11th Annual Gender Studies Symposium

All symposium events are free and open to the public. All events are held in Templeton Student Center or the Black Box in Fir Acres Theatre.

Art Exhibits (on display throughout the symposium). Stamm.
Challenging Traditions New Perspectives on the Arts, a show which includes drawings from the Sisters of the Road Cafe, students and faculty art, and art from different ethnic and traditional communities in Oregon. Faculty curator and Symposium Director: Joanne Mulcahy.

Monday, April 13

8:30-10:00 A.M., Council Chamber
Panel: Integrating Politics, Ethics, and Feminist Challenges to the Sciences.

8:30-10:00 A.M., Thayer
Panel: Alternative Worlds in Fiction.

8:30-10:00 A.M., Stamm
Panel: Gender and Hegemony: Work and Representation.

10:15-11:45 A.M., Council Chamber
Panel: Gendered Machinations: Representations of Gender, Technologies of Power.

10:15-11:45 A.M., Thayer
Panel: Feminism and Pedagogy.

10:15-11:45 A.M., Stamm
Workshop: Violence 101: A Workshop on Domestic Violence in Intimate College Relationships.

Noon-1:00 P.M., Stamm
Shared Readings. Sponsored by Women’s Writing Circle.

1:15-2:45 P.M., Thayer
Panel: Subjectivity and the Subject in Literature.

1:15-3:00 P.M., Stamm
A Workshop for Men and Women Celebrating Sexual Fantasies. Conducted by Michael Kaufman.

3:15-4:30P.M., Thayer
Panel: Gender Awareness in the Education of Educators..

3:15-4:30 P.M., Council Chamber
Panel: Symbolic Economies of the Body.

3:15-4:30 P.M., Dubach
Discussion/Debriefing Session

4:45-6 P.M., Council Chamber
Panel: Women’s Studies Internationally. Visiting Fulbright Scholars..

4:45-6:00 P.M., McAfee House
Theatrical Performance: 4949 S.E. Millview.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Feminist Mestizas: Shape-Shifting Identities.
7:30 p.m., Council Chamber, Reception to follow in foyer
Gloria Anzaldua.

Tuesday, April 14

8:30-10 A.M., Council Chamber
Panel: Women and Power in Latin America.

8:30-10 A.M., Thayer
Panel: Semiotics, Culture, and Gender.

8:30-10 A.M., Stamm
Panel: Women in Indonesia and Asia.

10:15-11:45A.M., Council Chamber
Panel: The Courage to Question: Report on the NWSA/FIPSE Assessment Project.

10:15-11:45 A.M., Thayer
Panel: Reengaging the Past: Historically Neglected Women’s Writing.

10:15-11:45 A.M., Stamm
Workshop: In Response to the Hopelessness: Ideas and Strategies for Men Organizing Against Oppression.

Noon-1:00 P.M., Stamm
Fiction Reading.

1:15-2:45 P.M.,Thayer
Panel: Rhetoric, and Difference: Gendered Discourse in the Eighteenth Century.

1:15-2:45 P.M., Council Chamber
Panel: Reassessing the Era of Domesticity: Women’s Progressive Activism.

1:15-3:00 P.M., Stamm
Workshop: Proven Techniques for Effectively Educating Men About Rape.

3:15-4:30 P.M., Thayer
Panel: Issues in Sexuality.

3:15-4:30 P.M., Council Chamber
Panel: Religion, Ritual, and Drama.

3:15-4:30 P.M., Dubach
Discussion/Debriefing Session.

4:45-6:00P.M., Council Chamber
Invited Fiction Readings: Beverly, Dawid, Spanbauer.

4:45-6:00P.M., McAffee House
Theatrical Performance: 4949 S.E. Millview

6:00-7:00 P.M. Thayer
Business Meeting: Gender Studies Alumnae Board.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Pain and Gain: Men’s Contradictory Experience of Power.
7:30 p.m., Council Chamber, Reception to follow in Foyer.
Michael Kaufman .

Wednesday, April 15

8:30-10 A.M., Council Chamber
Panel: Gender and Technoscience I.

8:30-10 A.M., Thayer
Panel: Grassroots Activism Worldwide.

8:30-10 A.M., Stamm
Panel: Women in Preindustrial Europe.

10:15-11:45 A.M., Council Chamber
Panel: Gender and Technoscience II.

10:15-11:45 A.M., Thayer
Panel: Madwoman in the Attic: Themes in Women’s Literature.

10:15-11:45 A.M., Stamm
Panel: Pathways to Healing Self and Community.

Noon-1:00P.M., Thayer
Workshop: Gender Roles in Fairy Tales.

Noon-1:00., Stamm
Shared Readings: Sponsored by Women’s Writing Circle.

1:15-2:45 P.M.,Stamm
Panel: Women Making a Difference at Home, at School, at Work: Community Organizations Prepare Women for the 21st Century.

1:15-2:45 P.M.,Thayer
Panel: Women and Recovery.

1:15-2:45 P.M.,Council Chamber
Video/Workshop: Against Pornography: The Feminist of Andrea Dworkin..

3-4:30 P.M., Thayer
Panel: Status and Gender: The Theory and Practice of Mental Health Professions.

3-4:30 P.M., Council Chamber
Panel: The Construction of Gender in Popular Culture.

3-4:30 P.M., Dubach
Discussion/Debriefing Session.

4:45-6 P.M., Council Chamber
Featured Presentation: Female Cartoons. Joanna Priestley, animated filmmaker.

For Additional Information:

Gender Studies Program
Lewis & Clark College
0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd.
Portland, Oregon 97219
Phone: 503/768-7381 or 768-7416

Sponsors: Visiting Fulbright Scholars and Occasional Lectures Program of the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars, Lewis & Clark Cultural Arts Committee, Gender Studies Program, Student Academic Affairs Board, Associated Students of Lewis & Clark, Portland State University, Linfield College, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Oregon Council for the Humanities.

Lewis & Clark College adheres to a nondiscriminatory policy with respect to employment, enrollment, and program. The College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age, handicap or disability, sexual orientation, or marital status and has a firm commitment to promote the letter and the spirit of all equal opportunity and civil rights laws.