15th Annual Gender Studies Symposium
March 6-8, 1996
1996 Gender Symposium
1996 Gender Symposium
Art Exhibit (On display throughout the symposium.)
Art of the Body
The 1996 Gender Studies Symposium multimedia art show follows this year’s theme with painting, photography, sculpture, documentary work, ceramics, and more. Among the artists:
* Phyllis Yes, Robert Dozano , Diane Kornberg , Robert Miller , Susan Seubert , Kristin Broten , Ted Vogel
Stamm
Wednesday, March 6, 1996
7:30 P.M. Council Chamber Reception to Follow in Foyer
Keynote Address: Creating a Global Solidarity Platform for Feminist Activism
Patricia McFadden, head of Gender Division, Southern Africa Political Economy Series Trust, Zimbabwe.
7:30 pm, Council Chamber; reception to follow in foyer.
Note: on March 7, 8, 9 and 14, the Lewis & Clark Theatre Department presents its spring main stage production of Our Country’s Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker, directed by Stephen Weeks, in the Fir Acres Theatre. For ticket information please call (503) 768-7490.
Thursday, March 7, 1996
Panel: Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective I
9:00 - 10:15 am, Council Chamber
Panel: Women Writers
9:00 - 10:15 am, Thayer
Panel: Women, Biography, and Autobiography
10:30 am - Noon, Council Chamber
Panel: Machistas, Machos/Gueras, Gingos: Transnational Gender Politics in Oaxaca
10:30 - Noon, Thayer
Panel: Transforming Representations: Contemporary Performances of The Orestia and Our Country’s Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker
Noon - 1:00 pm, Council Chamber
Shared Readings
Sponsored by Woman’s Writing Circle
Noon - 1:00 pm, Stamm
Panel: Perspectives on Sexual Orientation
1:15 - 2:45 pm, Council Chamber
Panel: Private Women/Public Women in Historical Perspective
1:15 - 2:45 pm, Thayer
Panel: Reconsidering Representations of Women
3:00 - 4:15 pm, Council Chamber
Panel: Politics of the Female Body
3:00 - 4:15 pm, Thayer
Panel: The Ideology of Sisterhood in the Context of British Imperialism
3:00 - 4:15, Stamm
Fiction Reading: A Little Too Much is Enough
Kathleen Tyau
4:30 - 5:30 pm, Council Chamber
Roundtable: Do You Not Know That I Am A Woman? When I Think I Must Speak
4:30 - 5:15 pm, Thayer
Expressive Movement Piece: Empowerment
5:45 - 6:00 pm, Lower Campus Reflecting Pool
Keynote Address
The Subversive Possibilities of Woman’s Body
Gena Corea, journalist and author
7:30 pm, Council Chamber; reception to follow in foyer.
Production
Our Country’s Good
8:00 pm, Fir Acres Theatre
Friday, March 8, 1996
Panel: Transsexual Political Activism in the Pacific Northwest
9:00 - 10:15 am, Council Chamber
Panel: A Century of Accomplishment: Women in Unusual Circumstances, 1830-1930
9:00 - 10:15 am, Thayer
Fiction Writing Workshop: Word Feast: Feeding the Muse
Conducted by Kathleen Tyau
10:30 - 11:45 am, Stamm
Panel: Women in Pacific Northwest History
10:30 - 11:45 am, Thayer
Reading and Discussion: Beyond the Whiteness of Whiteness: Memoir of a White Mother of Black Sons
Jane Lazarre
Noon - 1:00 pm, Stamm
Performance Pieces: Method and Practice of Kinetic Urban Feminist Martial Arts: Combating Sexism by One With Heart
12:30 - 1:00 pm, Council Chamber
Panel: Women in Science: Women as Scientists
1:15 - 2:45 pm, Council Chamber
Prose and Poetry: A Dramatic Reading
Annie Dawid, Elizabeth Beverly, Danna Schaeffer
1:15 - 2:45 pm, Stamm
Panel : Reading the Body/Reading the Net
3:00 - 4:15 pm, Council Chamber
Panel : Perspectives on AIDS, Gender, Sexuality, and Discourse
3:00 - 4:15 pm, Stamm
Shared Readings
Sponsored by Synergia
4:30 - 5:30 pm, Stamm
Panel: Sexual Violence
4:30 - 5:30 pm, Thayer
Keynote Address
Reclaiming Tradition: Lesbian and Gay Families in a New America
John D’Emilio, historian and director of Policy Institute, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
7:30 pm, Council Chamber; reception to follow in foyer.
Production
Our Country’s Good
8:00 pm, Fir Acres Theatre
Saturday, March 9, 1996
Panel: International Perspectives on Contemporary Literature
9:00 - 10:30 am, Council Chamber
Workshop: The Gay and Lesbian Movement: A Generation of Social Change
Conducted by John D’Emilio
9:00 - 10:30 am, Stamm
Panel: Gender, Sexuality, and the Law
10:45 am- Noon, Council Chamber
Panel: Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective II
10:45 am - Noon, Thayer
Workshop: Women with Disabilities: An Attitude Awareness Workshop
10:45 am - Noon, Stamm
Panel: Gender and Society
12:15 - 1:30 pm, Thayer
Roundtable: Gender Roles in Russia
12:15 - 1:30 pm, Stamm
Roundtable: Beyond Beijing: A Report Back from the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women
1:45 - 3:00 pm, Council Chamber
Panel: The Out/Skirts of Fashioning Identity: reDressing Gendered Bodies in Transnational Imaginaries
1:45 - 3:00 pm, Thayer
Panel Discussion: Voices from the Middle: Perspectives, Stories, and New Directions for Research on Adolescent Girls
1:45 - 3:00 pm, Stamm
Slides/Discussion: Framing Hillary: Gender and Politics in the Editorial Cartoons
3:15 - 5:00 pm, Council Chamber
Production: Our Country’s Good
8:00 pm, Fir Acres Theatre
For more information about this conference, call (503) 768-7381 or 768-7613.
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Director: Kimberly Brodkin
Gender Studies Symposium
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