Event Archive

On April 4, 2024 WGGP hosted keynote lecture by Dr. Amina Mama (University of California, Davis) on “Transnational Feminist Praxis in an Age of Genocide” as a part of Transnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s) Conference on April 4-5th, 2024. This lecture argues that the many violences perpetrated against women have been the major driver of...

On April 4, 2024, the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program with the Gender & Women's Studies Department hosted a panel “Voicing the Invisibles” as a part of the Conference on "Transnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s).The conference was organized by graduate students from WGGP and GWS: Amaury J. Rijo Sánchez (Sociology), Nehal Elmeligy (Sociology),...

On April 4, 2024, the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program with the Gender & Women's Studies Department hosted a panel “Artivisms & Media” as a part of the Conference on "Transnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s). The conference was organized by graduate students from WGGP and GWS: Amaury J. Rijo Sánchez (Sociology), Nehal Elmeligy (...

On April 4, 2024, the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program with the Gender & Women's Studies Department hosted Welcome Remarks and a discussion on Common Differences Then and Now: Geographies of Feminist Journeys as a part of the Conference on "Transnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s). The conference was organized by graduate students from...

On April 4, 2024, the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program with the Gender & Women's Studies Department hosted a panel “Formal Politics & Changes from Within” as a part of the Conference on "Transnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s). The conference was organized by graduate students from WGGP and GWS: Amaury J. Rijo Sánchez (Sociology),...

On April 3rd, 2024, Dr. Kolia, an Illinois alumna with a Ph.D. in the School of Social Work and a graduate minor in Gender Relations in International Development, shared information about Reaching Across Borders services to Syrian Refugees in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. She discussed how war transforms society, and she dispelled biases and myths about Syrian refugee girls and women.  ...

Film Screening & Discussion with Filmmaker Rasha Azab, “Trapped”, April 3, 2024. On April 3, 2024, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program and Gender & Women's Studies Department hosted a Film Screening & Discussion with Filmmaker Rasha Azab, “Trapped as part of the Transnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s) Conference on...

The Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP) and the Humanities Research Institute (HRI) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are co-hosting our seventh annual event, “12 Women Who Changed the World: Untold Stories” bringing together faculty, staff, students, and community members to recognize people who have made a difference in academia.  The event took place on...

On November 30th, 23, WGGP hosted a public talk by Rana Elmeligy on "Gender in Development: Standards and Real-Life Limiting Beliefs, Structures, and Practices". Rana Elmeligy is an international development and humanitarian practitioner.  Are development programs able to apply gender-sensitivity standards on the ground? The persisting gaps between 'gender in development' standards and real...

On September 12, 2023, As part of the IGI series 'China and the World', WGGP hosted Lü Pin, a PhD student in political science at Rutgers University, who talked about "Resilience Amidst Repression: The Chinese Feminist Movement in the Era of Escalating Authoritarianism.” In 2009 in China, Lü Pin and colleagues organized Feminist Voices, a social media platform that aimed to call attention to...