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Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at EIU presents

Women’s History & Awareness Month 2025

Each year in March, the Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program at Eastern Illinois University hosts one of the biggest annual events on campus, Women's History and Awareness Month (WHAM).  Events include featured speakers, musicians, the Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival, and the WGS Awards Ceremony. 

 

 

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WOMEN’S HISTORY & AWARENESS MONTH EVENTS

 

Mon., 3/3/25, 1:30 pm WHAM Flag-Raising, south quad

 

The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe

Dir. Prof. Anne Thibault Geen Doudna Black Box Theatre

Thu., 3/6/25, 7:30 pm

Fri., 3/7/25, 7:30 pm

Sat., 3/8/25, 7:30 pm

Sun., 3/9/25, 2:00 pm

 

Wed., 3/12/25, Premodern Global Studies Day

Special guest, Dr. Bihter Esener

3 pm roundtable discussion, CSI, Booth Library

5 pm lecture: “From Parchment to Pixels,” Doudna Lecture Hall

 

Wed., 3/26/25, WHAM Keynote Event, 7th Street Underground

5-6 pm WGS Awards Ceremony

6-7:30 pm presentation: “The art of being lost: Finding ourselves in systems”

by Natalie Roberson, RACES rape crisis center supervisor and Aggie Rieger, therapist and activist

 

Thu., 3/27/25 HERstory WHAM Rush Hour UBoard Event

noon-2 pm Bridge Lounge,

MLK, Jr., Univ. Union

 

Thu., 3/27/25, Panthers for a Purpose Ball & Fundraiser

7 pm, University Ballroom, sponsored by USG Sexual Assault Awareness and Activism

 

All events are open to the public. 

 

2025 Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival

Award Recipients*

 

Fiction Films

Children of Barzagh

Director: Ahmed Khattab

Country of Origin: United Arab Emirates

 

Beyond the gaze

Director: Vania Cabrera

Country of Origin: Spain

 

She's Asking For It

Director: Natalia Zajączkowska

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

 

Documentaries

Poison in my Blood

Director: Meera Chaudhary

Country of Origin: India

 

Swim Higher

Director: Cecilia Palmeri

Country of Origin: Czech Republic, Italy

 

Was I Easier to Love?

Director: Kaya Hansen

Country of Origin: Germany

 

K-12 Student Award Winner:

Belgian Bob

Director: Vito Passtoors

Country of Origin: Belgium

 

*To view the films, click the film title and log in:

username: mgworthington@eiu.edu  

password: CIFFFFreeway

 

         

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Contact Information

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program

Eastern Illinois University
600 Lincoln Avenue
Charleston, IL 61920- 3099
jludlow@eiu.edu


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