Events at Wellesley

Welcome to the Hispanism Colloquium 2026, an academic gathering dedicated this year to examining educational and feminist dynamics within transatlantic Hispanism. Our panel will focus on the pioneering figure of Katharine Lee Bates—a Wellesley College alumna (Class of 1880), professor, and head of…

Welcome to the 30th Ruhlman Conference! The conference is made possible by the generosity of Barbara Peterson Ruhlman ’54. In 1997, Lee Cuba, Professor of Sociology and former Dean of the College, worked with Barbara Ruhlman to develop the plan for the Ruhlman Conference.

Dr. Safiya U. Noble is the David O. Sears Presidential Endowed Chair of Social Sciences and Professor of Gender Studies, African American Studies, and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is the Director of the Center on Resilience & Digital Justice and…

John McWhorter, Associate Professor of Linguistics at Columbia University and opinion columnist with The New York Times, in conversation with Kathryn Lynch, Katharine Lee Bates and Sophie Chantal Hart Professor of English, Wellesley College.

Join us for a book launch celebration in honor of Professor Irene Mata and her new book, Beyond the Moment: Connecting Histories of Latinx Performance and Resistance (University of Texas Press, 2026). 

Right from its foundation in 1961, the National Institute of Design (NID) in Ahmedabad, India, attempted to reorient art and design theory and practice away from the legacy of colonial-era arts pedagogies, and towards internationally resonant ideas borrowed from academies such as the German Bauhaus…