Brandeis Women's Studies Research Center

Official account for the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis.
The WSRC aims to promote public dialogue about gender-related issues through creative art

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November author salon with @kerrimaherbooks! She'll discuss her most recent novel based on the true story of the #JaneCollective, an underground org that provided illegal abortion services in Chicago 1969-73. Register at https://t.co/IQY7kw9dKg. Reception to follow. @MassBook

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Join us for Margaret Gullette's book launch! In "American Eldercide" @gullette_mm writes about a public health crisis - 20% of the American who have died of COVID have been older & disabled adults in nursing homes. Register @ https://t.co/qMBVJPAnJe. @BrandeisU @TheHellerSchool

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5:30 today @ the @BrandeisU Women's Studies Research Center! Author @VirginiaPye will discuss her most recent novel, describe her writing process, & answer audience questions. Join us for our Oct session of our author salon series. 515 South St in Waltham. @GrubWriters @MassBook

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"Wrongs & RIGHTS" brings together 50+ yrs of art supporting the intergenerational battle for #ReproductiveRights. Join us on Sept 12th from 5-7pm for the opening reception. @BrandeisU #feminist #art

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Congrats to WSRC Scholar Dr. Edith Chears for receiving a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award! She'll be hosted by the Women's University in Africa - Zimbabwe where she'll conduct leadership training & workshops on navigating bias. #Brandeis #Fulbright

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Congratulations to WSRC scholar @HeatherTreseler on her book launch! TONIGHT at @Grolier_Poetry Shop. Hybrid. Register to attend at https://t.co/0ePbbZSpVX.

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Heather Treseler is launching her new book “Auguries & Divinations” at the shop on June 5th, 2024 at 7 pm. Vidyan Ravinthiran is giving the introductions. Please join us in person or virtually. Sign up via our website.

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Tomorrow morningWSRC's director Harleen Singh will speak with @WBUR 's @RadioBoston host @tiziana_dearing about current campus environments. Hear their conversation @ https://t.co/WAECPRcnSA.

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The WSRC is pleased to co-sponsor @brandeis_hbi's Tuesday May 6th hybrid program to honor Holocaust Remembrance Day. Link to details below. #YomHashoah #HolocaustRemembranceDay

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Join us tomorrow in our Kniznick Gallery for a walk-through of our current exhibition with artist Hong Hong whose monumental paper paintings engage with themes of landscape, migration and home. At the WSRC, 515 South Street in Waltham.

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Thank you to @thejustice for this piece on @tiziana_dearing and the WSRC's Harleen Singh's recent on-campus program and discussion about the power of conversation and community. https://t.co/329YZG2Khc

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Tonight, April 3, - the opening reception of “A Trick of Light or Distance,” 5-7 pm! Meet the artists & enjoy refreshments. The exhibition presents 5 artists’ iterative processes as they traverse, landscape, migration, and memory. In our Kniznick Gallery, 515 South St, Waltham

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A series of events taking place @BrandeisU on April 9 & 10 to address different histories concerning murder and loss. Poetry, video projections, and community conversations about memory will reflect our different identities, who we are and how we connect to each other’s stories.

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The WSRC is pleased to co-sponsor this April 2nd @TheHellerSchool hybrid program. QR code below for registration.

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@BrandeisU's WSRC Scholar @artistdonnad speaks about her life-sized female chess set @WorldClassHOF. Donna Dodson's show centers on women’s stories, women’s lives, and their place in the history of chess. https://t.co/ME5NUCWrFX

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A @WGBH's Culture Show interview with @BrandeisU's WSRC board member/scholar Annette Miller about reprising the role of Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir at a time when the region is in crisis. https://t.co/0aZRf1p9ZL

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Congrats to @BrandeisU WSRC board member, scholar & actor Annette Miller on her return to the role of Israeli prime minister #GoldeMeir. @shakeandco presents a limited run of "Golda’s Balcony" in Boston from 2/23 - 3/10 at the Black Box Theatre at the Emerson Paramount Center.

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Latin America remains the region w/ the highest rate of sexual violence in the world. Join us for a discussion organized & moderated by @BrandeisU's María J. Durán. Details @ https://t.co/t7vAsf0id0 #genderbasedviolence

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@brandeisuniversity's WSRC on 3/20! @wbur's @tiziana_dearing and WSRC Director Harleen Singh will speak about women in the public sphere, women modulating the conversation, and Tiziana's career pivots. Co-sponsored by the Metrowest Women's Fund. Details @ https://t.co/e76iBvDZg1

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Announcing the 3/16 premiere of the new song cycle "Muriel's Songs," to be performed by @SoundIcon with soprano Sharon Harms. Location: the Recital Hall in Slosberg Music Center @BrandeisU, 415 South St in Waltham. Reception to follow. Free tix @ https://t.co/XjYqejX2rr

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On this Creative Sector Day we appreciate and thank all of the artists showing in @brandeis_hbi's current exhibition, DEEPLY ROOTED: FAITH IN REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE, in our Kniznick Gallery. #CreativeMA #PowerOfCulture @MASSCreative

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At the WSRC on 2/7 at 5:30pm. Susan Wilson - author, photographer, public historian & official House Historian of the @OmniParkerHouse. She'll speak about her new book WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST: The Trailblazing Life of Susan Dimock, M.D. Register @ https://t.co/fFgJlpbLj8