Spring 2008 Events

NEWS . . .CURRENT EVENTS

Current Events

Spring 2008

February 20
Women’s Experimental Cinema: Critical Frameworks
Robin Blaetz
7:00 pm, Odyssey Bookshop


February 25-26
Children and War
Feb. 25, Pruyne Lecture Hall (Fayerweather 115), Amherst College from 7:00-9:30 pm
Feb. 26, Blanchard Great Room, Mount Holyoke College, 7:30 pm


February 26
I’m Looking Through You Growing Up Haunted: A Memoir
Jennifer Finney Boylan
7:00 pm, Odyssey Bookshop


February 29
Building Bridges: Honest Conversation about Race
An interactive workshop and group dialogue on race, differences, silence, stereotypes, solidarity, community, and change. Naomi Tutu and Rose Bator, facilitators.
9:30-11:30 am, Willits-Hallowell Conference Center


March 10
Feminist Conceptualizations of War: Geographies of Thinking
Dubravka Zarkov
Ford Associate, The Institute of Social Studies
Talk, 4:00 pm
83 College Street, Five College Women's Studies Research Center


March 31
Globalizing Gender?: Militarization, ‘New Wars’ and the Global Economy
Dubravka Zarkov
Ford Associate, The Institute of Social Studies
Talk, 4:00 pm
83 College Street, Five College Women's Studies Research Center


April 2
Gathering for majors, minors, faculty, prospectives and friends
Wednesday, April 2, 4:15 - 5:30 pm in Shattuck 102


April 11
Iranian Feminism 1848
Stories of Qurratu'l Ayn
Farzaneh Milani "From Badasht to Seneca Falls"
Bahiyyih Nakhjavani "Reading the Past to Write the Future: Iranian Facts and Fictions

The New York Room
4:00 pm Friday, April 11, 2008


May 1
Gender and Justice: Spanish Politics in the 21st Century
Professor Lisa Vollendorf
California State University, Long Beach

Thursday, May 1
4:30 pm in 203 Kendade

Fall 2007

September 28
"Blind Shots: Reviewing Pedro Almodóvar's Matador"
Brad Epps, Harvard University
4:00 pm, 305 Kendade

October 15
Sex Slaves: Stripped of Human Rights
7:00 pm, Gamble Auditorium, Side A
see the MHC Events Calendar for more information

November 1
Gathering for Prospective Majors & Minors
4:00-6:00 pm, The Cassani Room, Shattuck Hall

November 8
Hide and Seek: Filmmaker Su Friedrich Discusses Her Work
7:30 pm, 101 Dwight Hall

November 16-17
Women's Poetry Open Mic
Featuring and Hosted by Patricia Smith
at el Mercado Cafe, Holyoke on Nov. 16 & at Union Station, Northampton on Nov. 17

November 26-December 1
World AIDS Awareness week
Sponsored by CAUSE

 

AY 2006-07 Events

Spring 2007

May 8, 2007
Shattuck Picnic
click to view a photo Slideshow

April 28 & 28, 2007
THE GLOBAL & THE INTIMATE: GENDER STUDIES AND THE PRESENT CRISIS OF CITIZENSHIP
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, Massachusetts
Friday, April 27
2:00 p.m., Dwight 101, Registration and Welcome
8:00 p.m., Dwight 101, Joy James, Keynote

Saturday, April 28
9:00 a.m., Hooker Auditorium, Sessions continue
For more, visit The Global & The Intimate


April 9, 2007
The Bad Girls' Genealogy and the Politics of Femme: Notes Towards a Science of Queer Femininity
Ulrika Dahl, Lecturer of Gender Studies, Södertörns Högskola
PhD in Anthropology and Women's Studies from UC Santa Cruz

 

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Fall 2006

Dress Codes and Modes: Women’s Clothing in Muslim Countries and Communities

A visual exhibition focusing on various types of dress worn by women in selected Muslim contexts, Dress Codes and Modes, will be on display in The Cassani Room, 102 Shattuck Hall at Mount Holyoke College from Monday, October 30 through Sunday, November 26.

Click here to view a slide show from the Dress Codes and Modes Opening Reception. The photos will advance automatically, or you may use the arrow keys on your keyboard move through the images. You can use the escape key on your keyboard to exit the slideshow.

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News & Articles

Emily Usher Shrair wins Davis Award

Martha Ackmann wins Guggenheim Fellowship

Moriah Silver '09 selected as 2008 Truman Scholar

Martha Ackmann to give Albion Lecture

Eleanor Townsley receives National Endowment for the Humanities grant, March 2008

Martha Ackmann named a Fellow in Creative Writing--Nonfiction at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University for 2008-2009. I will be writing a book called "Curveball" about Toni Stone, the first woman to play professional baseball on men's teams. Stone played in the old Negro Leagues of the 1950's (Spring 2008)

Robin Blaetz receives the MHC Faculty Prize for Teaching

Elizabeth Young to Discuss Her Life Journey

Questioning Authority: Elizabeth Young on Frankenstein

Elizabeth Young, associate professor of English and gender studies, gives Baccalaureate Address during May 2007 Commencement

Martha Ackmann, "Female pilots reached for the stars" Story Here

Meet The Women Of Mercury 13: Women Who Secretly Trained To Be Early Astronauts Honored" Story Here

"Women would-be astronauts to get honorary doctorates" Story Here

Honoring the Mercury 13 Women, visit Oshkosh.edu, for photos and video

Dickinson Family Tombstone Unearthed Story Here

If you come across any news featuring gender studies students, faculty, or alumnae that you'd like to see here, pass along a link or snippet to us.