WGS South

Light pink flyer with various hues of blue and pink paint plattered on the page. In the foreground is a young woman holding a match, with broken chains behind her. On her left is the organization's former logo, and to the right is a sketch of a student looking fierce. The text has the conference title, "Feminist Futurities" and "March 19-21, 2026, Wake Forest University"

WGS South 2026 is just around the corner! Join us as we celebrate (and orchestrate) 50 More Years of Feminist Scholarship & Activism in the South!
Online registration ends today!
wgssouth.org/conference-i...

#AcademicSky #EduSky #highered #studentleadership #disability #lgbtq #bipoc #community #wgs

Thursday, March 5, in St. Paul, Minn.: Elaine Welteroth and Janell Hobson on the Power of Feminist Media Thursday, March 5, at University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn.: Elaine Welteroth and Janell Hobson on the Power of Feminist Media

Join us for a Women’s History Month conversation on how feminist media challenges power, reframes narratives and drives change, with Elaine Welteroth and Ms.'s @profjch.bsky.social:
msmagazine.com/2026/03/03/m...

Simple white flyer with the WGS South logo and the text, "Call for Volunteers," accompanied by a QR code, Wake Forest University, March 19-21, 2026

Feel like pitching in? Volunteer to help out our Wake Forest and WGS South teams during the conference!

wgssouth.org/volunteer-1

#community #partnership #socialjustice #wgs #feminist #intersectionality #accessibility #accessibilitymatters #communityaction #civildisobedience #academicsky #edusky

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WGS South 2026 is getting close! Make sure to register online by March 6th!
wgssouth.org

#wgs #feminist #queer #disabled #bipoc #intersectionality #socialjustice #academicsky #edusky #scholarship #activism #community #studentleadership #gradstudent #undergraduateresearch #humanities #socialscience

Flyer highlighting accomplishments from Dr. Menah Pratt's extensive bio, including her many roles as a c-suite executive in higher education.

Get to know our Plenary Speaker for WGS South 2026, Dr. Menah Pratt! A #Humanities and #SocialSciences scholar, Dr. Pratt is the author of six books, w/ executive experience at both public & private universities. Registration is now open: wgssouth.org

#highereducation #edusky #socialjustice #wgs

‘We Will Not Be Sidelined Again’: Survivors Respond After DOJ Releases Epstein Files With Unredacted Names and Personal Details ‘We Will Not Be Sidelined Again’: Survivors Respond After DOJ Releases Epstein Files With Unredacted Names and Personal Details

For decades, survivors have begged for answers and accountability. But they say the latest tranche of documents—many containing unredacted names, contact information and identifying details—have left them retraumatized, exposed and furious.

Flyer for WGS South 2026 Keynote Speaker, Dr. Andrea N. Baldwin. The text lists a short bio of her accomplishments, highlighting the Black Feminist Eco Lab and Standpoints podcast linked in the post.

Get to know our Keynote Speaker for WGS South's 50th Annual Conference, Dr. Andrea N. Baldwin, by checking out her work on the Black Feminist Eco Lab and the Black Feminist Podcast, Standpoints.
transform.utah.edu/black-femini...
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#academicsky #edusky #wgs

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WGS South is pleased to announce that Student Travel Grants for our 2026 Annual Conference are open now through Feb. 15th!

Visit our website to apply: wgssouth.org/grants-awards

#graduatestudent #undergraduateresearch #professional #studentleaders #highered #graduateresearch #academicsky #edusky

Flyer features watercolor images of four students with backpacks and books, with the text reading, "Student Travel Grants for our 2026 conference are now open!" Apply through our website by Feb. 15th

WGS South is pleased to announce that Student Travel Grants for our 2026 Annual Conference are open now through Feb. 15th!

Visit our website to apply: wgssouth.org/grants-awards

#graduatestudent #undergraduateresearch #professional #studentleaders #highered #graduateresearch #academicsky #edusky

Doubtful a lot of ppl in this admin know how much one movie ticket costs, let alone thirty.

So many students want these courses! If you’re not interested, try not enrolling in that particular offering.

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Registration is now open for WGS South 2026! Can’t wait to see you fine people at Wake Forest University in March!

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#wgs #lgbtq #BIPOC #disabilitystudies #intersectionality

The Future of the African American Past – AHA The AHA and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture co-hosted The Future of the African American Past, a landmark conference to celebrate the opening of the NMAAHC.

Looking for classroom resources for courses in African American history? Check out these videos from The Future of the African American Past, a landmark 2016 conference co-hosted by the AHA & the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture that brought together 60+ scholars. 🗃️

Project 2026 Declares Open War on Women’s Rights When the Heritage Foundation released its new policy blueprint for 2026 this week—an extension of the now-infamous Project 2025—it did so with the calm confidence of an institution convinced no one wi...

"Project 2026 lays out a government redesigned to control women’s bodies, erase LGBTQ+ lives, dismantle civil rights protections and roll back decades of hard-won progress."

A Global Telehealth First: Women Help Women Begins Producing Abortion Pill Combipack The feminist telehealth provider Women Help Women cuts out pharma middlemen to make its new mifepristone-misprostol abortion pill combo pack.

Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.

wgssouth.org/2026cfps

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Join us in celebrating fifty years...and strategizing feminist scholarship & activism in the south for the next fifty.

Proposals Due Tomorrow!

#highered #edusky #academicsky #gradstudent #academia #community #activism #southern #scholarship #feminism #intersectionality #disability #accessibilty

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It's getting to be that time!

Have you written (and actually submitted) your WGS South 2026 conference proposal yet?

Submissions are Due Monday, Dec 15th! wgssouth.org/2026cfps

#AcademicSky #edusky #highered #feminist #wgs #crt #queerstudies #disability #undergraduate #gradstudents #trans #lgbtq

The SPLC and Read Freely Alabama recently partnered to host educational events across the state, offering guidance and tools for protecting libraries and resisting censorship. 📚

Here are 10 actions you can take in your own community to oppose book bans: https://bit.ly/4q5JVZd

Bright yellow background with a large yellow flower covered in due; in front of the flower is an adorable pitbull-mix named Maggie, looking at the camera pleadingly because my child put a flowery pink headband on her. The text reads, “A public service announcement from WGS South (and Maggie). Winter blues got you down? Start planning what to pack for WGS South 2026! Get those proposals submitted by December 15 and we’ll see you in North Carolina in March!”

Ditch those winter blues and plan to meet us at Wake Forest in spring! wgssouth.org/2026cfps

#wgs #genderstudies #queerstudies #crt #disability #humanities #isd #socialsciences #AcademicSky #highered #gradstudent #healthandmedicine #medicalprofessionals #stemstudents #winterblues #intersectionality

Mauve flyer with a closeup dictionary image of the word "Sociology." The headline is "Opportunity Alert!" and features the Maryville College logo at the bottom.

Tenure-Track Job Alert! Maryville College (TN) is hiring an Assistant Professor of Sociology. Review of applications will begin on December 10th. tinyurl.com/MCSociology

#highered #sociology #sociologymajor #race #gender #inequality #Academicsky #edusky #gradstudents #academicjobs #higheredjobs

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WGS South 2026 "Feminist Futurities" CFP Deadline Extended to December 15th!

Now you have time to get that proposal together so you can join us at Wake Forest University!

wgssouth.org/2026conference

#wgs #feminism #intersectionality #highered #academicsky #disability #lgbtq #bipoc #education

Call for papers: Publishing Research Quarterly – Environmental Sustainability and Book Publishing Hi everyone, I’m excited to share the call for papers for a special issue of the international academic journal Publishing Research Quarterly on the topic of environmental sustainability and …

I’ll be editing a special issue of Publishing Research Quarterly on environmental sustainability and book publishing. The call for papers is out now. Please share if you have relevant networks!

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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste

Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...

Today's the last day to submit for our end-of-year publication lists. We're soliciting monographs, journal articles, and book chapters by contingent historians with a 2025 pub date! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...

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"Feminist Futurities: 50 More Years of Feminist Scholarship and Activism in the South"

This is your friendly reminder that submissions for WGS South 2026 are due Dec. 1st! Check out our caucus cfps on our website! wgssouth.org/2026conference
#AcademicSky #edusky #gradstudents #highered #wgs

Pink/purple flyer for the WGS South student caucus, featuring a vintage-looking birdcage with the door wide open. Out of the door emerges seven birds of different variety, wings spread wide and taking flight.

Students, hark! This cfp is for you!

"Reclaiming Our Future: A Call for Papers from Young Leaders, Writers, and Activists"

Join us at Wake Forest University in March!
wgssouth.org/2026conference

#academicsky #studentleadership #wgs #highered #southernstudies #activism #intersectionality #hope