News and Events
The Gensler Symposium 2026 will be held on March 31st and April 1st. Please follow the link below to our webpage with all the relevant information. Bread and Puppet Theater will be here for a performance and a workshop!
https://sites.middlebury.edu/gensler2026/
Check out this new article in Ms. Magazine defending the value of the field of Women’s and Gender Studies:
And take a look at the latest interview of Professor Laurie Essig on fascism and feminism in Ms. Magazine:
https://msmagazine.com/2025/04/22/feminism-fascism-laurie-essig-democracy-russia-usa-putin-trump/
The 2024 Gensler Symposium entitled Feminism, Fascism and the Future is featured in this recent article:
Check out this article about other recent GSFS events on campus:
Professor Carly Thomsen’s Feminist Mini-Golf Course celebrated its grand opening on May 12, 2023:
https://vtdigger.org/2023/05/21/mini-golf-massive-topics-feminist-course-opens-as-teaching-tool-in-middlebury/
https://www.addisonindependent.com/2023/05/18/feminist-mini-golf-gets-players-talking/
Students from Professor Laurie Essig’s course White People lead the cause to bring non-white food to campus:
https://www.middleburycampus.com/article/2023/05/student-led-proposal-aims-to-bring-culturally-diverse-food-trucks-to-middlebury/?fbclid=PAAaYzhmLnkA60-6uP2HAsAvg8M9Gvl3EhqHtdBEv_PLpqRrjJRmJPDQzF4Lo
As part of the “Visualizing Reproductive Justice: A Call to End Fake Clinics” exhibit that showcased the art of the first GSFS-Chellis House Public Feminism Fellows on September 27, 2022, Dr. Virginia Thomas gave a talk entitled “The World Building Power of Queer Aesthetics.” You can watch Dr. Thomas’ talk here: https://vimeo.com/760040169
Newsletters
Upcoming Events of Interest
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Resilient Democratization: Social and Political Change in Iran and Beyond
The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Security and Global Affairs presents “Resilient Democratization: Social and Political Change in Iran and Beyond” with Norma Claire Moruzzi.
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Open to the Public
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Juana Gamero de Coca Symposium in Hispanic Studies: Femicides and Gendered Violence in Latin America
Presented in Spanish with real-time translation to English
The symposium will kickoff with a keynote presentation by Argentine anthropologist Rita Segato, followed by an open discussion with students, faculty, and community members. Hors d’oeuvres will be provided in Sunderland Lobby beginning at 4:00 PM.
Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)
Open to the Public
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It Happens Here Meeting
Join us every Thursday at 5:30pm in Chellis House for a community-building meeting of students committed to sexual-violence prevention and supporting survivors. We will also use this time to plan the annual It Happens Here event, taking place on Friday, April 24th.
It Happens Here (IHH) is an annual anti-sexual violence tradition founded in 2012. The event aims to honor survivors by promoting awareness, solidarity, and healing through the sharing of stories.
Chellis Living Room/Seminar Room
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Juana Gamero de Coca Symposium in Hispanic Studies: Femicides and Gendered Violence in Latin America
On the second day of the symposium, Mexican director Michelle Garza Cervera will answer questions (in English) about her acclaimed debut film Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022). This will be followed by a conversation in Spanish between Michelle and Rita Segato, offering a broader dialogue on gender-based abuse and violence against women in Latin America. The conversation between Michelle and Rita will be translated into English for the audience.
Cookies and drinks will be provided.
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Open to the Public
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It Happens Here Meeting
Join us every Thursday at 5:30pm in Chellis House for a community-building meeting of students committed to sexual-violence prevention and supporting survivors. We will also use this time to plan the annual It Happens Here event, taking place on Friday, April 24th.
It Happens Here (IHH) is an annual anti-sexual violence tradition founded in 2012. The event aims to honor survivors by promoting awareness, solidarity, and healing through the sharing of stories.
Chellis Living Room/Seminar Room
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It Happens Here Meeting
Join us every Thursday at 5:30pm in Chellis House for a community-building meeting of students committed to sexual-violence prevention and supporting survivors. We will also use this time to plan the annual It Happens Here event, taking place on Friday, April 24th.
It Happens Here (IHH) is an annual anti-sexual violence tradition founded in 2012. The event aims to honor survivors by promoting awareness, solidarity, and healing through the sharing of stories.
Chellis Living Room/Seminar Room
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It Happens Here
It Happens Here (IHH) is an annual anti-sexual violence tradition founded in 2012. The event aims to honor survivors by promoting awareness, solidarity, and healing through the sharing of stories.
Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)
Open to the Public