Join the W Department of Music as we host our 7th annual Music by Women Festival! Alongside lectures, we have 6 concerts a day you can attend during the duration of the festival. 9 am | 11 am | 1 pm | 3 pm | 5 pm | 8 pm For the full schedule, please […]
Join the W Department of Music as we host our annual Music by Women Festival! Alongside lectures, we have 5 concerts a day you can attend during the duration of the festival. 10 AM, Noon/12 PM, 2:30 PM, 5:00 PM, 8:00 PM For more information, please click here: https://www.muw.edu/musicbywomen. These events are free and open […]
Join the W Department of Music as we host our annual Music by Women Festival! Alongside lectures, we have 5 concerts a day you can attend during the duration of the festival. 10 AM, Noon/12 PM, 2:30 PM, 5:00 PM, 8:00 PM For more information, please click here: https://www.muw.edu/musicbywomen. These events are free and open […]
The W’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council welcomes Dr. Flonzie Brown Wright to campus for a celebration of DEI Award winners. During the Civil Rights Movement, Wright helped register thousands of voters in Mississippi. She was the first African American female elected official in Mississippi post-Reconstruction and authored the best-selling autobiography Looking Back to Move […]
Join I.D.E.A.L. Woman for a film screening and discussion of Shirley Chisholm, the perfect introduction to the subject of this year’s Swain Speaker Series. In 1968, Chisholm became the first African American woman to serve in the US Congress; in 1972, she became both the first woman and the first African American to compete in […]
Join the History, Political Science, & Geography Club for a Women’s History Month-inspired movie night! Grab some snacks and settle in for Suffragette, which “movingly explores the passion and heartbreak of those who risked all they had for women’s right to vote – their jobs, their homes, their children, and even their lives.” (Focus Features […]
Meet author and historian Anastasia C. Curwood and get a signed copy of her new autobiography of Shirley Chisholm at Friendly City Books in downtown Columbus. Chisolm was a trailblazing politician and Black feminist, and Curwood will discuss her life and impact at 7PM on The W’s campus. In addition to her biography, Shirley Chisholm: […]
Come and hear Anastasia C. Curwood talk about the life and experiences of Shirley Chisholm, whose 1972 bid for the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party made history and paved the way for further women’s political activism. Curwood is the author of the forthcoming biography, Shirley Chisholm: Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics (2023) and […]
The Mississippi University for Women’s eighth annual Music by Women Festival will be held in the historic Poindexter Hall on the campus of the Mississippi University for Women. The festival will include papers, presentations, lecture recitals, and performances all relating to the subject of music composed, taught and performed by women. The festival will feature […]
The 2024 Martha Swain Speaker’s Series Lecture will be held at 6 pm on Thursday, March 7 in Parkinson Hall’s Nissan Auditorium. This year, we will welcome Dr. Cassie Turnipseed to campus for a lively and engaging discussion of the life and legacy of Mississippi’s fearless daughter, Ida B. Wells-Barnett. The event is free and […]
Research presentation by Dr. Jill Drouillard, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and MUW Humanities Faculty of the Year. Hosted by the Women’s College.
The ninth annual international Music by Women Festival will be held March 6-8, 2025 on the campus of the Mississippi University for Women. The festival will feature concerts of new and historic music written by women composers historically as well as in the present day. For more details please visit https://www.muw.edu/musicbywomen/