EIU Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Each year in March, the Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program at Eastern Illinois University hosts one of the biggest annual events on campus, Women's History and Awareness Month (WHAM).  Events include featured speakers, musicians, the Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival, and the WGS Award Ceremony. Check out our Facebook Page for more details about upcoming events.

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at EIU presents

Women’s History & Awareness Month 2023

Monstrous and Feminist Others

2023 WHAM EVENTS

Click here to view the 2023 Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival (CIFF) award-winning films!

Wed., 3/1/23, 6 pm Doudna Lecture Hall: Pre-Modern Global Studies event Dr. Debbie Felton, “Monsters and Witches in the Classical World”

Wed., 3/8/23, 4:30 pm Coleman Hall 3170: Queer Theories course hosts Dr. Teresa Milbrodt Sexy Like Us: Disability, Humor, and Sexuality Guests welcome

Wed., 3/8/23, 6:30 pm Tarble Arts Center Commonspace: WHAM Keynote Presentation Dr. Teresa Milbrodt, “Crip Lit, Closets, and Feminism: Coming Out Monster” A reading & discussion

Thu., 3/23/23, 6 pm Doudna Recital Hall: English Dept. Hennings Reading Julia Abazi, EIU student reader Rafael Frumkin, SIU professor/trans queer novelist

Tue., 3/28/23, 5 pm Doudna Globe Theatre: Theatre Dept./Latin American and Latinx student event A reading of Griselda Gambaro’s “Antigona Furiosa” Directed by Dr. Christiana Harkulich

Wed., 3/29/23, 6 pm 7th Street Underground: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program Annual Awards Ceremony

All events are free and open to the public.