The Five College Women's Studies Research Center symposium, "Mediating Public Spheres: Genealogies of Feminist Knowledge in the Digital Age," marked the 21st year of the center by celebrating the work of leading scholars in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, including former and current Research Associates, Five College faculty, students, and community partners.

Through a series of keynote presentations by Anne Balsamo, Alex Juhasz, Lisa Nakamura, Susan Squier, and Jackie Stacey, panels on Bodies/Embodiment, Digital Mapping and Archiving, Genealogies of Science in Feminism, Feminist Protest in the Digital Age, and Networking on FemTechNet, this interdisciplinary, transnational symposium offered opportunities for sharing ideas about current work in progress and new approaches to integrating media in (re)emerging areas that intersect and are shaped by gender studies.

Other events included a screening with Sonali Gulati of her film I AM, a Zine workshop on "Transforming Sex Education with Comics," a roundtable and set of media demos of ongoing learning communities and student presentations based on seminars that examine intersectionality in architectural studies, Africana studies, and environmental studies, among others.

Photos by Nancy Palmieri.