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(Re)producing the Modern Ottoman Woman: Ottoman State Reform, New Medical Science, and the Policing of Women's Bodies in the Long Nineteenth Century

Busra Demirkol "(Re)producing the Modern Ottoman Woman: Ottoman State Reform, New Medical Science, and the Policing of Women's Bodies in the Long Nineteenth Century" Nineteenth-century understanding of the protection of women’s health as a compulsory requirement for the state (Mahmud II, 1838) paved the way for legitimizing the state control over the female body and criminalizing abortion as the safeguard of the social body in the late Ottoman period. Focusing on this historical process of the transition of abortion from an intimate practice to a medically controlled public matter, this research investigates how women experienced this shift as both practitioners and patients. What were the consequences of being deprived of the tools and actors that made the practice of abortion possible for women in the late Ottoman Empire? What kind of sources, both socially and materially, have women resorted to dealing with the new conditions of marginality and criminality? Through a relational historical approach, this… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Denny Hall (DEN). Campus room: 211. Accessibility Contact: yucelm@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: The Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures. Friday, March 29, 2024, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.

Colonizing Palestine: Excavating the Political Economic Roots of Genocidal Warfare

Join us for a talk with Sumaya Awad, a Palestinian writer and organizer who focuses on Palestine, Islamophobia, immigration, and labor. She is the Director of Strategy at the Adalah Justice Project and co-editor of Palestine: A Socialist Introduction (Haymarket Books, 2020). Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Communications Building (CMU). Campus room: CMU 120. Accessibility Contact: hbcls@uw.edu. Event Types: Diversity Equity Inclusion. Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, Department of American Ethnic Studies, Department of Comparative History of Ideas, Department of American Indian Studies, Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies. Thursday, April 4, 2024, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.

The Times of AIDS Cultural Production: Film Screening and Conversation

Join authors Dr. Alexandra Juhasz and Theodore (ted) Kerr as they discuss the role of time and cultural production amid the ongoing HIV response as explored in their book We Are Having This Conversation Now: The Times of AIDS Cultural Production (2022, Duke University Press). The event will include a screening of I Want to Leave a Legacy: The video/activism of Juanita Mohammed Szczepanski (20:41, Juanita Szczepanski and Alexandra Juhasz, 2023). Together Juhasz and Kerr will dive into the many values of memorial, and uses of their own “times of AIDS,” as method to witness, honor, make use of, and learn from the life and times of noted Black, disabled, and feminist AIDS video activist, Juanita M. Szczepanski. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Allen Library (ALB). Campus room: Peterson Room. Accessibility Contact: mcifor@uw.edu. Event Types: Screenings. Special Events. Lectures/Seminars. Diversity Equity Inclusion. Event sponsors: The program is sponsored as part of a workshop on The Archive of AIDS that is part of the larger series for Knowledge of AIDS – Scholarly Networking Project on Social Studies of HIV/AIDS in North America. For more information, visit the Knowledge of AIDS website.  This work was supported by a collaborative grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Science and Technology Studies (STS) program (NSF, #2240822; #2240637; #2240673). The views presented do not necessarily represent those of the NSF or… Thursday, April 4, 2024, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.

TALK | The Gender of Capital

Why do women of all socio-economic backgrounds accumulate less wealth than men? Why do marital separations impoverish women while they do not prevent men from remaining or becoming wealthy? In her new book co-authored with Sibylle Gollac, The Gender of Capital: How Families Perpetuate Wealth Inequalities (Harvard University Press, 2023), Céline Bessière answers these questions, drawing from ethnographic observations and statistical analysis. The Gender of Capital shows that formal legal equality has not eliminated economic inequality between men and women. It illustrates the mechanisms through which women of all social classes lose financially when they divorce or inherit. Examples as diverse as those of the single mothers who joined the French “Yellow Vest” movement, the high-profile divorce of Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos, and the division of the estate of the Trump family demonstrate that capital is gendered. Bessière will discuss how class divisions and the patriarchal appropriation of capital reinforce one… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: 340. Accessibility Contact: cweseuc@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Monday, April 8, 2024, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM.

LECTURE | The Double-Helix Entanglements of Transnational Advocacy: Moral Conservative Resistance to SOGI Rights in Europe

ABOUT THE LECTURE:  In the last thirty years, the rights of people who are marginalized by their sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) have improved rapidly in many countries. For the most part, these achievements can be traced back to the “spiral model” of factors involving the transnational mobilization of the SOGI-rights movement, the actions of progressive governments in a few pioneering countries, and advances in the human rights frameworks of some IOs. Yet, such successes have not gone unchallenged. A rising and, in recent years, increasingly globally connected resistance works against SOGI rights. It rests predominantly in the hands of transnationally connected social movements—frequently with a religious-nationalist orientation—and conservative governments, actors that now also attempt to lay claim to international human rights law by rewriting or reinterpreting it. Drawing from over a decade of fieldwork and over 240 interviews with SOGI, anti-SOGI, and various state and IO actors, this artic… Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Center for West European Studies | European Union Center, cweseuc@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: This event is free & open to the public. Registration is required, click here to register.  The Talking Gender in the EU lecture series is organized by the Center for West European Studies and the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence with support from the Lee and Stuart Scheingold European Studies Fund, the EU Erasmus+ Program, the Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies, and the Center for Global Studies. Thursday, April 11, 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.

“Intersex Autonomy in African Contexts: Colonial Histories and Activist Leadership for the Future,” featuring Amanda Lock Swarr (part of the Alison Des Forges Symposium: "Sexual and Reproductive Autonomy: Human Rights Perspectives")

War is being declared on the body and sexual autonomy is under assault for LGBTQ+ people and those seeking safe and legal access to abortion. Focusing on human rights and an international perspective, our symposium brings together scholars, survivors and legal experts to discuss the politics of sexual and reproductive rights. REGISTRATION: (in-person & virtual) To RSVP please email Ellen Dussourd at Dussourd@buffalo.edu FULL PROGRAM, 8:30 In-person check-in 8:45 Welcoming Remarks 9:00-12:00 Reproductive Autonomy as a Human Right: "Reproductive Justice Beyond Abortion in the Post-Dobbs Era" Kimberly Mutcherson, Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School , “Abortion Access in the U.S.” Sawyeh Esmaili, Senior Counsel, National Women's Law Center , “Advancing Reproductive Justice: Learnings from South America” Alicia Ely Yamin, Lecturer on Law and Adjunct Senior Lecturer on Health Policy and Management, Harvard University , “War and Displacement: Sexual and Reproductive Health in Conflict Zones” Therese McGinn,… Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: dussourd@buffalo.edu. Event Types: Special Events. Conferences. Diversity Equity Inclusion. Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM. In-Person (University at Buffalo) & Virtual. For more info visit www.alisondesforges.org.

An Original Black Political Ideology': Martin Sostre and the Birth of Black Anarchism - Film screening and discussion with Garrett Felber

At the height of his prominence, revolutionary Black Puerto Rican anarchist Martin Sostre was one of the most identifiable political prisoners in the world. The decade-long campaign to "Free Martin Sostre" marked one of the most improbable, if since forgotten, victories of the Black Power era, alongside those of Huey Newton and Angela Davis. Although Sostre is a key progenitor of contemporary Black anarchism and abolitionism, his life and thought remains virtually unknown today. What can the life of Martin Sostre, a former political prisoner and the progenitor of Black anarchism, tell us about our own fight against fascism? Please join us for a screening of Frame-Up! (1974, 30 minutes) and post-screening conversation with Garrett Felber about what we can learn from Sostre about prisons, the state, and revolutionary struggle today Garrett Felber is an interdisciplinary historian whose work focuses on 20th-century social movements, the Black radical tradition, and the carceral state. His award-winning book… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Communications Building (CMU). Campus room: CMU 120. Accessibility Contact: ccreddy@uw.edu. Event Types: Diversity Equity Inclusion. Screenings. Event sponsors: This event is sponsored by the UW Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies; the UW Center for Human Rights; and the UW Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies. Thursday, April 18, 2024, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.

Walter Andrews Memorial Lecture: Performance, Subversion and Gender-Bending in Ottoman Poetry

The limited information we have about women and gender in the early modern period is almost always related by men through gendered discourses and only a few women are registered in biographical dictionaries. Among them, Mihri Hatun (d. circa 1512) was the first Ottoman woman whose poetry was collected during her lifetime and is still intact in four manuscript copies. The way she is registered in intellectual history vis-à-vis her own writing reveal not only her story in the male-dominated intellectual circles but also the performative nature of the intellectual world. Didem Havlioglu will discuss Mihri’s unapologetically marginal voice as a way to understand the physical and discursive contours of the Ottoman intellectual world.   Didem Havlioglu is an Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Asian and Middle Studies at Duke University and the author of Mihri Hatun: Performance, Gender-bending and Subversion in Ottoman Intellectual History (Syracuse, 2017) Her work is in the intersection of… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Kane Hall (KNE). Campus room: Walker Ames Room. Accessibility Contact: yucelm@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: The Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures. Thursday, April 18, 2024, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.

Translation Studies Hub Colloquium with Jang Wook Huh and Maxine Savage

Join the Translation Studies Hub for two presentations: “American Sentimentalism and the Translation of ‘Race’ in Korea” Jang Wook Huh (American Ethnic Studies) explores how translation facilitated the migration of Western notions of Blackness to Korea at the turn of the twentieth century.  In particular, he examines the serialized Korean adaptation of Booker T. Washington’s Up from Slavery in which American missionaries employed sentimentalism to transform a locally situated concept of race into a portable, widely applicable, “master category.” “How to Edit a Work of Translation?” How does one edit (or not edit) a translated work? What if the source language is unfamiliar to the editor? Aria Fani (MELC) will join Maxine Savage (Doctoral Candidate, Scandinavian Studies) in a conversation about their approaches to editing poetry in translation. Savage is part of the editorial team of the online journal Anomaly which publishes poetry, non-fiction, comic art, and literary works in translation. They will docus… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Communications Building (CMU). Campus room: 202. Accessibility Contact: Simpson Center for the Humanities, schadmin@uw.edu, 206-543-3920. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Friday, April 19, 2024, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM.

'Genbaku Otome: Reconsidering the “Hiroshima Maidens”' with Kim Brandt, Columbia University

“Hiroshima Maidens” loosely translates genbaku otome, a phrase first used in early 1950s Japan to refer to young women who had been scarred by injuries received during the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.  Ten years later, 25 such women were flown to New York, where they underwent extensive reconstructive surgery.  The “Maidens” received wide publicity in both the U.S. and Japan, where the story resonated with growing anxiety about nuclear weapons, along with public fascination with new forms of beauty culture and the seemingly limitless potential of postwar technology.  This talk explores American, and especially Japanese, perspectives on the episode, to reconsider its significance within a broader international context.   Kim Brandt is Research Scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. She specializes in twentieth-century Japanese history. Brandt’s publications include Kingdom of Beauty: Mingei and the Politics of Folk Art in Imperial Japan (Duke University… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Thomson Hall (THO). Campus room: Thomson Hall 317. Accessibility Contact: Accommodation requests related to disability or health condition should be made at least ten days ahead of event date. Contact Ellen Eskenazi at japan@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: UW Japan Studies Program. Monday, April 22, 2024, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.

Living Quarters: Gender, Slavery, and Private Life in the Early Black Atlantic | Jennifer L. Morgan (NYU)

The 2024 Stephanie M.H. Camp Memorial Lecture by Jennifer L. Morgan (NYU) explores the connections between domestic space, the idea of privacy, and the presence of enslaved women in the early modern world. Drawing on court cases, legislation, and the growth of slavery, Morgan revisits questions of the public/private divide initially raised by an earlier generation of women's historians to consider the impact of slavery in the early modern period upon the development of racially marked notions of private life.   Jennifer L. Morgan is Professor of History in the department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University. She is the author of the Reckoning with Slavery: Gender, Kinship and Capitalism in the Early Black Atlantic (Duke University Press, 2021) which won the Mary Nickliss Prize in Women’s and/or Gender History from the Organization of American Historians and the Frederick Douglass Prize awarded by the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Communications Building (CMU). Campus room: 120. Accessibility Contact: ngrall@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: The Simpson Center for the Humanities Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies. Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.

"MUSIC, ISLAND, STORIES: TAIWAN CALLING!" Public Roundtable & Reception

In partnership with the Taipei Music Center, the UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program welcomes you to an in-person public roundtable discussion and reception with Kay Huang (黃韻玲), Ma Shih-Fang (馬世芳), and Chen Te-Cheng (陳德政), in association with the "MUSIC, ISLAND, STORIES: TAIWAN CALLING!" pop-up exhibition (April 24-May 28) at the UW Allen Library North Lobby. Reception: 5:30 PM , Public Roundtable Discussion: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM , RSVP REQUIRED to attend the event: https://uwtaiwanstudies.ticketleap.com/music-island-stories, ------------------------------------------------------------------ MUSIC, ISLAND, STORIES: TAIWAN CALLING! Public Roundtable Discussion & Reception: Our Song, Our Era For over a hundred years, Taiwan has been telling stories through songs that sweep across the Chinese-speaking world and touch the hearts of billions. Whether in authoritarian times or the open-minded values of today, musicians and their songs have transcended generations and space, breaking through geo-political… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Kane Hall (KNE). Campus room: Walker Ames Room (KNE 225). Accessibility Contact: Ian Oats (taiwanst@uw.edu). Event Types: Academics. Exhibits. Meetings. Lectures/Seminars. Special Events. Workshops. Event sponsors: MUSIC, ISLAND, STORIES: TAIWAN CALLING! is a collective effort between the UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program and its generous partners: Taipei Music Center (Taiwan), Taipei City Department of Cultural Affairs, and Tateuchi East Asia Library. Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM. For more info visit jsis.washington.edu.

"Leading Change" with Yvette E. Pearson

There is a well-known saying, “The only constant in life is change.” Yet, when it comes to higher education, particularly in some areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), it is hard to move beyond “the way we’ve always done it.” It seems oxymoronic – disciplines known and respected for creativity, innovation, and discovery are stagnated when it comes to change in how we solve problems and in who gets to engage in problem solving. Building on her concept of ENGINEERING CH∆NGE® Dr. Pearson will share challenges that come with change and insights on navigating those challenges through intentional, iterative, people-centered strategies.   Dr. Yvette E. Pearson joined The University of Texas at Dallas as Vice President in 2021. A Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Pearson is recognized globally for nearly 30 years in higher education, particularly for her work to advance sustainability, access and… Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events. Lectures/Seminars. Diversity Equity Inclusion. Event sponsors: The Graduate School, College of Built Environments, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Department of Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies. Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM. Town Hall Seattle. For more info visit www.washington.edu.

"MUSIC, ISLAND, STORIES: TAIWAN CALLING!" Guided Exhibition Tour

In partnership with the Taipei Music Center, the UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program welcomes you to an in-person guided tour and Q&A session with Kay Huang (黃韻玲), Ma Shih-Fang (馬世芳), and Chen Te-Cheng (陳德政) for the "MUSIC, ISLAND, STORIES: TAIWAN CALLING!" pop-up exhibition at the UW Allen Library North Lobby. Guided Tour (Session 1): April 25 (Thursday) from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM , Guided Tour (Session 2): April 26 (Friday) from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM , RSVP REQUIRED to attend the tour: https://uwtaiwanstudies.ticketleap.com/music-island-stories-tour/, ------------------------------------------------------------------ MUSIC, ISLAND, STORIES: TAIWAN CALLING! Taiwan is one of the most densely populated countries in the world, and it has a range of tall mountains running down its center, creating a distinctive geography. Over the past half century, thanks in part to its historical situation, Taiwan has given rise to several generations of outstanding singers and songwriters. Their classic songs and albums have… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Allen Library (ALB). Campus room: North Lobby. Accessibility Contact: Ian Oats (taiwanst@uw.edu). Event Types: Academics. Exhibits. Meetings. Lectures/Seminars. Special Events. Workshops. Event sponsors: MUSIC, ISLAND, STORIES: TAIWAN CALLING! is a collective effort between the UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program and its generous partners: Taipei Music Center (Taiwan), Taipei City Department of Cultural Affairs, and Tateuchi East Asia Library. Thursday, April 25, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. For more info visit jsis.washington.edu.

"MUSIC, ISLAND, STORIES: TAIWAN CALLING!" Guided Exhibition Tour

In partnership with the Taipei Music Center, the UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program welcomes you to an in-person guided tour and Q&A session with Kay Huang (黃韻玲), Ma Shih-Fang (馬世芳), and Chen Te-Cheng (陳德政) for the "MUSIC, ISLAND, STORIES: TAIWAN CALLING!" pop-up exhibition at the UW Allen Library North Lobby. Guided Tour (Session 1): April 25 (Thursday) from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM , Guided Tour (Session 2): April 26 (Friday) from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM , RSVP REQUIRED to attend the tour: https://uwtaiwanstudies.ticketleap.com/music-island-stories-tour/, ------------------------------------------------------------------ MUSIC, ISLAND, STORIES: TAIWAN CALLING! Taiwan is one of the most densely populated countries in the world, and it has a range of tall mountains running down its center, creating a distinctive geography. Over the past half century, thanks in part to its historical situation, Taiwan has given rise to several generations of outstanding singers and songwriters. Their classic songs and albums have… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Allen Library (ALB). Campus room: North Lobby. Accessibility Contact: Ian Oats (taiwanst@uw.edu). Event Types: Academics. Exhibits. Meetings. Lectures/Seminars. Special Events. Workshops. Event sponsors: MUSIC, ISLAND, STORIES: TAIWAN CALLING! is a collective effort between the UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program and its generous partners: Taipei Music Center (Taiwan), Taipei City Department of Cultural Affairs, and Tateuchi East Asia Library. Friday, April 26, 2024, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM. For more info visit jsis.washington.edu.

GWSS Awards Nominations Deadline

Last day to submit a nomination for GWSS's 2023-24 awards cycle. For comprehensive details on each award, including eligibility criteria and nomination guidelines, please visit our dedicated awards page. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: gwss@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events. Tuesday, April 30, 2024.

TALK | A Conversation about Public Scholarship: How to Convey Academic Research to Broader Audiences

Join us for a talk and discussion with Lachlan Summers, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. This seminar is also part of the Jackson School's Global Perspectives on Cyber, Scientific Research, Technology & Space series. This event is free and open to the public. About the speaker Lachlan Summers is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. His academic writing has been published in Society for the Anthropology of Work, Liminalities, and is forthcoming in American Anthropologist. He has won awards in writing from the American Ethnological Society, the American Anthropological Association, the University of California, and the Australian Anthropological Society, and was received Best Medical Reporting of 2023 from the Los Angeles Press Club. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Thomson Hall (THO). Campus room: 403. Accessibility Contact: vfreije@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Washington, and the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology at the University of Washington. Wednesday, May 1, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.

The Second Annual GWSS Spring Community Gathering: “How to Center Intersex: Refusing Pathology, Defying the Binary”

Join us for the annual Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies gathering that brings leading feminist thinkers into community with local activists, allies, and alumni. Amanda Lock Swarr will discuss her recent book Envisioning African Intersex in conversation with Hil Malatino. These scholars at the forefront of intersex and transgender studies will delve into the legacy of medical violence on intersex and gender non-conforming lives and the resistance and resilience of activists advocating for change, on local and global stages. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: gwss@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events. Thursday, May 2, 2024, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM. Location TBA.

Film Screening: Rage (UW only)

Join us for the last film in our series Diversity and Inclusion in Japanese Society. 'Rage' (2016) is the award winning and highly acclaimed film by director/writers Sang-li Lee and Shūichi Yoshida. It tells the tale of a grisly unsolved murder linking three seemingly unrelated stories in three different Japanese cities.  NOTE:  this film has sexual violence, nudity, and adult subject matter. Japanese with English subtitles. Screening followed by discussion led by Ungsan Kim. Ungsan Kim is Assistant Professor of Asian Cinema in the Department of Asian Languages & Literature and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Cinema & Media Studies at the University of Washington. His research interests and specialization span across Korean cinema, inter-Asian cinema, contemporary Vietnamese and Chinese language cinema, queer cinema and media cultures of Asia, Asian horror cinema, experimental cinema, and documentary. He is currently at work on a monograph, Future Imperfect. The book traces a genealogy of… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Thomson Hall (THO). Campus room: Thomson Hall 101. Accessibility Contact: Accommodation requests related to disability or health condition should be made at least ten days ahead of event date. Contact Ellen Eskenazi at japan@uw.edu. Event Types: Screenings. Event sponsors: UW Japan Studies Program. Target Audience: Students and UW community ONLY. NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. UW ID required for entry. Monday, May 13, 2024, 4:30 PM – 6:45 PM.

Insights from Women in Law: Panel Featuring WA Legal Professionals

Join us for this Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies panel that brings together Washington state legal professionals to discuss the variety of ways in which they work in and with the law. Representing a range of demographic backgrounds and lived experiences, they will talk about the paths that brought them to career in the law, as well as how they view their work in the current legal, social, and political moment. The panel is organized and will be moderated by Colleen Melody, spring quarter instructor of GWSS 310: Women and the Law and Chief of the Civil Rights Division in the Washington State Attorney General’s Office. A reception sponsored by the UW Alumni Association will follow the panel, allowing attendees and participants to mingle. Confirmed panelists include: Emily Alvarado, Washington State Representative, 34th Legislative District (Burien, Georgetown, Pioneer Square, SODO, South Park, West Seattle, White Center, Vashon Island) , Sahar Fathi, Policy Director, Washington State Attorney General's… Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: gwss@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Diversity Equity Inclusion. Special Events. Student Activities. Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: UW Alumni Association. Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM. Location TBA.

GWSS Spring Colloquium: “Nascent moves: Loss, Desire, and In/Visible LGBTQ Resistances in Bangladesh,” presented by Saad Khan

Presenter: Saad Khan, GWSS Ph.D. Candidate Moderator: Marielle Marcaida, GWSS Ph.D. Candidate “Nascent moves” investigates the materiality of modes of coming together and collectivizing for pleasure, sociality, and political achievement in the LGBTQ activist scene in Bangladesh. In this colloquium, Khan will introduce the main arguments of his dissertation around themes of archive, loss, desire, failure, and development, and share ethnographic vignettes, particularly focusing on his first chapter: Ephemeral archives ~ Lesbian, Gay, and Hijra publics. He asks: Why do people keep documents of their life as valued objects? How to analyze these valued objects? He builds on queer scholarship to think about research methodologies, the concept of ‘nascent’ and explore how value of queer archives comes from their claim to futurity in the face of violence and erasure.     . Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Padelford Hall (PDL). Campus room: PDL B110 G. Accessibility Contact: gwss@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Academics. Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.

Memorial Day

Holidays No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm. Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2024. Quarter: Spring. Event Types: Academics. Monday, May 27, 2024. For more info visit www.washington.edu.

GWSS Graduation

The University of Washington Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies invites you to join us to celebrate our graduates of the 2023-2024 school year! We will honor the accomplishments of our wonderful graduates (Bachelor's and Doctoral) with presentations by students and faculty.  More details to come! Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: Walker Ames. Accessibility Contact: gwssadvs@uw.edu. Event Types: Ceremonies. Special Events. Student Activities. Wednesday, June 5, 2024, 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM.

Juneteenth

Holidays No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm. Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2024. Quarter: Summer. Event Types: Academics. Wednesday, June 19, 2024. For more info visit www.washington.edu.