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Visions in Feminism Conference
Rhodessa Jones, performer and founder of a theatre project for incarcerated
women, will be the keynote speaker at this year's Visions in Feminism
Conference. The Women's and Gender Studies Program has partnered with
this grassroots undertaking, and together we will gather individuals from
all walks of life interested in learning about and sharing feminist ideas,
projects, and strategies.
Congratulations to Eileen Findlay, Faculty Recipient of the 2006
Alice Paul Award
Eileen J. Findlay is a professor in American University's Department of
History, but also teaches courses in the Women and Gender Studies Program.
She has placed gender at the center of her scholarship, including her
highly regarded book, Imposing Decency: The Politics of Sexuality
and Race in Puerto Rico, 1870-1920. While living in Philadelphia,
she taught and organized women's study groups and advocated for bilingual
gender equity in employment practices in the area. Professor Findlay also
served as a staff member in a community legal services center, where she
organized social work teams to better represent battered women.
Performing Gender:
A Celebration of Women's Voices Through Music, Poetry, and Comedy
In honor of Women's History Month, this event will feature DC stand-up
comedian Erin Jackson, DC poet Didra Johnson, DC R&B musician Ani
Dae, and Shaquita Lee, the MC at Cada Vez in Adams Morgan. You won’t
want to miss her Tina Turner rendition!
"Women’s Activism Against Militarism
and War Culture," by Diana Dolev
Dolev holds a doctorate in architecture; her PhD thesis focused on the
militarization of the Mt Scopus campus of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
As an activist, Dolev has engaged Israeli university and high school students
in peace education and the “civil-ization” of Israeli society,
primarily through her work on the educational team of New Profile.
Bishop McCabe Lecture—Lisa Farrington
Lisa Farrington is the author of Creating their Own Image: The History
of African-American Women Artists. Weaving together an expansive collection
of artists, styles, and periods, Farrington argues that for centuries
African-American women artists have created an alternative vision of how
women of color can, are, and might be represented in American culture.
From utilitarian objects such as quilts and baskets to a wide array of
fine arts, Creating Their Own Image serves up compelling evidence of the
fundamental human need to convey one's life, one's emotions, one's experiences,
on a canvas of one's own making.
Spring CAS Interdisciplinary Studies Open House:
On Tuesday, April 5, the Women's and Gender Studies, Arab Studies,
and American Studies programs of CAS will host an open house from 4-5:30pm
in the Battelle-Tompkins atrium. Interested students, as well as current
majors and minors, are encouraged to attend. Food and refreshments will
be available. Come by to learn more about the programs and talk to students
about internship opportunities and study abroad experiences.
International Women’s Day
International Women's Day is an occasion marked by women's groups around
the world. This date is also commemorated at the United Nations and is
designated in many countries as a national holiday. When women on all
continents, often divided by national boundaries and by ethnic, linguistic,
cultural, economic and political differences, come together to celebrate
their Day, they can look back to a tradition that represents at least
nine decades of struggle for equality, justice, peace and development.
Lavender Languages and Linguistics
The Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference examines language use
in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer life. Languages and
linguistics are broadly defined here, to include studies of: pronunciation,
vocabulary and meaning, conversational structures and styles, life stories
and other narratives, fiction, and poetry, the “language”
of scientific and historic documents and print media, meanings encoded
in spatial practices, sign language, non-verbal communication, and communication
through photography, cinema and other visual arts. While presentations
usually focus on local linguistic practices, they do not neglect the global
spread of North Atlantic "gayspeak" and the growing tensions
between (homo)sexuality and citizenship worldwide, or the need to position
site-specific practices within broader contexts of social, cultural and
linguistic theory.
THE ARAB STUDIES PROGRAM OF CAS Presents
Joe Stork of Human Rights Watch
"Iraq Since the U.S. Invasion: The Human Rights Dimension? "
Tuesday, October 19, 1:30 pm
Kay Spiritual Life Center Chapel
Joe Stork is Washington Director of the Middle East and North Africa
division of Human Rights Watch, an independent human rights monitoring
organization based in New York and Washington, DC. He is also chair of
the Middle East Studies Association Committee on Academic Freedom.
Co-sponsored by the Office of the University Chaplain, Center for the
Global South, the Women and Gender Studies Program, and the Departments
of History and Sociology.
Dear Women and Gender Studies and Related Students:
Jessica Hollander, a WGS major, has been running a variety of
programs on campus addressing men's violence against women, including
talks to Greek Life and Athletics. If you are interested in assisting
with events on this issue, including being trained as a community educator,
please contact Jessica at jh6896a@american.edu
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Thanks!
Lucinda Peach
Director, WGS
Internship Opportunity for WGS Students!!
Click here for more information.
Panel Discussion for the launch of a new book:
Developing Power: How Women Transformed International
Development
American University 19th Friday 9:55-11:10 am Gianni Room, Mary Graydon
Hall
Speakers:
Jaqueline Pitanguy, Chair, Global Fund for Women
Kristen Timothy, UN coordinator for the Beijing 1995 women's
conference.
WGST Graduation Celebration
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
6:30 PM
Chef's Geoff's
3201 New Mexico Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20016
WGST Majors and Minors are invited to celebrate and recognize May 2004
WGST Graduates. For more information please contact Nora Cochran at x
2981 or via e-mail at ncochran@american.edu.
Jerusalem Women Speak: Three Women, Three Faiths, One Shared Vision
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
3:00 PM -5:00 PM
McDowell Hall Formal Lounge
Three women, who are living the reality of the Israeli- Palestinian
conflict, will share their experiences and hopes for a jest peace. They
have suffered loss of life, homes, and businesses, and are all exposed
to random violence. This is a unique opportunity to hear the personal
side of this painful conflict from women whose lives have been shaped
by the ongoing violence.
For more information, please contact Susanne at Partners for Peace 202.863.2951
or pfp@igc.org or Nora Cochran at Women and Gender Studies Program of
AU 202.885.2981 or ncochran@american.edu
The Women's
and Gender Studies Newsletter can now be viewed online!
Project South is holding a Group Facilitation Training Session on
Wednesday, April 2, at 7:00 p.m. in St. Stephen's Church (1525 Newton
Street NW, WDC). Contact Project South intern Joyce Pankowicz if you
are interested in attending the session or want more information on
how to get involved with Project South.
The April 9 Project South Book Forum will feature Professor Bette
Dickerson, WGS Director, and Kianda Bell, Sociology doctoral student,
who will present their research, "Do Undergraduate College Students
Self-Segregate?" The forum will be held at Howard University from
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Professor Juan Battle (City University of New York) will present "Say
It Loud: I'm Black and I'm Proud," findings from the Black Pride
Survey 2000. The event will be held April 17.
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