Announcements

LECTURER, MIT Women’s and Gender Studies Program (WGS), (two part-time openings) to teach six individual undergraduate courses for Fall 2026 – Spring 2027. Will teach either a 2-1 or a 1-2 course load. Job Requirements REQUIRED: Masters in related field...

The period to add or drop courses from your schedule is now open until February 3. Take a look at our list of courses here.

These courses still have seats available. Drop/Add opens on January 13, 2025. Use the links below to learn more about each course and email wgs@fas.harvard.edu with any questions. WOMGEN 97 - Sophomore Tutorial with Prof. Robin Bernstein WOMGEN 1210FT -...

From the show's website: On the latest episode of Reckon True Stories, Deesha Philyaw and Kiese Laymon are joined by MacArthur Genius and National Book Award Winner Dr. Imani Perry to discuss genre, personal stories and the ethical commitment to those we...

Read “ When Guns Have More Rights Than Victims” by Michal Goldstein, Agatha Nyarko, and Caroline Light. Goldstein and Nyarko are participants in BLISS (Building Learning through Inquiry in the Social Sciences), part of the 2024 Harvard College Research...

Aissata Bah, a WGS joint concentrator with Statistics, and Sofia Andrada Hidalgo, a joint concentrator with History and Literature, have both been elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Please join us in congratulating PBK's newest members!

Kyla Golding Winner of the Jane C. Grant Senior Prize for best overall academic performance in WGS Amy Ojeaburu Winner of the Alice Jardine Prize for excellence in undergraduate scholarship Atlas Sanogo Winner of the Eugene R. Cummings Senior Thesis Prize...

WGS Professor Durba Mitra will be a panelist in the symposium “Perspectives on Academic Freedom” hosted by the Department of History. Please register to attend the event here. In 2019, alarmed by attacks on academic freedom happening simultaneously in...

As part of this year's Visitas, admitted members of the class of 2028 can meet with WGS advisors to discuss our program offerings. Monday, April 15 10:30am-12:30pm Science Center Plaza

WGS is now accepting submissions for the Eugene R. Cummings Prize for the best undergraduate thesis in LGBT Studies. All submissions must be received by 11:59 pm on Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 11:59pm. Please see our Prizes page for more information.