GSWS faculty confront existing ideological frameworks in which women, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and other underrepresented groups are marginalized.
Exhibits and Projects
Featured Exhibit
April 19, 2019 to December 31, 2019
Current Exhibits
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100 Years of Women in 20 Artifacts
Location: Special Collections LobbyMarch 14, 2019 to August 18, 2019This exhibit highlights the history of W&M women through the artifacts they owned, created, and used during their time at the university.
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Oral Histories Commemorating 100 Years of Coeducation at W&M
Location: Swem Entrance GallerySeptember 22, 2018 to July 7, 2019Narrating Herstory is a dynamic exhibit featuring the complex, inspiring stories of women who experienced these inaugural years firsthand and who transformed campus for the generations to come.
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100 Years of Women at William & Mary
Location: Marshall Gallery, First Floor RotundaAugust 20, 2018 to July 1, 2019Justly Belongs serves to commemorate William & Mary women and acknowledge the one hundred-year journey of making William & Mary their home.
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100 Years of Women's Athletics at William & Mary
Location: Kaplan Arena, Court LevelAugust 23, 2018 to August 1, 2019Game Changers highlights the significant history of women’s athletics at William & Mary, celebrates its game-changing athletes, and anticipates its bright future.
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Cuban Poster Art
Location: Ground Floor, Botetourt GalleryDecember 1, 2017 to June 16, 2019Alejandro Rodríguez Fornés “Alucho,” is a prolific graphic designer and an important figure in the use of emerging technologies and digital art in Cuban graphic design; this is his first solo exhibit in the United States.
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Printing from the Fifteenth Century to Today
Location: Bright Gallery, 2nd Floor RotundaNovember 16, 2017 to June 30, 2019In our digital age, it is sometimes easy to forget about the importance of printing in human history, particularly as many people now almost never hold a physical newspaper or book in their hands.
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Selected Cookbooks from Swem Library's Special Collections
Location: Third Floor, Rotunda GalleryJuly 18, 2017 to June 16, 2019Broadly centered on the theme of seasonality, this exhibit draws on a collection of cookbooks and recipe books housed in Swem Library's Special Collections Research Center to explore what individuals and communities ate, how they labored, and how they coped with centuries of changes in availability and access to foods.