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DESCRIPTION:Feminist Futurities: 50 More Years of Feminist Scholarship and 
 Activism in the South\n\nThursday\, March 19\, 2026 - Saturday\, March 21\
 , 2026\n\nWGS South\, formerly known as the Southeastern Women's Studies A
 ssociation (SEWSA)\, is proud to announce 50 years as the oldest and longe
 st-standing organization for the study of women\, gender\, and sexuality i
 n North America. A founding member of the National Women's Studies Associa
 tion (NWSA)\, WGS South has been at the forefront of feminist scholarship\
 , creative activity\, advocacy\, organizing\, and activism in the South si
 nce the inaugural conference in 1976.\n\nJustice is a project\, a struggle
 \, a horizon that comes into view\, moves closer\, recedes. WGS South has 
 been\, for over five decades\, a site of gathering to share knowledge\, to
 ols\, and skills that move us\, as a region\, a nation\, and a world\, clo
 ser to that horizon. It has also been a space to take a breath\, to gather
  and call back energy and determination\, to be in community with the folk
 s from whom we learn\, to plot and argue and devise ways to make each othe
 r’s lives more possible\, and to make some collective feminist sense of 
 where we’ve been. To remember that as rough as the present moment is –
  and it is\, undeniably and on every register\, at every scale – the str
 uggle has persisted and will persist\, larger and more enduring than our i
 ndividual selves. Our role\, as feminist scholars and activists\, is to sh
 epherd it.\n\nThis year\, we draw on the reserves of feminist pasts to thi
 nk through and plot the next 50 years\, recognizing the necessity of playi
 ng the long game\, through setbacks and backlash and all manner of detours
  and obstacles. Futurity is not a luxury. It is\, as Lorde said of poetry\
 , “a vital necessity of our existence.” Future feminist visions of the
  possible world predicate and calibrate our labor and our dreaming. They a
 re as essential as bread\, and they need space to rise. This year\, like s
 o many others\, WGS South will be that space.\n\nFeatured Presenters:\n\nT
 hursday\, March 19\, 2026 | Opening Keynote Speaker\n\nDr. Andrea Baldwin\
 , Associate Professor\, The University of Utah\n\nFriday\, March 20\, 2026
  | Plenary Speaker\n\nDr. Menah Pratt\, Professor & Vice President for Str
 ategic Affairs\, Virginia Tech\n\nThank you to our event co-sponsors:\n\nL
 GBTQ+ Center at Wake Forest University\, Program in African American Studi
 es at Wake Forest University\, Wake Forest University Office of Wellbeing\
 , Wake Forest University School of Divinity\, Women’s Center at Wake For
 est University
GEO:36.13281;-80.277714
LOCATION:Benson University Center\, 401
SUMMARY:2026 WGS South Annual Conference
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.wfu.edu/event/2026-wgs-south-annual-conference
CATEGORIES:Speakers
CATEGORIES:Special Events
CATEGORIES:Conference / Panel
CATEGORIES:Meeting
CATEGORIES:Workshop
CATEGORIES:Community
CATEGORIES:Women/Gender
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DTSTART:20260320T120000Z
DTEND:20260321T010000Z
DESCRIPTION:Feminist Futurities: 50 More Years of Feminist Scholarship and 
 Activism in the South\n\nThursday\, March 19\, 2026 - Saturday\, March 21\
 , 2026\n\nWGS South\, formerly known as the Southeastern Women's Studies A
 ssociation (SEWSA)\, is proud to announce 50 years as the oldest and longe
 st-standing organization for the study of women\, gender\, and sexuality i
 n North America. A founding member of the National Women's Studies Associa
 tion (NWSA)\, WGS South has been at the forefront of feminist scholarship\
 , creative activity\, advocacy\, organizing\, and activism in the South si
 nce the inaugural conference in 1976.\n\nJustice is a project\, a struggle
 \, a horizon that comes into view\, moves closer\, recedes. WGS South has 
 been\, for over five decades\, a site of gathering to share knowledge\, to
 ols\, and skills that move us\, as a region\, a nation\, and a world\, clo
 ser to that horizon. It has also been a space to take a breath\, to gather
  and call back energy and determination\, to be in community with the folk
 s from whom we learn\, to plot and argue and devise ways to make each othe
 r’s lives more possible\, and to make some collective feminist sense of 
 where we’ve been. To remember that as rough as the present moment is –
  and it is\, undeniably and on every register\, at every scale – the str
 uggle has persisted and will persist\, larger and more enduring than our i
 ndividual selves. Our role\, as feminist scholars and activists\, is to sh
 epherd it.\n\nThis year\, we draw on the reserves of feminist pasts to thi
 nk through and plot the next 50 years\, recognizing the necessity of playi
 ng the long game\, through setbacks and backlash and all manner of detours
  and obstacles. Futurity is not a luxury. It is\, as Lorde said of poetry\
 , “a vital necessity of our existence.” Future feminist visions of the
  possible world predicate and calibrate our labor and our dreaming. They a
 re as essential as bread\, and they need space to rise. This year\, like s
 o many others\, WGS South will be that space.\n\nFeatured Presenters:\n\nT
 hursday\, March 19\, 2026 | Opening Keynote Speaker\n\nDr. Andrea Baldwin\
 , Associate Professor\, The University of Utah\n\nFriday\, March 20\, 2026
  | Plenary Speaker\n\nDr. Menah Pratt\, Professor & Vice President for Str
 ategic Affairs\, Virginia Tech\n\nThank you to our event co-sponsors:\n\nL
 GBTQ+ Center at Wake Forest University\, Program in African American Studi
 es at Wake Forest University\, Wake Forest University Office of Wellbeing\
 , Wake Forest University School of Divinity\, Women’s Center at Wake For
 est University
GEO:36.13281;-80.277714
LOCATION:Benson University Center\, 401
SUMMARY:2026 WGS South Annual Conference
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.wfu.edu/event/2026-wgs-south-annual-conference
CATEGORIES:Speakers
CATEGORIES:Special Events
CATEGORIES:Conference / Panel
CATEGORIES:Meeting
CATEGORIES:Workshop
CATEGORIES:Community
CATEGORIES:Women/Gender
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DTSTAMP:20260809T015909Z
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DTSTART:20260321T120000Z
DTEND:20260322T010000Z
DESCRIPTION:Feminist Futurities: 50 More Years of Feminist Scholarship and 
 Activism in the South\n\nThursday\, March 19\, 2026 - Saturday\, March 21\
 , 2026\n\nWGS South\, formerly known as the Southeastern Women's Studies A
 ssociation (SEWSA)\, is proud to announce 50 years as the oldest and longe
 st-standing organization for the study of women\, gender\, and sexuality i
 n North America. A founding member of the National Women's Studies Associa
 tion (NWSA)\, WGS South has been at the forefront of feminist scholarship\
 , creative activity\, advocacy\, organizing\, and activism in the South si
 nce the inaugural conference in 1976.\n\nJustice is a project\, a struggle
 \, a horizon that comes into view\, moves closer\, recedes. WGS South has 
 been\, for over five decades\, a site of gathering to share knowledge\, to
 ols\, and skills that move us\, as a region\, a nation\, and a world\, clo
 ser to that horizon. It has also been a space to take a breath\, to gather
  and call back energy and determination\, to be in community with the folk
 s from whom we learn\, to plot and argue and devise ways to make each othe
 r’s lives more possible\, and to make some collective feminist sense of 
 where we’ve been. To remember that as rough as the present moment is –
  and it is\, undeniably and on every register\, at every scale – the str
 uggle has persisted and will persist\, larger and more enduring than our i
 ndividual selves. Our role\, as feminist scholars and activists\, is to sh
 epherd it.\n\nThis year\, we draw on the reserves of feminist pasts to thi
 nk through and plot the next 50 years\, recognizing the necessity of playi
 ng the long game\, through setbacks and backlash and all manner of detours
  and obstacles. Futurity is not a luxury. It is\, as Lorde said of poetry\
 , “a vital necessity of our existence.” Future feminist visions of the
  possible world predicate and calibrate our labor and our dreaming. They a
 re as essential as bread\, and they need space to rise. This year\, like s
 o many others\, WGS South will be that space.\n\nFeatured Presenters:\n\nT
 hursday\, March 19\, 2026 | Opening Keynote Speaker\n\nDr. Andrea Baldwin\
 , Associate Professor\, The University of Utah\n\nFriday\, March 20\, 2026
  | Plenary Speaker\n\nDr. Menah Pratt\, Professor & Vice President for Str
 ategic Affairs\, Virginia Tech\n\nThank you to our event co-sponsors:\n\nL
 GBTQ+ Center at Wake Forest University\, Program in African American Studi
 es at Wake Forest University\, Wake Forest University Office of Wellbeing\
 , Wake Forest University School of Divinity\, Women’s Center at Wake For
 est University
GEO:36.13281;-80.277714
LOCATION:Benson University Center\, 401
SUMMARY:2026 WGS South Annual Conference
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.wfu.edu/event/2026-wgs-south-annual-conference
CATEGORIES:Speakers
CATEGORIES:Special Events
CATEGORIES:Conference / Panel
CATEGORIES:Meeting
CATEGORIES:Workshop
CATEGORIES:Community
CATEGORIES:Women/Gender
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