexing questions related to gender dynamics and inequalities. To illuminate the past and present, via empirical evidence and transcendent insight, the WSRC aims to construct a path to a more equitable future.

The WSRC acts as a nexus of three dynamic, integrated programs that operate on principles of interdisciplinary exchange and cross-generational partnership:

Suffrage and Citizenship

As the 100^th anniversary of the 19^th amendment approaches, the Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program, the Women’s Studies Research Center, and the Politics Department at Brandeis are celebrating women’s suffrage.

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