• Atlanta Hungarian Festival

    It's that time of year again for the annual Atlanta Hungarian Festival. Come join us for a taste of Hungary in the South. It will be a day filled with authentic Hungarian food, music, and dancing. And, be sure not to leave without visiting the marketplace so you can take home a souvenir!

  • Academic Freedom and Critical Thinking as Transnational Rights

    While students and scholars in North America and western Europe have taken the right to academic freedom for granted, scholars in other parts of the world are often in more precarious positions. Professor Hoodfarโ€™s own recent arrest, followed by 112 days in Iranโ€™s Evin Prison on charges of โ€œresearching and dabbling in feminism,โ€ has made […]

  • SUMMIT Speaker Series Presents: Women and Peacebuilding: Lessons from Post-Genocide Rwanda by Dr. Jennie Burnet

    Virtual

    In the aftermath of the 1994 genocide, Rwandan women faced the impossible-resurrecting their lives amidst unthinkable devastation in a society torn by genocide. Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Rwanda over the past 22 years, Dr. Jennie Burnet, associate professor of anthropology at Georgia State University, will discuss how women rebuilt their lives and traversed […]

  • Building a Better World: Women and Climate Justice – Agnes Scott College Womenโ€™s Global Leadership Conference

    Virtual

    Building a Better World: Women and Climate Justice - Agnes Scott College Womenโ€™s Global Leadership Conference Agnes Scott Collegeโ€™s second annual Womenโ€™s Global Leadership Conference will convene internationally recognized scholars, private sector experts, political leaders, and community activists to engage in intentional conversations, form innovative partnerships for addressing climate injustice, and develop creative strategies for […]

  • “Leading Inclusively”: Agnes Scott Collegeโ€™s Third Annual Womenโ€™s Global Leadership Conference

    Agnes Scott Collegeโ€™s Third Annual Womenโ€™s Global Leadership Conference will provide a venue for exchanging best practices and innovative ideas about inclusive leadership in a diverse world. The conference builds on Agnes Scottโ€™s award-winning SUMMIT Global Learning and Leadership Development experience, where students develop inclusive leadership competencies through immersive intercultural learning and on-site leadership shadowing. […]

  • Fourth Annual Women’s Global Leadership Conference: Visibility, Social Mobility, Success

    Agnes Scott College Presser Hall 141 E. College Ave, Decatur, Georgia, United States

    The pandemic both ignited economic, political and social challenges and highlighted inequities that have long blocked the way to social mobility for millions in the U.S. and across the world. We hear about the lack of access to well-paying jobs, affordable housing, good schools, and healthcare every day but rarely meet these systemic issues with […]

  • Agnes Scott College’s Fifth Annual Women’s Global Leadership Conference (WGLC)

    Agnes Scott College Presser Hall 141 E. College Ave, Decatur, Georgia, United States

    Agnes Scott College will host its annual Womenโ€™s Global Leadership Conference (WGLC) onย Wednesday, October 9, 2024,ย in Presser Hallโ€™s Gaines Chapel. Now in its fifth year, the conference welcomesย Dr. Mandy Cohen, Director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), who will frame this very important conversation in a fireside chat with college president, Leocadia […]

    $75