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WGS Student Yasmeen Khan Pens Tribute to Prof. Durba Mitra

September 17, 2025

Yasmeen Khan has published an article in Harvard Magazine titled "Power Is Knowledge", writing about her experience learning about the women of history and literature in Professor Durba Mitra's courses at Harvard. Read the article here. Picture courtesy...

Marius Kothor Publishes New Article in The American Historical Review

September 16, 2025

WGS Professor Marius Kothor has published an article on Togo's political history using her own perspective as a Togolese refugee as well as through an interview with a retired textile merchant. Read the abstract and access the article here.

WGS Professor Robin Bernstein's Book Receives Nonfiction Honors for the Massachusetts Book Award

September 03, 2025

WGS Professor Sarah Richardson Publishes New Article in The Lancet

August 01, 2025

WGS Professor Sarah Richardson has published a review of Sex Is a Spectrum by Agustín Fuentes in The Lancet. Read the review here.

WGS Welcomes Kareem Khubchandani as F.O. Matthiessen Visiting Associate Professor

July 22, 2025

Please join WGS in welcoming Tufts Professor Kareem Khubchandani to Harvard! Professor Khubchandani is the 2025-2026 F.O. Matthiessen Visiting Associate Professor in Studies of Gender and Sexuality. During his year at Harvard, he will be teaching two...

WGS Professor Robin Bernstein Receives Walter Channing Cabot Fellowship

June 23, 2025

WGS Professor Robin Bernstein has been named a Walter Channing Cabot Fellow, one of only sixteen faculty to receive the fellowship, for her book Freeman's Challenge: The Murder That Shook America's First Prison for Profit. Congratulations, Professor...

Former WGS Professor Jessica Taylor Publishes Article in Public Books

June 04, 2025

Read Time Well Spent: Beyond Success and Failure in Romancelandia and Academia - Public Books by former WGS faculty member Dr. Jessica Taylor.

WGS Names 2024-2025 Undergraduate Prize Winners

May 27, 2025

WGS Chair Jocelyn Viterna Appears in Harvard Gazette

May 16, 2025

WGS Chair Jocelyn Viterna was interviewed in today's issue of the Gazette in an article about Nayib Bukele, the leader of El Salvador who refers to himself as "the world's coolest dictator". Read the interview here.

WGS Professor Caroline Light Publishes Article in Teen Vogue

May 15, 2025

WGS Professor Caroline Light published an article in Teen Vogue titled "Constitutional Carry Law Promoted by Donald Trump Would Allow People to Carry Guns Everywhere Without Permits". Read the article here.

WGS Professor Robin Bernstein Receives Walter Channing Cabot Fellowship

May 08, 2025

The fellowship is given to scholars who work in the fields of "literature, history or art, as such terms may be liberally interpreted...." Professor Bernstein was recognized for her book Freeman's Challenge: The Murder that Shook America’s Original Prison...

WGS Alum Brianna Suslovic Publishes Essay in Public Books

March 11, 2025

WGS alum Brianna Suslovic published an essay on PublicBooks.com on the necessity of care as a measure against anti-imperialism, discussing encampments on college campuses. Read the essay here.