Author: Robin Henry

The Global Village Assembly is an annual open mic event hosted by Women’s, Ethnicity, and Intersectional Studies (WEIS). Each year, it centers on a theme relevant and related to current conversations on gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, class and the intersectional experience at WSU.

The event, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 2 in 211 Hubbard Hall, is open to all students, faculty and staff across the university and the broader Wichita-area community. It is a unique opportunity to share about life at WSU and consider changes that we can all do to provide a more equitable space of belonging.

Join the Department of History for an evening with renowned historian Dr. Scott Ellsworth of the University of Michigan at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25 in 211 Hubbard Hall. He will discuss his powerful new book, “Midnight on the Potomac,” which uncovers a myth-shattering account of the Civil War’s final year, the Lincoln assassination and the nation’s fragile rebirth.

Discover the untold stories of those who navigated this critical moment in American history.

Book information:

• Purchase at the event: A limited number of copies will be available.
• Purchase online: Get your copy from Watermark Books and Café at this link: “Midnight on the Potomac“

This event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

The Department of History’s fall 2024 lecture will feature Dr. Jason Lantzer, assistant director of the University Honors Program at Butler University, who will talk about his current book, “What we are fighting against: Dwight Eisenhower and the American discovery of the concentration camps.” Lantzer’s lecture, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24 in 200 Ahlberg Hall.

The Department of Women’s, Ethnicity and Intersectional Studies invites you to its 2024 Words By Women lecture at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19 in 209 Hubbard Hall. Dr. Breanne Fahs, professor of women’s and gender studies at Arizona State University, will lecture on “Hairy Subjects: Resistance and Revolution in Women’s Body Hair Politics.” The lecture is free and open to the public.

The Department of Women’s, Ethnicity, and International Studies invites the campus community to the 2024 International Women’s Day lecture from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 7 in 305/306 Rhatigan Student Center, Beggs Ballroom.

Dr. Lindsey Churchill, associate professor of history and geography from the University of Central Oklahoma, will talk on “From Incels to Only Fans: Radicalization, Liberation, Sexualization, and Ambiguity Online and Beyond.”

This event is open to faculty, staff, students and the wider Wichita-area public.

The Department of History invites the campus community to hear Dr. Andrew Orr, associate professor of history at Kansas State University, present the lecture, “The Gay Girl in Damascus: Stolen Identities, Western Progressivism, and the Arab Spring” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 6 in 218 Hubbard Hall.

The Department of Women’s, Ethnicity, and Intersectionality Studies (WEIS) and the Department of History invite the campus community to Words By Women’s 2023 lecture.

Dr. Amrita Chakrabarti Myers, a historian of Black women in the United States, will give a lecture, “Julia Chinn: A Story of Sex, Slavery, and Survival in the Old South” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7 in 200 Ahlberg Hall.

The lecture is open to students, faculty, staff and members of the Wichita community at no additional charge. The lecture is based on her forthcoming book, “The Vice-President’s Black Wife: The Untold Story of Julia Chinn.” Chinn, whose story is mostly unknown, was the Black wife of the ninth vice president of the United States and serves as an example of the intersectionality of race and gender in the 19th century United States.

Students, groups, faculty, staff, innovation partners and the public are invited to submit abstracts or proposals to present at the 2023 Diverse Women’s Summit (DWS), which is held 9 a.m.-noon Monday, March 20 and 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, March 21. DWS is a meeting of individuals and groups from different backgrounds on local, regional, national and global issues affecting women. The theme of the 2023 DWS will be diversity and belonging at Wichita State.

Proposals should include 100-200 words describing the presentation (type, subject, theme and purpose). Presentations that focus on the following topics will be given priority:

• Intersectional research
• Investigations into belonging
• Citizenship and special populations
• Women, gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality and ability
• Social justice and the future

Proposals and abstracts will be accepted until Friday, March 3 and should be submitted to robin.henry@wichita.edu. For more information, contact 316-978-3358 or joyce.dalporto-ward@wichita.edu.

This event is sponsored by the Department of Women’s, Ethnicity and Intersectional Studies, the Center for Women’s Studies, the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The Department of Women’s, Ethnicity and Intersectional Studies (WEIS) in the Fairmount College is accepting applications for the Carol Konek Legacy Award. This is a new annual award open to tenured, tenure-track and non-tenure track faculty who teach or cross-list courses in WEIS. Applications are due by April 7.

Funds will be used for projects that allow faculty to become more involved in their studies, research and professions through leadership development and education projects, or allow individual members to attend a conference that relates to their work. The annual award is $1,000.

No individual will be excluded from consideration on the basis of age, ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origins, political affiliation, pregnancy status, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a veteran.

For more information, contact Robin Henry, interim chair of WEIS, at robin.henry@wichita.edu.

The Department of Women’s, Ethnicity, and Intersectional Studies (WEIS) invites you to join us from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8 in 528C Lindquist for our first semi-annual Course Reveal Pizza Party. Learn about our spring 2023 classes, meet and talk with some of our professors, learn about our department, and get some free pizza!