Women's Studies Research Center

WSRC Scholars are welcome to submit items of recent research and field activity to the program administrator. Updates will be posted as sent in. Send submissions to:

Kristen Mullin, WSRC Program Administrator

• 781-736-3046
• wsrc@brandeis.edu

Appearing in "All of Them Witches," a  documentary film premiering Dec. 21 on AMC+ Exclusive. Historically seen as a dangerous crone conjuring destructive magic. Perceived as a threat to the community and in league with the Devil. This is the untold story of the witch and her persecution and perseverance throughout history. Written and directed by Mona Anil Panchal ("Mucho Mucho Amore: The Legend of Walter Mercado"). 

• Joined the editorial board of "Labor: Studies in Working Class History" (Duke) as poetry editor beginning with the fall 2022 issue.

• Was among four honored as Trailblazers at the Women Build Boston conference Oct. 8 keynoted by U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh.

• Critical Mass Top 50: BBA Gallery, Berlin, shortlist and group exhibition; Solo exhibition, Photografica Gallerie, San Miguel d’Allende, Mexico; International Color Awards, Honorary Mention; Podcast, Frames Magazine; Juror, ND Awards; Feature, "PhotoBook Journal"; Feature, "OneTwelve Magazine."

• Group exhibits: North Carolina Museum of Art; Griffin Museum; A-W Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany

Invited to speak at the UN General Assembly on International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2023. This deep honor is reserved for Holocaust survivors and speakers who have made noteworthy contributions to remembering this tragic history. She will be speaking about her family and her work. The "1941 Deportation Video to Riga" will be on display in a reserved area within the building.

• Published blog "In Praise of the Field," Global-ED July 2022.

• Curator, Global Environmental Justice Documentaries;  two lesson guides for college level teaching: "Cooked: Survival by Zip Code" and "Youth Unstoppable." 

• My Mother’s Hands,” “Connections” column, Boston Globe Magazine, Oct. 16, 2022.

• “Reflections on the Turn to Ageism in Contemporary Cultural Discourse,” Theory Culture & Society, Sept. 19, 2022. DOI: 10.1177/0123456789123456.

• From American Eldercide, “Ageism’s Toll in the Age of COVID," Q&A with Margaret Morganroth Gullette, Harvard Radcliffe Institute, September 2022; reprinted on ASA, also GSA, also Silver Century.

• Keynote address for “Culture & Health” at the Universitá della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, Switzerland.

• Artist residency/fellowship in Auvillar, France

Amelia LeClair is the published author of "Dame Ethel Smyth's Mass in D from 1893/rev 1925." Furore Verlag of Germany, who publishes only music by women composers, has accepted her edition. It will be the first in the world (although the original publishers in the UK claim to have an edition, it is not actually available). 

These are the same publishers who told Dame Ethel in 1925 that they would not imprint her work due to lack of demand for it. This is the work she was doing in the Brandeis WSRC library with her Student-Scholar Partnership students for six years as a Resident Scholar. Ethel wrote this piece as a young woman in Leipzig. It is a magnificent piece of music, on the scale of the Brahms Requiem, and once heard will surely become part of the standard canon.

With only a handwritten manuscript to work from, this was truly a labor of love. The world premiere will be in December 2023 at Jordan Hall, and Amelia will dedicate it to Jake Sibley, one of her past SSPs, but she hopes that all of her SSPs know about it: Elon Wong, who taught her so much about using Sibelius; Dominique Norgaisse, a brilliant double major in linguistics and music; and Hannah Gudeman, who was there to offer invaluable assistance when needed.

"You Will Not Play Wagner," starring actress and scholar Annette Miller, has been chosen to headline the 2023 Sarasota Jewish Film Festival. The film was also accepted at the Miami Jewish film festival and the Chicago Jewish film festival at the Skokie Holocaust Museum.

Participated in two recent podcasts:

• Bite Your Tongue S2 Ep. 38: Should We Really be Biting Our Tongues
• NPR's Life Kit: Build a Healthy Relationship With Your In-Laws

• "This Precious Life,"  solo exhibit and catalog, Art Center, Anna Maria College, Paxton, Massachusetts, from Oct. 19 – Dec. 19, 2022

• Signed a contract with McFarland & Co. Publishers for her WSRC project of the past six years, a biography of pioneering 19th century physician/surgeon Dr. Susan Dimock.

• Had 7,000-word illustrated article on Dr. Dimock published in the Annals of Surgery Open. This was the second article in a medical journal co-authored with former Student Scholar Partner Megan Catalano and retired surgeon, Dr. Jane Petro.

• Created You Tube channel, “Susan Wilson's History Channel."

• Was a finalist for House Historian of the Year, an annual award given by Historic Hotels of America, for her work at the Omni Parker House.