HWS Women's Studies Department

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

Wickenden '76 to Discuss “The Agitators” in Auburn, N.Y.

Dorothy H. Wickenden '76, L.H.D. '14 discusses her new book at the Seward House Museum in Auburn, N.Y. Next month, the Seward House Museum welcomes Executive Editor of The New Yorker and…
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Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden Named HWS Commencement Speaker and Blackwell Recipient

Carla Hayden, the 14th Librarian of Congress and the first woman and the first African American to hold the position, will be the 2021 Commencement speaker, and receive an honorary…
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Pulteney Street Podcast: Suffrage, Political Discourse and Public Memory with Free

On the latest episode of the Pulteney Street Podcast, President Joyce P. Jacobsen and Associate Professor of History Laura Free discuss the suffrage movement's history and legacy in the U.S. Associate…
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Women's Health and Rights: Maguire '69 Recalls Career in New Memoir

Elizabeth “Liz” Shires Maguire '69 looks back on a four-decade career in public health — and imparts advice on leadership and mentorship — in her new memoir. Sometimes opportunity knocks.…
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HWS Connections on White House Gender Policy Council

The women who launched and led the council's forerunner, the Interagency Council on Women, have all spoken on the Hobart and William Smith campus. As the New York Times reported…
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