Encounter and Collaboration Workshop

The Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Presents:

Cultivating Collaboration and Building Bridges: Regional Encounter and Conversation Workshop

Decolonial Feminism • Trans and Queer Studies • Feminist Pedagogies

A collaborative discussion and to be in community with scholars from across the Pacific Northwest focusing on the outlook of the study of women, gender and sexuality. 

Attendance by invitation only.


Thursday, May 1, 2025

Museum of Natural and Cultural History

The Gordon Hotel Ed Ragozzino Ballroom

  • 4:00 pm Opening and Welcome
  • 4:15 pm Introduction to the Oral History Project, Outliers and Outlawsand documentary film screening of Outliers and Outlaws
  • 6:10 to 8:00 pm: Dinner and Welcoming Words

Friday, May 2, 2025 

The Graduate Hotel Vistas Ballroom

  • 8:30 am Open Breakfast
  • 9:30 am Welcome for the Day of Activities
  • 9:35 am Keynote Speaker
  • 10:05 am Session 1: Decolonial Feminism
  • 11:20 am Break
  • 11:30 am Session 2: Trans and Queer Studies
  • 12:45 pm Lunch and Social Sharing Time
  • 2:00 pm Session 3: Feminist Pedagogies
  • 3:15 pm UW-Seattle’s Feminist Praxis Lab and GWSS Oral History Project
  • 3:45 pm Break
  • 4:00 pm Planning for Future Collaborations
  • 4:45 pm Closing Remarks
  • 5:00 pm Immigration Workshop (Optional)

The Gordon Hotel Ed Ragozzino Ballroom

  • 6:00 to 9:00 pm Closing Dinner at The Gordon Hotel Ed Ragozzino Ballroom

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