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
The Politics of Storytelling: Provocations and (Im)possibillties A Conversation with Richa Nagar
We are thrilled to welcome Richa Nagar to the Five College community. Please join as we engage with her rich body of work in storytelling, journeying, and translation across borders from Sangtin Yatra/ Playing with Fire (2004) to Khari Nadi/ Salty River (2025). This most recent work revolves around the life writing of Mumtaz Begum, who passed away last month, ten days after the book’s release in her hometown in UP (India). The evening will bring together colleagues and students from across the Five College consortium for a conversation on the politics and ethics of storytelling that transcends borders, languages, and academic form.
Richa Nagar is the inaugural Gloria Steinem ‘56 Endowed Chair in Women and Gender Studies at Smith College. She has published nine books and dozens of essays, articles, plays, and poems (and their translations) in English and Hindi. Her multi-lingual and multi-genre work in transnational feminism and the praxis and poetics of collaboration has evolved across the borders of India, Tanzania, and the USA. This work agitates stabilized ways of knowing and telling through collective creatives to build enduring alliances with people’s struggles for justice. A recipient of numerous awards, including the 2021 International Studies Association’s Global Development Studies Book Award for Hungry Translations and the American Association of Geographers 2019 James Blaut Award for Socialist and Critical Geography, Professor Nagar has held visiting fellowships at universities in India, South Africa and the United States. She is also co-founder of the online journal Agitate! Unsettling Knowledges
This event is co-sponsored by the Five College Women Studies Research Center; the Amherst College Department of Sexuality, Women’s, and Gender Studies; the Mount Holyoke College Departments of Critical Race & Political Economy, Gender Studies, and Sociology and Anthropology; and the UMass Departments of WGSS, Anthropology and the College of Education.
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Feminist Write-Together Sessions
Monday Mornings
R.W. Kern Center, Room 202, on the Hampshire campus and via Zoom.
9:30-10:00: Come in, catch-up and conversation, set intentions
10:00-12:00: Write!
We begin each week by coming together to write, in feminist community. Doors open at 9:30, with quiet co-writing time from 10:00-12:00. Virtual participation via Zoom is also available. We welcome participation by Five College faculty and staff, grad students, and community members, of all disciplines and genders.
We meet every Monday morning when classes are in session. Parking on the Hampshire College campus is free; please leave a note on your dashboard that says “FCWSRC - Feminist Writing Community.” Kern 202 is accessible by elevator and stairs. Coffee and pastries are available for purchase at the Kern Kafe, on the first floor of the building.
No RSVP is needed! Please attend as regularly or occasionally as suits your needs and schedules. To receive a Zoom link and updates about the Feminist Writing community (including occasional alternate locations, community lunch reminders, and news about full day writing retreats), please sign up for our Feminist Writing Community Mailing List.
First Mondays Community Lunch
12PM-1PM: Lunch!
R.W. Kern Center, Room 202
Hampshire Campus
Fall ‘25 Dates: 9/8, 10/6, 11/3, & 12/1
As is our tradition, on the first Monday of each month, we follow our Write-Together with a community lunch. Held from 12:00-1:00pm in Kern 202 on the campus of Hampshire College, our community lunch offers time and space to catch up about our research, writing, teaching, and whatever else is happening in our lives.
Please stay for lunch after the morning Write-Together -- or join just for lunch! If you are driving, please leave a note on your dashboard that says “FCWSRC - Feminist Writing Community.” We welcome Five College faculty and staff, grad students, and community members, of all disciplines and genders.
Lunch is provided by the Center! Please RSVP by noon, the Friday before:
Past Events
Summer 2025 Pop-Up Write Togethers
