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Speakers, performances, workshops and other activities that are not part of our regular offerings.

Acclaimed artist, writer, activist, academic, and mother (and native Athenian!) Sunaura Taylor will discuss her latest book, Disabled Ecologies: Lessons from a Wounded Desert, a powerful analysis and call to action that reveals disability as one of the defining features of environmental devastation and resistance.  “Taylor’s is a unique and generous genius. With breath-catching insight and enveloping compassion, she shares a secret of…
IWS Affiliate Faculty are warmly invited to come by the IWS office Friday morning for coffee, tea, and treats with IWS Director Patricia Richards. Meet new colleagues, catch up with old ones, and hear all about what’s coming up this year at the Institute for Women’s Studies! No RSVP required, and we promise not to keep you too long. 
Friends, family, and colleagues are invited to join us in sharing memories and honoring the life of Dr. Nichole Ray, Principal Lecturer in Women's Studies, who died this past June. 
Every year, the Institute for Women's Studies hosts a university-wide reception for new and returning faculty as we begin the academic year. Each year, we choose a senior faculty member to honor with our Faculty Award. This year's recipient is Dr. Carolyn Medine.  Contact Elise.Robinson@uga.edu for more information.
Avid Bookshop, Athens-Clarke County Library, and Athens Pride & Queer Collective invite the public to an author event and book signing with Raquel Willis in celebration of her debut memoir The Risk It Takes to Bloom: On Life and Liberation. This event is on Monday, December 4, 2023, from 7pm-8pm in the Appleton Auditorium at the Athens-Clarke County Library. An alumna of the University of Georgia and the Grady College of Journalism and Mass…
Personal Praxis: EXPERIENCING LUCILLE BALL’S PERFORMANCE STRATEGIES & INNOVATIONS ACROSS MEDIA 6 pm - Screening of the award-winning short film Becoming Lucy 6:30 pm - Staged Radio Reading

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