Women's Studies
The field of Women’s Studies concerns itself with developing critical knowledge and implementing world-building practices of justice and equality in national and transitional contexts. At HWS, students are encouraged to take a multidisciplinary approach and enroll in a wide range of courses, developing theoretical sophistication, cultural and historical awareness, and an understanding of multiple perspectives on gender.
Women's Studies NEWS
Angela Davis Delivers Fisher Center Anniversary Keynote
Angela Davis, the internationally renowned activist, author and professor emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz, delivered the keynote lecture of the Fisher Center for the Study of Gender…
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Vote for National Women’s Hall of Fame
Professor of Women’s Studies and President of the National Women’s Hall of Fame Betty Bayer is getting out the vote for the Partners in Preservation nationwide voting campaign. The public may…
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Community-Based Learning Faculty Fellows Retreat
The Colleges’ Center for Civic Engagement and Service Learning (CCESL), along with the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), recently launched the “Community Engaged Faculty Fellows Program” for faculty interested…
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White Examines LGBT Issues, Migration, Mobility and the Abolition of Borders
In July, Assistant Professor of LGBT Studies Melissa Autumn White and her colleagues in the new collaborative network, Feminist Researchers Against Borders, hosted the first FRAB Summer School “Taster.” Held…
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Henking on Leadership, Public Advocacy in Higher Ed
In an October Inside Higher Ed opinion piece, Susan Henking, professor emerita of religious studies at HWS and president emerita of Shimer College, reflects on the duty of college and…
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Student Profile
FEM.NET
Check out FEM.NET, a website run entirely by students that gives alumnae, alumni, students and feminists a place to reflect and interact critically about important themes that surround women in the world.
