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Mar 28 - Palestinian Liberation and the Black Radical Tradition

March 21, 2024 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

WGSS to host teach-in on intertwined histories of the Black Radical Feminism and Palestinian liberation movements

Apr 3 - Unbelonging: Inauthentic Sounds in Mexican and Latinx Aesthetics

March 21, 2024 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

WGSS to invite back former faculty member, Dr. Iván A. Ramos to discuss new book

Diamondback News

UMD Hosts Panel to Honor Legacy of Harriet Tubman, Highlight Artists and Activists

March 11, 2024 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

University of Maryland community members came together Sunday to discuss identity politics, reclaiming agency and the nuances of autonomy during a panel commemorating the life and legacy of American abolitionist Harriet Tubman.

WGSS to welcome Dr. Janell Hobson to campus

February 28, 2024 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Join WGSS on March 13 for Harriet Tubman, National Memory, and the Making of Black Feminist Icon with prominent Harriet Tubman scholar Dr. Janell Hobson

Mar 10 - Announcing the 4th Annual Harriet Tubman Day Comemmoration

February 28, 2024 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

WGSS is proud to announce Harmonies of Liberty, the 4th annual Harriet Tubman Day celebration

Indigenous Futures Lab Inaugurates Indigenous Knowledge Speaker Series

February 06, 2024 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Join the Indigenous Futures Lab in inaugurating the first annual Indigenous Knowledge Speakers Series

February 7th - Social Justice Hangout: Film Screening & Q+A - 1948: Creation & Catastrophe

February 01, 2024 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

WGSS to host first Social Justice Hangout of the semester, taking part in the UMD Palestine Teach-in Series

Inaugural ‘Harmony Fellows’ Blend Disciplines, Forge New Directions for ARHU and UMD

January 31, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, History, Art History and Archaeology, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Art, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Classics, American Studies

Seven pairs of fellows, from ARHU and beyond, are working on a range of projects to innovate curricula, research and programming.

February 21st - The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet

January 30, 2024 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

WGSS to welcome back Avery Dame-Griff to discuss new book, The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet

Zenzele Isoke publishes essay in upcoming Queer Newark

January 26, 2024 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

"Remembering Sakia, Remembering Ourselves" to appear as epilogue in new anthology from Rutgers University Press