Thank you to everyone who joined us on Friday for the launch of Dr. Monisha Das Gupta's new book All of Us or None! It was an incredible afternoon of conversation with Dr. Kathy Ferguson that left us deeply inspired.

Aloha members of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Community! We invite you to join us for Dr. Johanne Jean-Pierre’s talk on, “Reflexivity and Research with Black Diasporic Communities.” Date: Friday, February 14th, 2025 Time: 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm Place: CRAWFORD 115

Aloha students! The department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is looking for graduate teaching assistants! Please see flyer for more details!

Hi everyone! In honor of International Transgender Day of Visibility this month, you are invited to attend a special screening of Xiaodi, a powerful documentary about the transgender experience and personal growth. See flyer for more details. Don't miss it!

Aloha everyone! Come join this FUN activity next Monday (March 31) and show your art skills!!!

Aloha all! Please join us in celebrating the book release, The Mahele of Our Bodies: Nā Moʻolelo Kūpuna Māhū/LGBTQ, edited by WGSS associate professor, Lani Teves. The edited book is a collection of ten moʻolelo based on oral history interviews with māhū/LGBTQ kūpuna.

Hi everyone! For those who are planning to attend the AAAS (Association for Asian American Studies) Conference in Boston, MA during April 17-19, you are invited to this celebration!

Aloha everyone! Please join us for a special event with artist and activist Favianna Rodriguez, as she shares her artistic practice and explores how art can educate, ignite the imagination, and move us beyond the limits of politics.

Aloha everyone! We invite you to join our first colloquium of the semester, Dr. Kasey Jernigan's talk titled, "Embodied Heritage: Commod Bods and Indian Identities." The event will take place on Friday, September 5th at 12pm in Crawford 115. Please see flyer for more details.

Aloha members of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Community! We hope you enjoyed a wonderful summer! We invite you to join us at the WGSS/ES/AMST FALL 2025 Colloquium series. Please check out the schedule below:

Mahalo to all who joined us last Friday! We were deeply moved by Dr. Jernigan’s compelling insights in Embodied Heritage: Commod Bods and Indian Identities, which offers valuable perspectives on the ways foodways both shape and are shaped by Indigenous bodies and heritage.

You are invited to join our next event on September 18th, Reading and Q & A with Crystal Hana Kim! This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Korean Studies, Department of English, UHM Creative Writing Program, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. See flyer for details.

Aloha everyone! You are invited to a presentation on Immigration and ICE by the Hawai‘i Affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union. This event is co-sponsored by the Departments of Ethnic Studies, Political Science, Sociology, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

Aloha members of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Community! We invite you to our second colloquium of the semester on October 16, 2025: K-Masking Empire Artist Mirae kh RHEE in conversation with Prof. Heijin Lee (WGSS) Please see flyer for more details. Mahalo!

Aloha everyone! You are invited to Professor Ferguson's talk tomorrow (Wednesday) in the Political Science Department. She will be discussing Mari Matsuda's wood engraving in relation to the long history of wood engraving in anarchist publications. Please see flyer for details.

Happy Aloha Friday, everyone! Thank you to all those who stopped by our WGSS table today at the National Coming Out Day at UH Mānoa! It was so wonderful to see many familiar faces from our WGSS community and to meet new students as well! Much mahalo!! 🌈

Aloha everyone! You are invited to our final colloquium of the semester: Selling the Future: Community, Hope, and Crisis in the Early History of Japanese Life Insurance Dr. Ryan Moran (Ethnic Studies / U. of Hawai'i at Mānoa) Please see flyer below for details.

Aloha all! You are invited to the History department's talk, Oral History Methods and Making Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from World War II, by Dr. Holly Miowak Guise (Iñupiaq). Please see flyer for details.

Aloha everyone! You are invited to attend Dr. Monica Kim’s talk titled, “The World that Hunger Made Blood, Rice, and Debt in U.S.-Occupied Korea,” on Tuesday, December 2nd at 3 p.m.. Please see flyer for more details.

Aloha members of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Community! We invite you to our first colloquium of the semester on Friday, January 30th. Please see flyer below for more details.