Events
The FCWSRC hosts a variety of public events, from book salons to presentations of our Research Associates' works-in-progress; we also proudly promote feminist happenings from across the Five Colleges.
This page is regularly updated with FCWSRC-created and co-sponsored events. To receive up-to-date event announcements in your inbox—including announcements for feminist happenings in the wider Five College community—please sign up to be added to our mailing list.
Upcoming Events
Transnational Circuits of Intimacy
Wednesday, March 26
In-person at Amherst College, Aliki Perotti & Seth Frank Lyceum, Center for Humanistic Inquiry Think Tank
Featuring: Francesca Bellei (Amherst CHI, FCWSRC), Gregory Mitchell (Williams), Blase Provitola (Trinity College, FCWSRC), and Traci-Ann Wint (Smith)
Save the Date: Kick-Off the Summer Writing Retreat
Monday, June 2 - Wednesday June 4
In-person at Hampshire College, Red Barn
Open to Five College faculty, staff, graduate students, and members of the FCWSRC Feminist Writing Community
Full details & RSVP forthcoming!
Past Events
Pop-Up Write Together: Hampshire College
Friday, February 28
9:30am - 4:00pm
In-person at Hampshire College, Seydel Reading Room
Co-organized with the Harold F. Johnson Library
Open to Five College faculty, staff, and members of the FCWSRC Writing Community
Alice Wong: An Activist's Life
Wednesday, February 19
5:15pm - 6:45pm
In-person at Hampshire College, Franklin Patterson Hall, Main Lecture Hall & online via Zoom
Co-sponsored by the Five College Women's Studies Research Center
Writing for Resistance and Resilience: Developing Sustainable Scholarly Practices
Thursday, January 16 & Friday, January 17
9:30am - 4:00pm
In-person at Amherst College, Center for Humanistic Inquiry Think Tank
RSVP Deadline: Monday, January 13
Open to Five College faculty, staff, graduate students, and members of the FCWSRC Feminist Writing Community
Pop-Up Write Together at UMass Amherst
Friday, December 6
9:30am - 4:00pm
In-person at UMass Amherst
Co-sponsored by UMass Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies & the Five College Abolition Justice Faculty Seminar
Open to Five College faculty, staff, and members of the FCWSRC Writing Community
Work-in-Progress Wednesday: Blase Provitola
Wednesday, December 4
2:30pm - 4:00pm
In-person at Hampshire College, Franklin Patterson Hall, G1
Open to Five College faculty, staff, graduate students, and members of the FCWSRC community
Twins, Doubles, and Desire in a Colonial History of Education
Monday, November 11
5:00pm - 6:30pm
In-person at Mount Holyoke College, Williston Memorial Library, Stimson Room
Open to all
Lecture with Sneha Krishnan, FCWSRC Short-Term Visiting Scholar, who will be in conversation with Abby Glogower, Research and Instruction Archivist at Mount Holyoke Archives and Special Collections.
Work-in-Progress Wednesday: Sneha Krishnan
Wednesday, November 6
2:30pm - 4:00pm
In-person at Hampshire College, Franklin Patterson Hall, G1
Open to Five College faculty, staff, graduate students, and members of the FCWSRC community
Pop-Up Write Together at Mount Holyoke
Friday, October 18
9:30am - 4:00pm
In-person at Mount Holyoke College, Mary Woolley Hall, New York Room
Open to Five College faculty, staff, and members of the FCWSRC Writing Community
Work-in-Progress Wednesday: Bo Ruberg
Wednesday, October 2
2:30pm - 4:00pm
In-person at Hampshire College, Franklin Patterson Hall, G1
Open to Five College faculty, staff, graduate students, and members of the FCWSRC community
The Futures of Postcolonial Thought: Desire and Collectivity Symposium
Thursday, September 26 - Saturday, September 28
In-person at UMass Amherst
Association of Postcolonial Thought Symposium
Co-sponsored by the Five College Women's Studies Research Center | Open to all
2024 Fall Reception
Tuesday, September 10
5:00pm - 7:00pm
In-person at Hampshire College, Franklin Patterson Hall Courtyard & Ground Floor
Open to all
Summer Pop-Up Write Togethers
Thursday, July 25
9:30am - 4:00pm
In-person at Hampshire College, R.W. Kern Center, Room 202
Thursday, August 15
9:30am - 4:00pm
In-person at Hampshire College, Harold F. Johnson Library, Seydel Reading Room
Open to Five College faculty, staff, and members of the FCWSRC Writing Community.
'Kick-Off the Summer' Writing Retreat
Monday, June 10 - Wednesday, June 12
In-person at the Red Barn, Hampshire College; full schedule can be found through the below link
RSVP Deadline: May 31, 2024
Open to Five College faculty, staff, and members of the FCWSRC Writing Community