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Gender Studies Coming Events

Spring 2012

Friday, May 4: Pop Heroines and Female Icons of Japan, 1:00-4:30

Thursday, April 19: Documentary: 12th and Delaware, 2:15, Pilot House (MSC)

Women's History Month at UMSL!

Past Events

Fall 2011

November 15: "Women's Networking Series," 3-5pm

November 10-12: Women in the Arts International Conference, JCP Conference Center (see flyer)

October 27: A screening of "Silverlake Life: The View From Here," in CH 211, 3:30-5:30pm. Food will be provided!

October 14-22: "The House of Spirits," Touhill Performing Arts Center

October 6, 13, 20, 27, and November 3: "Women's Financial Series", Clayton, MO

October 4: "Women in IT Leadership Panel," Dinner (5:15-6:00) and Panel (6:00-7:15)

September 20, 21: "$mart $tart, Work $mart," 8:45am

 

Summer 2011

6/19 and 7/16, 2 PM, Missouri History Museum, 'BITTERSWEET HARVEST: THE BRACERO PROGRAM 1942-1964' FREE TOUR &
DISCUSSION PANEL ON THE EXHIBIT WITH EXPERTS

6/15, 7 PM, Left Bank Books Downtown, Book Reading and Signing, Dr. Deborah Cohen, Braceros: Migrant Citizens and Transnational Subjects in the Postwar United
States and Mexico

 

Spring 2011

February

3, 3-4:30 p.m. Governing Board meeting, Clark 211

17, 3 p.m. Film: A Place at the Table: Struggles for Equality in America 

March

March 2, 3 p.m. Film and discussion:  “Dream Worlds” – Clark Hall 211

March 9, 3 p.m. Governing board meeting/Advisory board reception – Clark 212

March 9, 3 p.m. Film and discussion:  “Viva La Causa,” Introduction by Deborah Cohen – CH 211

March 11, Statehouse Sisters:  Public Service:  Worth the Risk? - MSC

March 11-12 “Vagina Monologues” – MSC

March 15, Women’s Speaker Series

March 16, 3 p.m. Film and discussion:  “One Survivor Remembers” – Clark 211

March 23, Trailblazer Awards - MSC

March 23, 3 p.m. Film and discussion:  “34x25x36” – Clark 211

March 26, Celebrating Women After 50

April

7, 3-4:30 p.m. Governing Board meeting, Clark 211

7-8 Compromising Positions: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Missouri, JC Penney Key Note Address: Lea Vander Velde, Professor of Law, University of Iowa Statehouse Sisters or (optional) bus tour of St. Louis

May

12, 1-3 p.m. Governing Board/End of semester celebration, Clark 211

13 Symposium:"Women in the Academy: Leveling the Playing Field" Keynote: Rita Colwell, former director of National Science Foundation

 

Fall 2010

September

1, 3-4 p.m. Governing Board meeting, Clark 211

7, 4-5 p.m. Advisory Board meeting, Clark 211

15, 7-8:15 p.m. Women, Gender, and Politics Speaker Series, MSC, SGA Chamber Mona Krook, Washington University, “Quotas for Women in Politics”

29, 7-8:15 p.m. Women, Gender, and Politics Speaker Series, MSC, SGA Chamber Joyce Mushaben, UM-St. Louis, “Women in Decision-Making in the European Union: The Wonders of Critical Mass”

October

5, 3-4 p.m. Governing Board meeting, Clark 211

13, 7-8:15 p.m. Women, Gender, and Politics Speaker Series, MSC, SGA Chamber Nadia Brown, St. Louis University, “The Impact of Identity on the Representation on Black Women Legislators”

November

2, 9-2 p.m. Book Fair, Clark 211

3, 9-2 p.m. Book Fair, Clark 211

3, 3-4 p.m. Governing Board meeting, Clark 211 11,

7-8:15 p.m. Women, Gender, and Politics Speaker Series, MSC, SGA Chamber Leslie Schwindt-Bayer, University of Missouri-Columbia, “Voice without Power: Women in Latin American Legislature”

11-14 National Assn. of Women’s Studies Conference, Denver, CO

December

1, 7-8:15 p.m. Women, Gender, and Politics Speaker Series, MSC, SGA Chamber Farida Jalalzai, UM-St. Louis, “Women Presidents and Prime Ministers-A Global Perspective.”

8, 1-3 p.m. Governing Board/Christmas celebration, Clark 211

8, 2-4 p.m. Launch party to celebrate the publication of Barbara Harbach and Diane Touliatos' book, Women in the Arts. Please drop by to congratulate Barbara and Diane --and enjoy some cake and coffee, Clark 212.

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