Women in the Curriculum/Women’s Studies Announces Spring 2007 Speaker Series
Contact: Mazie Hough, 581-1225; George Manlove, 581-3756
ORONO — The UMaine Women in the Curriculum and Women’s Studies Program has announced its spring lunchtime lecture series, which covers a range of topics from women’s rights to education, with student speakers and faculty from the Orono campus and other universities.
All lectures are free and open to the public. They are held from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in the Bangor Room, Memorial Union, unless otherwise noted. Further information is available by calling 581-1228.
Tuesday, Jan. 23
“Singing Girls, Mystics and Aristocrats — A Survey of Women’s Roles and Their Influence on Western Art Music,” with Tina Nielson, Graduate Student, IPHD, ethnomusicology; This performance and talk will explore the influence of women from the East and West on music during the Middle Ages, and also will look at key Western women whose influence promoted the musical forms and poetry that provided the foundation for Western high art music.
Tuesday, Jan. 30
“The Politics of the ‘Boy Crisis’: A Case Study of the Maine Task Force on Gender Equity in Education,” with Lyn Mikel Brown, professor of education and human development, Colby College, and Mary Madden, assistant UMaine research professor of Education and Human Development
Wednesday, Feb. 7
Maine Women’s Basketball (free tickets available for WIC attendees, 581-1228) National Girls and Women in Sports Day; Alfond Arena 12 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 14
“From Chiapas to Orono: Women’s Rights as Human Rights,” with Sarah Bigney, undergraduate in international affairs with a concentration in Peace Studies, Ashley Miller, undergraduate in history, and Tiffany Warzecha, undergraduate in anthropology
(Part of Human Rights Awareness Week)
Wednesday, Feb. 21
“Gossip and Spies in the Forest: Women’s Role in Mediating Resource Management Activities in an Amazonian Forest,” with V. Constanza Ocampo-Raeder, assistant professor of anthropology; Coe Room, Memorial Union
Visiting Diversity Libra Professor Radha Hegde, associate professor of culture and communication, New York University; 3:30 p.m., 115 D.P. Corbett Business Building
Wednesday, Feb. 28
“The Most Significant Feminist Thinker of the Twentieth Century: Have We Regressed or Progressed since Simone de Beauvoir?” with Doug Allen, professor of philosophy
Tuesday, March 20
“Supporting Gender Equality: Policies that Work,” with Anita Nyberg, Distinguished American Scandinavian Visiting Professor
Tuesday, March 27
“‘Something to Prove’: If a Man Can do It, We Can Do It Better!” with Pauleena MacDougall, associate director, Maine Folklife Center, and Amy Stevens, graduate student in history
Visiting Diversity Libra Professor Radha Hegde, associate professor of culture and communication, New York University; 7:30 p.m., 100 Neville Hall
Wednesday, April 4
“Kathe Kollwitz (1887-1945): Representations of Loss,” Madelon Kohler-Busch, assistant professor of German
Wednesday, April 11
“Reinventing Disability and Sexuality,” with Liz Depoy, professor of social work and coordinator of interdisciplinary education, Center for Community Inclusion, and Stephen Gilson, professor of social work
Tuesday, April 17
“Education Anytime, Anywhere, for Anyone: Radical Teaching and Technology in the 21st Century,” with Sandra Haggard, associate professor of biological sciences, University College, Bangor, Tina Passman, associate professor of classical language and literature, and Yvonne Thibodeau, adjunct faculty, Continuing and Distance Education
Wednesday, April 25
“Investigating the Role of the German Soldiers’ Wives during the American Revolution,” with Anette Ruppel Rodrigues, adjunct faculty
Tuesday, May 1
“Franco-American Women Leadership: Effecting Change and Creating Knowledge,” with Laurie Meunier Graves, editor of Wolf Moon Journal, Marie-Ann Gauvin, editor of Fanal, Club Francais, and Ann Roy, Acadian Village and bilingual educator; co-sponsored by the Franco American Women’s Institute