MIT Program in Women's and Gender Studies

Producing literary work is no easy feat. Just like a gardener, our affiliated faculty and lecturers worked hard to nurture their creations.

Please join MIT Program in Women’s and Gender Studies on May 4th for an end of semester celebration featuring recently published books by WGS affiliated faculty and lecturers and student award recipients. We look forward to closing the year together, celebrating achievements, and recognizing student work and leadership. See you there!

May 4th, 2026
5:30pm
E51-095

More info and rsvp:
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The amazing students at MIT are what makes our program great. We are excited to present three awards on May 4th to celebrate their work and contributions!

Celebrate their achievements with us on
May 4th, 2026
5:30pm
E51-095

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Knowledge is Never Neutral

MIT MLK Visiting Scholar, Djamila Riberio, is a scholar, philosopher, and activist who researches and writes about making space for underserved and marginalized people. Ribeiro investigates the structural dimensions of racism and discriminatory practices in the Global South. Her research focuses on challenges unique to the Black family and epistemologies of the Global South. Her work situates current trends and traditions affecting these populations, ideas, and related challenges within their historical and socioeconomic contexts.

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"Because reading is whaaat?"
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Please join MIT Program in Women’s and Gender Studies on May 4th for an end of semester celebration featuring recently published books by WGS affiliated faculty and lecturers and student award recipients. We look forward to closing the year together, celebrating achievements, and recognizing student work and leadership. See you there!

May 4th, 2026
5:30pm
E51-095

More info and rsvp:
https://tinyurl.com/wgsparty54?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com

"Buried in the Red Dirt tells a story of life, death, reproduction and missing bodies and experiences during and since the British colonial period in Palestine." Frances Hasso will discuss the futurity of Palestinians beyond biological reproduction and through collective memory and resistance.

📅 April 13th, 2026
⏰ 5:30pm
📍Room 2-105
Food will be provided

For questions about the event and accessibility, please email [email protected]
https://tinyurl.com/413wgs?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com

Bridging the themes of "Buried in the Red Dirt: Race, Reproduction and Death in Modern Palestine (2022)" with today's sociopolitical climate of Palestinians through the lens of reproductive rights.

📅 April 13th, 2026
⏰ 5:30pm
📍Room 2-105
Food will be provided

Frances Hasso is a Professor in the Program in Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies at Duke University with secondary appointments in the Department of History and Department of Sociology. She's taught in and directed the International Comparative Studies Program at Duke from 2010-2015 and was a member of the Oberlin College faculty from 2000-2010. She's an Editor Emerita (2015-2018) of the Journal of Middle East Women's Studies and have been a National Humanities Center fellow, an ACOR fellow, a Rockefeller fellow, and an SSRC/ACLS fellow.

For questions about the event and accessibility, please email [email protected]

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Missed the "Gender, Empire, and AI" Symposium? Catch up through MIT News.

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Please join us in the Spring 2026 McMillan Stewart Lecture with Prof. Frances Hasso
Introductions by Prof. Lerna Ekmekcioglu

“The Politics of Reproduction, Abortion and Collective Futurity in Palestine”
📅 April 13th, 2026
⏰ 5:30pm
📍Room 2-105
Food will be provided

This lecture revisits a few themes in Buried in the Red Dirt: Race, Reproduction, and Death in Modern Palestine (Cambridge 2022) given the contemporary historical moment. It considers legal dimensions of abortion in Islamic jurisprudence and in laws operable in Palestine from the British colonial period to the present; the continuing hyperbolization and targeting of Palestinian sexual and reproductive life; and contemporary sexual and reproductive healthcare for Palestinians, including abortion access, under colonization and genocide. Palestinians continue to recognize that their futurity depends less on the biological reproduction of specific families than reproduction of generations of collective memory and resistance, a reality that has intensified since 2023. For questions about the event and accessibility, please email [email protected]

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The 15th Annual Women Take the Reel Film Festival Presents:
"Can I Get a Witness" Free Film Screening and Q&A

Friday, March 13, 2026
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Bartos Theatre
Refreshments at 5:30pm | Screening at 6pm | Registration is required
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Synopsis: Kiah has just finished all the high school she’s going to do and is getting ready for her first day on the job. She’s an artist and she’s actually got a gig as an illustrator. This kid named Daniel is going to show her the ropes. Her mother, Ellie, trying hard not to helicopter-parent, spends her days prepping to get ready for an empty nest.

It’s the future, and everything is beautiful. We’ve mitigated climate change. We’ve eradicated world poverty. We have true trans species democracy. All just by rolling back technology a little bit, and all humans agreeing to end life by 50. It’s not so bad. You have a great life, and you get to choose how you’d like to go… before you consume too much. For questions about the event and accessibility, please contact [email protected].