WGSS Works-in-Progress Seminar
MT / HT 2025-2026
Mondays 4 - 6 pm
Phoenix House 2.1
(Medieval History Seminar Room)
Convenor: Dr. Gillian Frank
The WGSS Works-in-Progress Seminar (WiPS) is a forum for faculty and advanced postgraduate students to present current research (including book chapters, articles, conference papers etc.) to colleagues for feedback and discussion in a collegial and supportive environment.
We encourage all faculty and postgraduate students at Trinity College Dublin interested in the study of women, gender and sexuality to attend, ask questions, share feedback, and help build and foster our community. Faculty interested in presenting at WiPS should reach out to the seminar convenor. A scholar from outside of TCD may request an invitation to attend as a guest by contacting the convenor directly and expressing their interest and qualifications in WGSS.
Schedule of Meetings
Michaelmas Term 2025
Monday, September 29, 2025
Presenter: Ruth Karras Respondent: Tess Wingard
“The Invention of Gomorrah”
Monday, October 13
Presenter: Dan Geary Respondent: Gillian Frank
“‘Revolutionizing Society’: Gloria Steinem and Left-Liberal Feminism”
Monday November 3, 2025
Presenter: Suzanne Lynch Respondent: Monica Gale
“The Language of Sexual Violence in Ancient Greek Literature”
Monday, November 17, 2025
Presenter: Aleksandra Gajowy (UCD) Respondent: Millie Horton-Insch
“Theorising the Polish Lesbian: The Marian-Sapphic Iconography of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa”
