Past Events

FSS Amna Qayyum flyer

Friday Speaker Series: Amna Qayyum

Amna Qayyum (University of Georgia)

April 3 | 12 - 1pm

MLC 248

FSS Liz Browne Flyer

Friday Speaker Series: Elizabeth Saari Browne

Elizabeth Saari Browne (University of Georgia)

March 27 | 12 - 1pm

MLC 248

FSS Emily Tingle Flyer

Friday Speaker Series: Emily Tingle

Emily Tingle (University of Georgia)

March 20 | 12 - 1pm

MLC 248

FSS Post-Grad Flyer

Friday Speaker Series: Post-Graduate Opportunities for WGS Students

February 27 | 12 - 1pm

MLC 248

FSS Flor Adams flyer

Friday Speaker Series: Flor Adams

Flor Adams (University of Georgia)

February 6 | 12 - 1pm

MLC 248

Anna Nasset Flyer

Friday Speaker Series: Anna Nasset

January 30 | 12 - 1pm

MLC 248

Ingie Hovland photo

Friday Speaker Series: Ingie Hovland

Ingie Hovland (University of Georgia)

November 14 | 12:40 - 1:30pm

MLC 348

Mariana Becker photo

Friday Speaker Series: Mariana Becker

Mariana Lima Becker (University of Georgia)

November 7 | 12:40 - 1:30pm

MLC 348

Vivian Taylor photo

Friday Speaker Series: Vivian Taylor

Vivian Taylor,

October 17 | 12:40 - 1:30pm

MLC 348

Ziying You photo

Friday Speaker Series: Ziying You

Ziying You (University of Georgia)

October 10 | 12:40 - 1:30pm

MLC 348

Amy Bonnaffons photo

Friday Speaker Series: Amy Bonnaffons and Ashley Beresch

Amy Bonnaffons (University of Georgia)

October 3 | 12:30 - 1:40pm

MLC 348

Jess Martinez photo

Friday Speaker Series: Jess Martinez

September 19 | 12:30 - 1:40pm

MLC 348

V Raditz photo

Friday Speaker Series: Vanessa Raditz

Vanessa Raditz (University of Georgia)

September 12 | 12:40 - 1:30pm

MLC 348

A list of speakers and topics for the WGS Friday Speaker Series in fall 2025

Fall 2025 Friday Speaker Series

September 12 - November 14 | All day

MLC 348

House and Gunsalus FSS Flyer

Friday Speaker Series: Ellen House & Kearney Gunsalus

Ellen House (University of Georgia)

April 18 | 12:40 - 1:30pm

MLC 214

Michelle Ritchie FSS Flyer

Friday Speaker Series: Michelle Ritchie

Michelle Ritchie (University of Georgia)

April 4 | 12:40 - 1:30pm

MLC 214

Ari Schlesinger FSS flyer

Friday Speaker Series: Ari Schlesinger

Ari Schlesinger (University of Georgia)

March 28 | 12:40 - 1:30pm

MLC 214

Baldwin Marks FSS Flyer

Friday Speaker Series: Amy Baldwin and Jennifer Marks

Amy Baldwin (University of Georgia)

March 14 | 12:40 - 1:30pm

MLC 214

WGS alumni panel flyer

WGS Alumni Panel

February 28 | 12:40 - 1:30pm

via Zoom

Spring 2025 Friday Speaker Series

February 7 | 12:40 - 1:30pm

MLC 214

Katherine Sobering FSS Flyer

Katherine Sobering: Queer Birth Project

Katherine Sobering, Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies (University of North Texas)

February 7 | 12:40 - 1:30pm

Miller Learning Center 214

Friday Speaker Series flyer for Mellon Grant Awardees

Friday Speaker Series: Mellon Grant Awardees

November 22 | 12:40 - 1:30pm

Miller Learning Center, Room 248

Pat Bell Scott FSS Flyer

Friday Speaker Series: Pat Bell Scott Awardees

Blake Cravey (University of Georgia), Sophia Flemming (University of Georgia), Vanessa Raditz (University of Georgia)

November 8 | 12:40 - 1:30pm

Miller Learning Center, Room 248

Blake Cravey photo

Friday Speaker Series: Blake Cravey

Blake Cravey (University of Georgia)

October 25 | 12:40 - 1:30pm

Miller Learning Center, Room 248

Kimberly Van Orman photo

Friday Speaker Series: Kimberly Van Orman

Kimberly Van Orman, Institute for Artificial Intelligence (UGA)

October 11 | 12:40 - 1:30pm

Miller Learning Center, Room 248

Sunaura Taylor photo

Friday Speaker Series: Sunaura Taylor

Sunaura Taylor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management (University of California, Berkeley)

October 4 | 12:40 - 1:30pm

Miller Learning Center, Room 248

Katie Sobering photo

Friday Speaker Series: Katherine Sobering

Katherine Sobering, Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies (University of North Texas)

September 27 | 12:40 - 1:30pm

Miller Learning Center, Room 248

Lioba Moshi photo

Friday Speaker Series: Lioba Moshi

Lioba Moshi (University of Georgia)

September 6 | 12:40 - 1:30pm

MLC 248

Coley Lecture Flyer

30th annual Andrea Carson Coley Lecture in LGBTQ+ Studies

June Thomas,

April 12 | 12:30 - 1:30pm

Miller Learning Center, Room 213

Leah Berger Singer photo

Friday Speaker Series: Leah Berger-Singer

Leah Berger-Singer,

March 22 | 12:40pm

Miller Learning Center, Room 250

Evelyn Autry photo

Friday Speaker Series: Evelyn Saavedra Autry

Evelyn Saavedra Autry, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Rutger's University (Rutger's University)

March 15 | 12:40pm

Miller Learning Center, Room 250

Kaelea Lucas

Friday Speaker Series: Kaelea Lucas

Kaelea Lucas, URGE GA (URGE)

March 1 | 12:40pm

MLC 250

Ryan Schey FSS Flyer

Friday Speaker Series: Ryan Schey

Ryan Schey (University of Georgia)

February 16 | 12:40pm

MLC 250

Katelyn Stauffer photo

Friday Speaker Series: Katelyn Stauffer

Katelyn Stauffer (University of Georgia)

February 9 | 12:40pm

MLC 250

Nami Jagtiani photo

Friday Speaker Series: Nami Jagtiani

Nami Jagtiani,

January 26 | 12:40am

MLC 250

Can't Stop Change

Documentary Screening: Can't Stop Change

Vanessa Raditz (University of Georgia)

November 10 | 6pm

Miller Learning Center, Room 250

FSS Raditz

Fall 2023 FSS: "Can't Stop Change: Queer Climate Stories from the Florida Frontlines"

Vanessa Raditz (University of Georgia)

November 10 | 12:40pm

MLC 248

Appler FSS

Fall 2023 FSS: "Waiting for Lady Phoenix: Allegory, Gender, and the Science Performance"

Vivian Appler (University of Georgia)

November 3 | 12:40pm

MLC 248

Dax Ovid FSS

Fall 2023 FSS: "Using the Theory of Performativity to Distill and Destabilize the Concept of Scientist Professional Identity"

Dax Ovid (University of Georgia)

October 20 | 12:40pm

MLC 248

FSS: Tatiane Russo Tait

Fall 2023 FSS: "STEM Faculty Equity Beliefs and the Importance of Conscientizaçāo"

Tatiane Russo-Tait (University of Georgia)

October 13 | 12:40pm

MLC 248

Kathryn Manis FSS flyer

Fall 2023 FSS: "Queer Histories of/and Queer Archives"

Kathryn Manis (University of Georgia)

October 6 | 12:40pm

MLC 248

FSS Marissa Chastain

Fall 2023 FSS: "Athens Pride and Queer Collective"

Marissa Chastain, (Athens Pride and Queer Collective)

September 29 | 12:40pm

MLC 248

FSS Leah Berger-Singer

Fall 2023 Friday Speaker Series: "Let's Talk About Sex, Baby!"

Leah Berger-Singer, (GA Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential)

September 15 | 12:40pm

MLC 248

Spring 2023 Friday Speaker Series presented by UGA Career Center and Mentor Program

Bethany Blumenshine,

March 24 | 12:40pm

Miller Learning Center, rm. 148

Spring 2023 Friday Speaker Series presented by Maureen Brewster, Textiles, Merchandising & Interiors

March 17 | 12:40pm

Miller Learning Center, rm 148

Spring 2023 Friday Speaker Series presented by Savannah Downing, Communication Studies

February 17 | 12:40pm

Miller Learning Center, rm. 148

Spring 2023 Friday Speaker Series presented by Elise Robinson, Theatre & Performance Studies & Women's Studies

February 10 | 12:40pm

Miller Learning Center, rm. 148

Spring 2023 Friday Speaker Series presented by Sophia Flemming, Communication Studies

February 3 | 12:40pm

Miller Learning Center, rm. 148

Fall 2022 Friday Speaker Series - "Homing Justice in the Borderlands of Athens, GA" presented by Jess Martínez, Geography

November 11 | 12:40pm

Zoom, contact TLHAT@uga.edu for link

Fall 2022 Friday Speaker Series - "Grating Against the War Machine: Women Viewers and Military Propaganda in Late Colonial Korea" presented by Dr. Mi-Ryong Shim, Comparative Literature & Intercultural Studies

November 4 | 12:40pm

Miller Learning Center 148

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