Explore cutting-edge research and inspiring ideas at the WGSS Speaker Series, where scholars and activists share insights on gender, sexuality, and social justice.
Coming up in the Series
Mar
18
Join us for a talk: Tracing the Global Anti-Gender Movement: Feminism, Facism & the Future”. At first glance, the global anti-gender movement can seem like a singular ideological force, but the truth is the anti-gender movement is far from coherent. Depending on context, the anti-gender movement focuses on attacking trans women, abortion rights, gender studies,
3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
335 Willard Building
Past Series Events
March 12, 2026, 5:05 am
Join us for a talk: The Life of Nonbinary. This talk moves beyond circumscribed identities to propose nonbinary as a way of living that loosens gender’s grip on personhood and sociality. Drawing from scenes—in classrooms, inside prisons, and in redwood forests—the talk argues that gender functions as a technology of classification that organizes care, desire,
March 12, 2026, 5:05 am
Join Steele as they discuss their plans for their book project, tentatively titled Asubjective Subjects: Trans Identity, Semiotics, and the Internet. This book zooms into the political efficacy of trans and queer practices of self-identification, using social semiotic analyses to explore 1) how we can practice subversive identities under hegemonic discursive regimes and 2) what
March 12, 2026, 5:05 am
Join us for a powerful talk with Brooke Hull as they share their most recent publication! The talk will center around weight, gender presentation and self-worth!
March 12, 2026, 5:05 am
Join us for a talk by Michelle Irving (Ph.D., Political Science, Rutgers University) exploring how maternal appeals shape voter perceptions in U.S. congressional races, particularly at the intersection of race and gender. Her research draws on surveys, text analysis, and case studies to examine political identity and messaging in the United States and Canada.
March 12, 2026, 5:05 am
This panel event, co-sponsored by the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences will feature Shui-yin Sharon Yam, professor of writing, rhetoric, and digital studies at the University of Kentucky, and Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz, the F. Wendell Miller Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Gender, Women’s and Sexuality