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ArtSci Roundup: Fighting Visibility: Unpaid Gendered & Racialized Labor for the UFC, Beverly Guy-Sheftall – Say Her Name: The Urgency of Black Feminism Now, and More
This week at the UW, attend a book talk for “Empire of Convicts: Indian Penal Labor in Colonial Southeast Asia" and listen to the Jewish Questions podcast.
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As Seattle’s LGBTQ+ nightlife venues face closure, the community could lose crucial safe spaces
Although LGBTQ+ nightlife venues have existed in Seattle since the 1920s, many of them operated in the shadows amid threats from police and government, and bigoted strangers. Today, these spaces operate more openly but face new threats: increasing property taxes and rents, gentrification, a rise in hate crimes and now, of course, the closure of bars and restaurants due to the coronavirus pandemic. Kemi Adeyemi, assistant professor of gender, women and sexuality studies at the UW, is quoted.
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Revolutionary BIPoC women of the UW: Dr. Luana Ross
Dr. Luana Ross, Associate Professor Emerita of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, is featured in this article about her accomplishments, life story, and impact on students.
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Revolutionary BIPoC women of the UW: Kemi Adeyemi
Kemi Adeyemi, gender, women, & sexuality studies professor, is featured in the Daily for her work at the UW.
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ArtSci Roundup: Katz Distinguished Lecture: Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Contemporary Environmental Issues In Taiwan, Global Perspectives on Restorative Justice & Race, and More
This week at the UW, attend the Katz Distinguished Lecture, the 2021 Biamp PDX Jazz Festival with Ted Poor and Cuong Vu, and more.
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The Value of a Non-STEM Major, with Dean Stacey
College of Arts & Sciences Dean Stacey explains that there is an important civic, political, social, and cultural element to an education and that you can get that in a wide variety of majors.
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After Prison
UW Tacoma alum Omari Amili speaks with formerly-incarcerated UW alumni and faculty.
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Reimagining Social Care and Racial Justice
Victoria Lawson, professor in the Department of Geography, director of the Honors Program, and adjunct professor of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies discusses social care and racial justice.
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The Black Embodiments Studio begins residency at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery
The Black Embodiments Studio will begin a residency at the UW's Jacob Lawrence Gallery that will continue for the next two years. Dr. Kemi Adeyemi, assistant professor of gender, women, & sexuality studies and BES founder and director, is interviewed.
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ArtSci Roundup: Global Challenges Discussion, Katz Lecture: Abderrahmane Sissako, and more
This week at the UW, listen to a discussion on global challenges, join the Herny Art Museum for a roundtable discussion, and more.
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BLACK AND CENTER: ARCHIVING INDIGENOUS AND BLACK FUTURES
What are the archival powers of the arts? How do the art archives decenter pasts and presents, and imagine more just futures? This article examines works of art that archive Indigenous and Black people, places, stories and histories. Kemi Adeyemi, assistant professor of gender, women and sexuality studies, is quoted.
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How this Black doctor is exposing the racist history of gynecology
Bettina Judd, assistant professor of gender women and sexuality studies, explains the founder of gynecology, J. Marion Sims', horrific experiments on enslaved Black women.
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After 16 years of inclusion, UW’s Q Center is just getting started
GWSS affiliate faculty Jen Self and Anthony Cheng (BA, Communications, 2020) discuss their work and experience in the Q Center.
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UW president, biochemistry chair and mathematics professor named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Tatiana Toro, professor of mathematics, and Ana Mari Cauce, UW president and professor of psychology and gender studies, have been named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Leela Fernandes named as next director of the Jackson School of International Studies
Professor of gender studies and political science, Leela Fernandes, has been named the new director of the Jackson School.