Events

GCWS Feminisms Unbound: The Time of the Border

October 3, 2018 • 6 PM – 8 PM • MIT Campus, Building E51 Room 095 Join GCWS for panel discussions with local, national and international scholars. Moderated by Faith Smith, Brandeis Panelists: Dina Siddiqi, New York University, Emilie Diouf, Brandeis University, Sony Coranez Bolton, Amherst College, Patricia Ybarra, Brown University

BU CGSA 10th Birthday Party

September 21, 2018 • 8 PM – 11 PM • GSU Basement (CGSA) Join the BU Center for Gender, Sexuality, & Activism (CGSA) to celebrate the 10th birthday. They will be marking the occasion with snacks and cake. All alumni (whether or not you were part of the Center during your time at BU) are welcome […]

Queer Scientist Autumn Social

  September 12, 2018 • 5 PM – 7 PM • BU ERB 203 The BU oSTEM graduate student chapter is having an autumn social to ‘come out’ on campus and find new allies and members. oSTEM is for undergraduate and graduate LGBTQIA students in STEM fields: (https://www.ostem.org/).

Race, Politics, and Social Media: A Symposium

  Given its complete saturation of our cultural and political landscape social media has quickly migrated from a utopian mode of communication and community building to a sign of the perverse marriage of capitalism, celebrity culture and narcissism; in other words, Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, etc. are now more likely to be described as problems than […]

“Battle of the Sexes” Screening and Discussion with Directors

  The 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs became the most watched televised sports event of all time. Trapped in the media glare, King and Riggs were on opposites sides of a binary argument, but off-court, each was fighting more personal and complex battles.  Film screening followed by Q&A with the […]