Events at Wellesley

This lecture examines queer Arab cultural production as an archive of feeling: a body of work that transforms rage, grief, and the imperative to remember into acts of survival, commemoration, and political resistance. Reading the work of Lebanese-American author Rabih Alameddine, I argue that queer…

Making Livable Worlds in a Time of Loss takes its title from Prof. Lloréns' recent book, and invites reflection about possible ways to navigate and survive the multiple ongoing crises in our current era. In Making Livable Worlds, Afro-Puerto Rican women's lifeways exemplify how they draw from their…

 Join the Sociology Department in welcoming Emmanuel College Professor of Sociology Catherine Simpson Bueker for a discussion of her book, Beyond White Picket Fences, Evolution of an American Town. This book examines the demographic shifts that have taken place in Wellesley over the last 100 years,…

Yael Lempert, Former US Ambassador to Jordon and Vice President for Outreach at the Middle East Institute, in conversation with Ezzedine Fishere, Distinguished Fellow of Middle Eastern Studies at Dartmouth College.

Join History and South Asia Studies for a talk by Daisy Rockwell, "Mixed Metaphors: Adventures in Translationland" at 4:30pm in PNE 239.

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.