Fall 2023
Thursday, September 7 | 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Social Sciences Block Party
Join us for food, great views, and celebrations at the BU Social Sciences block party!
Location: 665 Commonwealth Ave
Wednesday, September 20 | 6:00 – 7:15 PM
Queer Forms of Asian American Inscrutability
Join us for a virtual dialogue on Surface Relations: Queer Forms of Asian American Inscrutability featuring author Vivian L. Huang and respondent Evan Sakuma.
Location: Virtual
Thursday, September 21 | 12:00 – 8:00 PM
Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Book Fair
Join us for BU’s first-ever student-led Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Book Fair! There will be a $5 Below Book Sale, a book-mark crafting station, and a multi-disciplinary discussion on WGS topics featuring a panel of WGS Faculty.
Location: Howard Thurman Center (808 Commonwealth Ave)
October 10-12 | 9:00 – 4:30 PM
The Good Friday Agreement 20 Years On: Gendered and Grassroots Approaches to Peace and Conflict
This conference marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement by centering the often overlooked “on-the-ground” efforts that operate at the intersection of gender, transitional justice, and peace-building in Northern Ireland.
Location: Tsai Performance Center and Metcalf Ballroom
Tuesday, October 17 | 5:30 PM
Blurring the Color Line: Screening and Q&A with Director Crystal Kwok
What did it mean to be Chinese in Black spaces during segregation? Director Crystal Kwok digs into how her grandmother’s family navigated life as grocery store owners in a Black Augusta, Georgia neighborhood. Q&A to following screening with Crystal Kwok, Jilene Chua, and Paula Austin.
Location: Center for Computing & Data Sciences Room 1750 (665 Commonwealth Ave)
Monday, December 4 | 5:30 PM
Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture with Jules Gill-Peterson
Jules Gill-Peterson is Associate Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University. She is the author of Histories of the Transgender Child, the first book to shatter the widespread myth that transgender children are a brand-new generation in the twenty-first century.
Location: Tsai Auditorium (685 Commonwealth Ave)
Spring 2024
Wednesday, January 17 | 2:00 – 5:00 PM
Writing with Silence: Engaging with the Unspoken and Unspeakable in Humanistic and Qualitative Social Sciences Research Workshop
Location: TBD (BU)
Wednesday, January 24 | 2:00 PM
Touching the Art with Queer Author & Activist Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore: Book Talk & Signing
Location: Howard Thurman Center, Room 104 (808 Commonwealth Ave)
Friday, February 9 | 1:15 PM
LGBTQIA+ Scholar Series featuring Ianna Hawkins Owen
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Tuesday, February 20 | 5:00 PM
The Future Is Feminist
Location: Jewish Studies Rm 201 (147 Bay State Rd)
Thursday, February 29 | 6:00 – 8:30 PM
Black Trans Poetics: A Reading with Levi Cain, JR Mahung, & Cameron Awkward-Rich
Location: TBD (BU)
Sunday, March 10 | 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
2023-2024 Manuscript Workshop Series: Stereotypes & Scripts by Samia Hesni
Location: TBD (BU)
Thursday, March 28 | 4:00 – 7:00 PM
International Women’s Day Celebration
Location: Howard Thurman Center (808 Comm Ave)
Wednesday, April 3 | 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
23-24 WGS Seminar Series: Eman Abdelhadi “Impossible Futures: Why Women Leave American Muslim Communities”
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Wednesday, April 10 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM
Feeling Sick: The Early Years of AIDS in Spain
Location: CAS 533B
Monday, April 22 | Time TBD
Reading and Discussion with Contemporary Author Kaori Fujino
Location: TBD
Wednesday, April 24 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM
23-24 WGS Seminar Series: Umayyah Cable “Coming Out for Community, Coming Out for the Cause: Queer Palestinian-American Activism in the 1900s”
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Thursday, April 25 | 5:00 PM THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED
Sedgwick Lecture Series: Tavia Nyong’o
Location: Howard Thurman Center (808 Comm Ave)
Wednesday, May 1 | Time 5:00 – 6:00 PM
WGS End of the Year Celebration & Awards Ceremony
Location: WGS Sitting Room (704 Commonwealth Ave, Rm 102)
Wednesday, May 1 | Time 6:30 – 8:00 PM
The Future of Trans Studies
Location: WGS Sitting Room (704 Commonwealth Ave, Rm 102)