Research on Women fall lecture series set
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Editor's note posted 8:52 a.m., Sept. 10: This story has been revised to correct credentials listed for the Oct. 29 speaker, Carolyn Stankiewicz, MALS '08. We regret the error.

 

5:05 p.m., Sept. 9, 2008----Women's Studies at UD has announced its Research on Women fall lecture series. Open to the public, the lectures are given from 12:20-1:10 p.m., Wednesdays, in 103 Gore Hall. The lecture series can be taken as a one-credit, pass/fail course (WOMS299.010) and may be repeated for credit, as content varies from semester to semester.
The lectures are being given by UD faculty, graduate and undergraduate students who have received Geis Student Research on Women Awards and Women's Studies Research Awards, as well as by faculty and students from other colleges and universities.
The fall lecture series follows:

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  • Sept. 10, “1848 Revisited: New Perspectives on the Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention,” by Anne Boylan, professor, Department of History;
  • Sept. 17, “Comfort Women of WWII on the Public Stage,” Margaret Stetz, Mae & Robert Carter Professor, Women's Studies Program;
  • Sept. 24, “Reflections on Black Feminist Theory,” Maggie Ussery, assistant professor, Black American Studies Program;
  • Oct. 1, “Nursing the Narrative: A Nurse/Novelist Talks About Writing,” Elizabeth Letts, Reading (Pa.) Hospital and Medical Center
  • Oct. 8, “A New Look at Misogyny and Homophobia in Hip Hop,” Antonia Randolph, assistant professor, Department of Sociology;
  • Oct. 15, “Voices of Women in Solitary Confinement,” Chrysanthi Leon, assistant professor, Department of Sociology;
  • Oct. 22, “Rising Tides, Emerging Voices: U.S. Latinas and the Literary Marketplace,” Alvina Quintana, associate professor, Women's Studies Program;
  • Oct. 29, “Roman Catholic Sisters: An Endangered Species,” Carolyn Stankiewicz, MALS '08, Master of Liberal Arts Program Alumni Board;
  • Nov. 5, “Michelle Obama on My Mind: Historicizing Contemporary [Mis] Representation of Black Womanhood,” Arica L. Coleman, assistant professor, Black American Studies Program;
  • Nov. 12, “Represent! Media Images and Gender, Race and Class Perceptions,” Colette Gaiter, associate professor, Department of Art;
  • Nov. 19, “Storming the Citadel: Women and the Early Atlantic Monthly,” Susan Goodman, H. F. Brown Professor, Department of English;
  • Nov. 26, no lecture, Thanksgiving Day recess;
  • Dec. 3, “A Most Usable Past: Early Developments in the Study of Women in Religion,” Danielle Lefebvre, visiting scholar, Women's Studies Program; and
  • Dec.10, final exam for enrolled students only.

For more information, contact Mary Ruth Warner by e-mail at [harriet@udel.edu] or by phone at (302) 831-8474.

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