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
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Upcoming Events of Interest
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Bread and Puppet Spring Tour: The End of the World Never Minding Show
The long running political theatre company, Bread and Puppet, based in Northern Vermont, will bring their new spring show to Middlebury! Join us for this wildly popular, globally recognized troupe of artists and storytellers. You can read more about their spring tour and The End of the World Never Minding Show, on their website. The one hour show will be followed by a half hour talkback, and Bread & Puppet will serve its famous sourdough rye bread and sell their “Cheap Art”.
Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
Closed to the Public
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Trans Day of Visibility Panel
Queers and Allies will host a Transgender Day of Visibility information panel for all community members. Specialists from various fields will be panelists to answer questions from attendees about the many issues facing gender diverse people in society today. There will be speakers from Middlebury health services, local community organizers, a representative from GLAD Law Office, and more. We invite all community members, regardless of background or previous experience, to use this day of recognition to learn more about issues transgender people are currently facing.
Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
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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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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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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