Women in the Curriculum, Women’s Studies Program Announce Spring 2008 Lunch Series
Contact: Ann Schonberger, 581-1229; Mazie Hough, 581-1225
ORONO — The UMaine lunchtime lecture series sponsored by the Women in the Curriculum and Women’s Studies (WIC/WST) Program has announced its 2008 spring speakers list.
Lectures and discussions are scheduled Wednesdays 12:15-1:30 p.m. in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union, unless otherwise noted. The programs are free and open to the public. All locations are accessible.
Jan. 30 (101 Fernald Hall, 1:30 p.m.)
“What’s on the Agenda for the 2008 Maine Legislature: Why Should Women Care?” with Sarah Standiford, director, Maine Women’s Lobby and Maine Women’s Policy Center
Feb. 6 (Totman Room)
“Rhetorical Drag: Gender Impersonation, Captivity and the Writing of History” with Lorrayne Carroll, associate professor of English and interim director, Women’s Studies, University of Southern Maine
Feb. 13
“Women of Color: The UMaine Experience,” with Karina Fernandez, masters student in higher education, Laila Sholtz-Ames, undergraduate student in journalism, Mae Walters, undergraduate student in liberal studies, and Terhea Williams, masters student in marine bio-resources (Co-sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Programs)
Feb. 20
“The Abortion Diaries,” with Ruth Lockhart, executive director, Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center, (film and discussion) (Commemorating the 35th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade)
Feb. 27
“An Intimate Look at Rachel Carson: A Multimedia Presentation by People Who Knew Her,” with Stan Freeman, Madeleine Freeman and Marci Sorg
March 18, (Tuesday)
Suffragists, Deputy Husbands and Asylum Inmates: History Doctoral Students Present Their Work
“The True Case Concerning Said Thomas Choat: Rape, Bribery and Justice in Essex County,” with Abigail Chandler
“Mr. Editor, Have We Digressed? John Neal and the 1870 Woman Suffrage Debate,” with Shannon Risk
“‘Madness’ in Quebec Women, 1890-1940: An Analysis of Women’s Ambivalence toward Culturally Prescribed Roles,” with Mary Okin
March 25 (Tuesday)
“‘I Was a Good Deal Alarmed’: Women Experiencing Illness and Caring for the Sick in the Mid-Nineteenth Century South,” with Marli Weiner, Adelaide C. and Alan L. Bird Professor of History
April 2
“Feminist Gerontology in Victoria and Vancouver, BC: A Brief Overview,” with Peg Cruikshank, Women’s Studies lecturer
April 9
“Female Faculty Experiences of Discrimination in Higher Education,” with Kylie Cole, clinical staff member and coordinator, Peer Education and Prevention Program
April 16
Stealing Nasreen: Queer Identities, Immigrant Life, Secrets and Lost Loves, Mumbai to Toronto, book reading with author Farzana Doctor (Part of Pride Week)
April 23
“What the News Won’t Tell: Global Feminist Activism against War, Militarism and Violence,” with Lee Sharkey, poet, faculty emeritus of English & Women’s Studies, University of Maine Farmington
For more information, call the WIC/WST Program in Fernald Hall at 581-1228.