Thank you Dr. Emilie Diouf of The Dept of English for convening such an exciting panel on #immigration and #motherhood in the context of the #BlackAtlantic. It was delightful to have this conversation at the Mandel Center!

"Choreographies of Black Freedom," coming 11/7 w/ conversation between Professors Aimee Meredith Cox, @shoniquaroach, mod by V Varun Chaudhry, PhD. In-person/virtual Brandeis University. See below and/or contact WGS Brandeis for more info.

TOMORROW 11am: Our Steering Committee member Dr. Brandon Callender will be on NPR to discuss #horror and its subgenres. The event can be streamed here: 1A | Speak Freely (the1a.org)

It's the Season of the Witch! WGS is giving away two treats (Brandeis Barbie hoodies). The giveaway is open until midnight tonight. Enter here: rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/b… #brandeis #womenstudies #brandeisuniversity #genderstudies #queerstudies #seasonofthewitch #HappyHalloween

Join @wgsbrandeis on 11/14 for Remake, Resist, Rewind: Surviving the Horror Film. Artists & scholars working at the intersections of black feminist & black queer horror will discuss how the horror film genre can thematize, trigger, & inspire complex engagements w/sexual violence

Congratulations @shoniquaroach! We are excited to announce that Prof. Shoniqua Roach has won THE CONSTANCE M. ROURKE AWARD from American Studies Association. "The Black Living Room" was written with support from a 2021-22 Mandel Research Grant.

Impressed by and proud of the Brandeis University students who organized and participated the silent sit in today

The latest issue of Girlhood Studies has been published! Vol. 16, Issue 3 is a special issue entitled "Hijabi Girlhood in the Intersections: Violence, Resistance, Reclamation." View the TOC and more here: conta.cc/40GHtga

WSRC Scholar & photo-based artist Becky Behar will exhibit Museum of Fine Arts, Boston's Dec 7th #Hanukkah event. Becky's "Tu Que Bivas" series explores Sephardic traditions, her relationship to her heritage & the interpretations of it that her daughter carries forward. mfa.org/event/special-…

Signs is turning 50! Join us for a celebratory symposium at Northeastern U. on March 15 - "Feminist Foundations, Feminist Futures: Celebrating Signs at 50." The event will have some amazing speakers on the past, present, future, and public face of feminist theory!

In the 18 months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, there were more than 500,000 reported and unreported rapes in the 14 states that have outlawed abortion throughout pregnancy. These resulted in 65,000 rape-related pregnancies. msmagazine.com/2024/01/26/abo…

#SeriesSpotlight Transnational Girlhoods helps to advance the research and activism agenda by publishing full-length monographs and edited collections that reflect a robust interdisciplinary and global perspective. Learn more here: berghahnbooks.com/series/transna…

Freelancers: PS wants to work with you. My team is looking for well-reported, fun, poignant features and essay ideas that span wellness, identity issues, and more. Pitch us at [email protected]. Rates typically start at $200 for essays, $300 for reported pieces.

"If any embryo that fails to survive in an IVF clinic can be considered a ‘wrongful death of a minor,’ that puts IVF clinics at pretty severe legal risk." msmagazine.com/2024/02/20/fer…

Unfortunately, THE FIRST AMERASIANS is out of stock on the @OUPHistory website, so the promo code previously provided won’t work anymore. But! You can still pre-order the book from Amazon and it will ship out later this month: amazon.com/First-Amerasia…

Our annual GCWS Motherboard Writing Prize is open for submissions! This award honors student research and writing in the field of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Masters and PhD categories. The prize is $500! Learn more & apply by 11/8/24: gcws.mit.edu/motherboard-pr…

Announcing the formation of the Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective (AISC) We, the Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective (AISC), are scholars, educators, and knowledge workers engaged in a battle of ideas to support the forces of liberation and justice around the world.