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"[A] tone of voice peculiar to New-England”: Fugitive Slave Advertisements and the Heterogeneity of Enslaved Blacks in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Quebec -- talk by Charmaine Nelson

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Hutchins Center Spring Colloquium with Charmaine Nelson Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA Wednesday, January 24, 2018 - 12:00pm Charmaine Nelson, Professor of Art History, Department of Art History and Communication Studies...

WGS Alum in the Gazette!

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WGS alum Yesenia Ortiz '17 was featured in a story in the Harvard Gazette. Read the story here.

The Borders of Dominicanidad -- talk with Lorgia García-Peña

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Please join us for a discussion with Lorgia García-Peña, Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of History and Literature at Harvard University. In this talk, Professor García-Peña will discuss her most recent book, The Borders of...

RESCHEDULED Enslaved Females in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Nova Scotia and Quebec: Examining the Canadian Fugitive Slave Archive -- talk by Charmaine Nelson

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The scholarship on transatlantic slavery has long benefited from the often-exhaustive data published in the fugitive slave archive. Ubiquitous throughout the transatlantic world, fugitive slave advertisements were commonly placed by slave owners seeking...

Phyllis Thompson Quoted in the Harvard Gazette

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WGS Professor Phyllis Thompson was quoted in the Harvard Gazette. Read the story here.

2016-2017 Pre-Approved Courses

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The following courses were pre-approved for WGS concentration credit. If you would like to petition to count a course that does not appear on this list, please submit a copy of the syllabus to the director of undergraduate studies along with a completed...

2016-2017 Pre-Approved Courses

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The following courses were pre-approved for 2016-2017 WGS concentration credit. If you would like to petition to count a course that does not appear on this list, please submit a copy of the syllabus to the director of undergraduate studies along with a...

Reading and Discussion with WGS Professor Caroline Light

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Celebrate the Paperback Release of Caroline Light's Stand Your Ground: A History of America’s Love Affair with Lethal Self-Defense! Reading and Book-Signing at Belmont Books 79 Leonard Street Belmont, MA 02478 7:00PM on Tuesday, February 13th For more...

The Forensics of Female Sexuality -- talk by WGS Professor Durba Mitra

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The first Science, Religion, and Culture (SRC) colloquium of the spring will be on Thursday, January 25 at 4:00 pm. This semester, it will open with a chapter by Durba Mitra. Professor Mitra is Assistant Professor of Women, Gender and Sexuality, and Carol...

Siobhan Kelly

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Dissertation topic: 
My research is located in the fields of trans studies, queer theory, psychoanalysis, and gender theory. I am interested in analyzing representations of the body, with specific attention to the rhetoric and methods that appear in...

WGS Affiliate Faculty Sarah Lewis in the Harvard Crimson

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Sarah Lewis, Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture and of African American Studies, was featured in the Harvard Crimson. Read the story here.

Congratulations to WGS Professor Caroline Light!

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WGS is thrilled to announce that Caroline Light, Director of Undergraduate Studies at WGS, has been appointed Senior Lecturer of Women, Gender, and Sexuality. Please join us in congratulating her!