2009 Women's History Month Calendar of Events
"Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet"
Friday, February 27 |
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IWS Friday Speaker Series
“Less than Free Speech: The First Amendment and Subjugated Knowledges”
Speaker: Karen Sichler, Mass Communication 348 Miller Learning Center, 12:20-1:10pm |
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Women’s Studies Student Research Symposium
148, 248 & 250 Miller Learning Center, 1:30-7:00pm Sponsors: Women’s Studies Graduate Student Association & IWS Contact: wmstgsa@uga.edu
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Monday, March 2 |
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Edith House Lecture
“Are We Our Mother’s Law Students?: Women’s Law School Experiences”
Speaker: Felice Batlan, Chicago-Kent Law Larry Walker Rm, Dean Rusk Hall, 3:30pm Sponsor: Women Law Students Association |
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WHM Film Festival
“The Future of Food”
213 Miller Learning Center, 7:00pm Contact: IWS, 706-542-2846
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Tuesday, March 3 |
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Sisters, Mules & Strange Scenes:
“An Evening of Readings with Laurie Stone and Aralee Strange”
Two award-winning writers reflect on art, sex, & encounters with wildlife
Flicker Bar & Theatre, 7:30pm
with musical performance by Fish Schticks at 10pm
Contact: IWS, 706-542-2846
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Wednesday, March 4 |
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Lecture
“Child & Family Policy Initiative”
Speaker: Jennifer Monahan
138 Tate Student Center, 12:30-1:30pm Contact: hagues@cviog.uga.edu |
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Lecture
“The Sexual Politics of Meat”
Speaker: Carol Adams
102 Miller Learning Center, 4:30pm Sponsors: Women’s Studies Student Org., Speak Out for Species, IWS, Environmental Ethics Cert. Program, Institute for African American Studies
Contact: ugawsso@gmail.com |
Thursday, March 5 |
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Darl Snyder Lecture
“Dress & Textiles of Kalabari of Nigeria”
Speaker: Joanne Bubolz Eicher, Minn. Regent
UGA Chapel, 10:00am
Sponsor: African Studies Institute
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Visiting Artist Lecture
“The Globalization of Dance in Lithuania - the Post-Soviet Era”
Speaker: Jurate Terleckaite, Dancer
New Dance Theatre, Dance Bldg., 3:30pm Sponsor: Willson Center
Contact: 706-542-3966 |
Friday, March 6 |
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IWS Friday Speaker Series
“Love and the Nation: White Women and/in the Remembrance of WWII”
Speaker: Barbara Biesecker, Speech Comm.
348 Miller Learning Center, 12:20-1:10pm
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Monday, March 16 |
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WHM Film Festival
“Life & Debt”
213 Miller Learning Center, 7:00pm Contact: IWS, 706-542-2846 |
Wednesday, March 18 |
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Africana Brown Bag Lecture
“Haitians Working to Make a Difference”
Speaker: Leara Rhodes, Grady College African American Cultural Center, 12:15pm Sponsors: African American Studies, African Studies & the AACC |
Thursday, March 19 |
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Forum: What is Feminism?
Faculty & student panel and discussion
302 Caldwell Hall, 7:00pm
Sponsor: Women’s Studies Student Org. |
March 20-21 |
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Symposium
“Environmental Justice and Ecofeminism: Ethical Complexity in Action”
A two-day symposium in memory of Australian eco-philosopher Val Plumwood, featuring work at the leading edge of environmental justice & ethics
Friday Keynote: Lori Gruen, Wesleyan U “Attending to Nature”
175 Coverdell bldg., 4:00pm
Saturday’s events at the Botanical Gardens Speakers include: Teri Blanton, Kentuckians for Commonwealth
Jamie Baker Roskie, UGA Land Use Clinic Chaone Mallory, Villanova U
Piers Stephens, UGA Philosophy
Sponsors: IWS, Environmental Ethics Certificate Program & Willson Center |
Tuesday, March 24 |
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T.O.P. Dog Panel Discussion
“Women in Leadership”
Tate Reception Hall, 3:30-5pm
Sponsors: Leadership Resource Team, Center for Leadership & Service, & the Career Center
Contact: lrtpresentations@gmail.com |
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Visiting Artist Lecture
Speaker: Liz Collins, Textile & Fabric Designer
S151 Lamar Dodd School of Art, 5:30pm Sponsors: Lamar Dodd School of Art & Franklin College of Arts & Sciences Contact: 706-542-0116 |
Wednesday, March 25 |
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Performance
“House of Bernarda Alba”
UGA Chapel
Sponsor: Dept. of Theatre & Film Studies
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Women's Issues Roundtable
Discussion of issues affecting women @ UGA
150 Miller Learning Center, 7:00pm Sponsor: Zeta Phi Beta
Contact: kspence@uga.edu |
Friday, March 27 |
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IWS Friday Speaker Series
“Princesses of the Pyre: Globalization and Its Impact on Women in Developing Countries”
Speaker: Deborah Gonzalez, International Public Service & Outreach
348 Miller Learning Center, 12:10-1:10pm |
Monday, March 30 |
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WHM Film Festival
“Ladies of the Land” & “Fast Food Women”
213 Miller Learning Center, 7:00pm Contact: IWS, 706-542-2846 |
Tuesday, March 31 |
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Panel Discussion
“Food is a Feminist Issue: Gardens, Farms, and Local Markets”
Speakers: Amy Trauger, Geography
Craig Page, PLACE
Jenna Andrews, Anthropology
Susannah Chapman, Anthropology
148 Miller Learning Center, 7:00pm Contact: IWS, 706-542-2846 |
Upcoming Event |
THIRD REACTING TRAINING CONFERENCE APRIL 17-19, 2009. THE CONFERENCE BEGINS FRIDAY AT 5 PM, EXTENDS ALL DAY SATURDAY AND ENDS ON SUNDAY IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. PARTICIPANTS (APPROX. 20/ GAME), WHO RECEIVE PRE-ASSIGNED ROLES AND GAME MATERIALS, PLAY EITHER “RED CLAY 1835: CHEROKEE REMOVAL” OR “GREENWICH VILLAGE, 1913: SUFFRAGE, LABOR, AND THE NEW WOMAN” AND ATTEND A FEW OPEN SESSIONS ON THE PEDAGOGY.
Click here to learn about the two games and sign up for the conference:
http://www.reacting.uga.edu/conference_registration09.htm
Nancy Felson, Professor of Classics and Director, Reacting UGA |
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