NWSA Practice Colloquium
Join us for a special GWSS colloquium featuring graduate students Vivyne, Yasmine, Shelley, Ramon, and Marielle, who will be participating in this year's National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) conference.
Students will share condensed presentations of their work and receive feedback from the GWSS community ahead of the conference. Faculty and graduate students are encouraged to attend and support our presenters!
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Padelford Hall (PDL). Campus room: PDL B110 G. Accessibility Contact: gwssgpa@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
Archive Night 2
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 162. Accessibility Contact: uwgwssrso@gmail.com. Event Types: Student Activities.
Thursday, October 22, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
Cloud Drawing with Incendiary Traces Visiting Artist Hillary Mushkin - Burke Museum
In these gatherings for plein air drawing, participants look to the sky and give themselves over to the fluid flows of clouds. Mushkin will provide simple but specific drawing instructions at locations chosen for their connection to nuclear histories at UW. These “draw-ins” serve as a hands-on way to think together about what’s in a cloud and the atmospheric commons. Open to all. Please register for each session you will attend so we can plan accordingly. Materials provided. Dress to spend time outside; we have a plan in place in case of rain!
Wednesday, November 4, 2026, 3:00 – 4:30 pm, Meeting point: Burke Museum Artist Studio (museum admission free with Husky Card)
Registration Link
Thursday, November 5, 2026, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, Meeting point: Sakuma Viewpoint
As the sky darkens, all attendees are invited to move inside to hang their drawings together for an “in conversation” session with artist Hillary Mushkin and students from Wastelanding: Place, Value, and Visuality, who will be participating as…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Burke Memorial-Washington State Museum (BRK). Campus room: Burke Museum Artist Studio. Accessibility Contact: burkevis@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events. Workshops. Target Audience: students, faculty, community members.
Wednesday, November 4, 2026, 3:00 PM – 7:30 PM.
For more info visit simpsoncenter.org. Cloud Drawing with Incendiary Traces Visiting Artist Hillary Mushkin - Sakuma Viewpoint
In these gatherings for plein air drawing, participants look to the sky and give themselves over to the fluid flows of clouds. Mushkin will provide simple but specific drawing instructions at locations chosen for their connection to nuclear histories at UW. These “draw-ins” serve as a hands-on way to think together about what’s in a cloud and the atmospheric commons. Open to all. Please register for each session you will attend so we can plan accordingly. Materials provided. Dress to spend time outside; we have a plan in place in case of rain!
Wednesday, November 4, 2026, 3:00 – 4:30 pm, Meeting point: Burke Museum Artist Studio (museum admission free with Husky Card)
Registration Link
Thursday, November 5, 2026, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, Meeting point: Sakuma Viewpoint
As the sky darkens, all attendees are invited to move inside to hang their drawings together for an “in conversation” session with artist Hillary Mushkin and students from Wastelanding: Place, Value, and Visuality, who will be participating as…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Sakuma Viewpoint. Accessibility Contact: burkevis@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events. Workshops. Target Audience: students, faculty, community members.
Thursday, November 5, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
Sakuma Viewpoint.
For more info visit simpsoncenter.org. Feminism Now: Conversation Series
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 162. Accessibility Contact: uwgwssrso@gmail.com. Event Types: Student Activities.
Thursday, November 5, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
UW Parent and Family Weekend Pop-Up Tabling Event
Swing by the GWSS table in the HUB South Ballroom on November 6 to meet with the GWSS advisor, faculty and student representatives. Learn more about our Major and Minor programs, departmental community events, research opportunities, and more!
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: South Ballroom. Accessibility Contact: uwfw@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Friday, November 6, 2026, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
NWSA GWSS Department Mixer
Please join UW faculty, alumni, students, and friends for fun and socializing with the UW Department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies! If you have a connection with our department or would like to form one—all are welcome!
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: gwssgpa@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events. Conferences.
Friday, November 6, 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
3rd Floor Hilton Atlanta, Room 305.
Veterans Day
Holidays
No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Autumn. Event Types: Academics.
Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. GWSS Faculty Meeting
Agenda:Announcements, Committee Updates, Awards, Advancement/Communication, Undergraduate Studies, Graduate Studies.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Padelford Hall (PDL). Campus room: B110-G. Accessibility Contact: gwss@uw.edu; (206) 543-6900. Event Types: Meetings.
Friday, November 13, 2026, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM.
Feminist Manifesto Workshop
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 162. Accessibility Contact: uwgwssrso@gmail.com. Event Types: Workshops. Student Activities.
Thursday, November 19, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
Listen! Feminist Storytelling in the Company of Priti Ramamurthy
Please join the Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, South Asia Center, and Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies for this mini conference and celebration of Dr. Ramamurthy's brilliant career as feminist scholar, mentor, teacher, editor, mover, and shaker. This occasion marking her official retirement from the University of Washington gathers the wide-ranging community of thinkers—former and current students, colleagues, collaborators, friends, and family—that she has woven together through years of hard work and luminous intellect. Throughout the day, opening with a breakfast welcome and culminating in a party, speakers will share stories of feminist research, teaching, organizing, and what it means to listen as we imagine more ethical horizons for the social worlds we inhabit.
Click on the blue “Sign Up” button above to RSVP by November 13.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Allen Library (ALB). Campus room: Petersen Room. Accessibility Contact: gwss@uw.edu; (206) 543-6900. Event Types: Special Events.
Friday, November 20, 2026, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Thanksgiving Day
Holidays
No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Autumn. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, November 26, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Native American Heritage Day
Holidays
No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Autumn. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, November 27, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. GWSS Faculty Meeting
Agenda:Announcements, Committee Updates, Awards, Advancement/Communication, Undergraduate Studies, Graduate Studies.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Padelford Hall (PDL). Campus room: B110-G. Accessibility Contact: gwss@uw.edu; (206) 543-6900. Event Types: Meetings.
Friday, December 4, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Christmas Day
Holidays
No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2027. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, December 25, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. New Year's Day
Holidays
No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2027. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, January 1, 2027.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Holidays
No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2027. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, January 18, 2027.
For more info visit www.washington.edu.