#  News & Events 

 



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##  Upcoming Events 

 



  [### Chloe Chapin at Harvard Book Store

 ](/event/chloe-chapin-harvard-book-store?occ_id=0)July 13, 2026

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 7:00PM - 8:00PM EDT 

 

 In Person 

 Harvard Book Store welcomes Chloe Chapin —American historian, costume designer, and fashion scholar—for a discussion of her new book, Suitable: The Sartorial Revolution and the Fashioning of Modern Men. She will be joined in conversation by Michelle... 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

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  [### WGS Graduate Secondary Field Alum Chloe Chapin Publishes New Book

 ](/news/2026/06/wgs-graduate-secondary-field-alum-chloe-chapin-publishes-new-book) June 30, 2026 

 An excerpt from Chapin's new book, Suitable: The Sartorial Revolution and the Fashioning of Modern Men , also appeared on Literary Hub. Read the excerpt here. 

 

 

   ![book cover](/sites/g/files/omnuum8271/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/suitable.jpg?itok=r5jj0ZpH) 

 



 

 

   [### Professor Durba Mitra Interviewed in Public Books

 ](/news/2026/06/professor-durba-mitra-interviewed-public-books) June 22, 2026 

 Public Books interviewed Prof Durba Mitra about her new book, The Future that Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism. 

 

 

   ![durba mitra in front of a wall of books](/sites/g/files/omnuum8271/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/durba%20public%20books.jpeg?itok=huxqmmli) 

 



 

 

   [### WGS Graduate Secondary Field Alum Jewel Pereyra Named Hutchins Center W.E.B. Du Bois Research Fellow

 ](/news/2026/06/wgs-graduate-secondary-field-alum-jewel-pereyra-named-hutchins-center-web-du-bois) June 18, 2026 

 Jewel Pereyra has been named a Sheila Biddle Ford Foundation Fellow in the Hutchins Center, as part of the next cohort of W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute Fellows. Congratulations, Jewel! Read the full list of fellows here. 

 

 

   ![jewel pereyra](/sites/g/files/omnuum8271/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/Untitled%20design%20%2819%29.png?itok=Z5m76N_g) 

 



 

 

   [### Caroline Light Pens New Article in Slate Magazine

 ](/news/2026/06/caroline-light-pens-new-article-slate-magazine) June 08, 2026 

 Caroline Light writes in Slate on the self-defense case of Ríhanna Kelver. Can a Wyoming Trans woman Stand Her Ground? 

 

 

   ![caroline light leaning against a wall](/sites/g/files/omnuum8271/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-07/CL%20headshot%202025.jpg?itok=Bg7F0HQl) 

 



 

 

   [### Caroline Light Co-Authors New Essay in Inquest

 ](/news/2026/04/caroline-light-co-authors-new-essay-inquest) April 24, 2026 

 Caroline Light, with Janae Thomas, published a piece titled Who Gets to Be a "Good Guy" with a Gun?, discussing gun ownership and mass incarceration. Read the article here. 

 

 

   ![caroline light leaning against a wall](/sites/g/files/omnuum8271/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-07/CL%20headshot%202025.jpg?itok=Bg7F0HQl) 

 



 

 

   [### Kareem Khubchandani's Book Nominated for Lammy Award

 ](/news/2026/03/kareem-khubchandanis-book-nominated-lammy-award) March 19, 2026 

 Kareem Khubchandani's book, Lessons in Drag: A Queer Manual for Academics, Artists, and Aunties, has been nominated for a Lammy Award in LGBTQ+ Studies. The Lammy Awards are given by the Lambda Literary, an organization that promotes LGBTQ+ voices in... 

 

 

   ![kareem and book cover](/sites/g/files/omnuum8271/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-03/Untitled%20design%20%2818%29.png?itok=uxkLo1V0) 

 



 

 

  

 

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##  Opportunities Calendar 

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##  Events at Harvard and Beyond 

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