Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies GSFS

Cover of two books by Leslie Chang

Globalization and its Discontents: Stories from the Factory Floors of China and Egypt

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global Economics, Development and Political Economy presents  “Globalization and its Discontents: Stories from the Factory Floors of China and Egypt” with Leslie Chang. 

Axinn Center Abernethy Room (221)

Open to the Public

Lunchtime Talk with Shabana Basij-Rasikh

Founder of the School of Leadership Afghanistan and Middlebury Alumna Shabana Basij-Rasikh discusses how the school educated Afghan girls in Kabul and now continues to do so from their campus in Rwanda. Lunch will be served.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

A photo of Rachel Siegel

Unconditional Love (of dancing, mangoes, and me): an anti-diet dance theater performance

An anti-diet dance theater performance that uses an intersectional approach to understand anti-fatness in relation to capitalism, race, and patriarchy through an historic lens, current analysis, and personal experience. Using ensemble and solo dance, song, storytelling, research, and projections, this one-hour show is also about body liberation, pleasure, dancing alone in the mirror, eating mangoes, and shaking off that which binds us.

Performed by Laura Haines, Winnie Looby, Alex Heisler, Zoraya Hightower, Hadley Mueller, Rhonda Doonan, and Rachel Siegel.

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Open to the Public

Axinn Center Commencement 2026 Departmental Reception

Please join the departments of Black Studies, Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies, and Italian for a reception celebrating graduates in these disciplines. 

The following departments invite grads and their guests to join them in the locations listed below.

Black Studies | Abernethy Room (AXN 221) | 2:45-3:30 pm
Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies | AXN 220 | 2:45-3:30 pm
Italian | Abernethy Room (AXN 221) | 3:45-4:30 pm

Axinn Center

SPECS x Chellis Body Mapping Workshop

Join SPECS and Chellis for a body mapping workshop to explore where we hold and process emotions and experiences (joy, anxiety, stress, etc.) and how to move through them with art and mindfulness. This is an action-step event following It Happens Here.

Chellis Living Room/Seminar Room

A bright yellow poster with information for a zine workshop

Trans-VT Zine Workshop

Join the Feminist Resource Center and the organizers of Trans-VT for an afternoon learning about their zine and making your own! Zines are an amazing political resource and form of resistance. Join us for a queer, fun time. Snacks, drinks, and art supplies provided.

Chellis Living Room/Seminar Room