EVENTS

 

Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies
presents
FEMINIST FOUNDATIONS/FEMINIST FUTURES
Reflecting on 35 years of Women’s Studies at UMass Amherst
Wednesdays at 4:00 p.m. - 61 Bartlett Hall

September 30, 2009
“Ain’t I a Woman?” Reflections on Feminism and Identity Politics

Dayo Gore, Moderator, Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies, UMass Amherst
Daphne Berry, Management, UMass Amherst
Andy Inkster, Sociology, UMass Amherst
Sarah Richardson, Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies, UMass Amherst
Falguni Sheth, Social Sciences, Hampshire College
{printable PDF of first panel}

October 14, 2009
“What’s Love Got to Do with It?” Reflections on Feminism, Desire and Sexuality

Janice Irvine, Moderator, Sociology, UMass Amherst
Barbara Cruikshank, Political Science, UMass Amherst
Tameka Gillum, Public Health, UMass Amherst
Viera Lorencova, Communications, Fitchburg State University
Kym Morrison, Afro-American Studies, UMass Amherst
Amy Schalet, Sociology, UMass Amherst

November 4, 2009
“Can the Subaltern Speak?” Feminism and (Post) Colonialism

Sangeeta Kamat, Moderator, International Education, UMass Amherst
Amrita Basu, Political Science, Amherst College
estheR Cuesta, Comparative Literature, UMass Amherst
Judith Obiero, School of Education, UMass Amherst
Svati Shah, Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies, UMass Amherst
Millie Thayer, Sociology, UMass Amherst

December 2, 2009
“The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House”
Reflections on Feminism and Activism

Alex Deschamps, Moderator, Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies, UMass Amherst
Sonia Alvarez, Political Science, UMass Amherst
Margaret Cerullo, Social Sciences, Hampshire College
Shelly Perdomo, School of Education, UMass Amherst
Diana Yoon, Legal Studies, UMass Amherst


This series begins our year long celebration culminating in the February 26-27, 2010 public symposium, Thirty Five Years of Women’s Studies at UMass Amherst: Celebrating Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies, featuring national scholars and activists.

Printable color flyer for program

 

 

The W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies and the Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies present “Lessons from the Cuban Revolution”

The two panels associated with this event will reconsider the teaching of the
Cuban Revolution to a post-Cold War student generation, critically assess 50+ years of Cuba's domestic and international revolutionary practices, and reaffirm connections between Cuban Studies and Black Studies.

Rountable #1 -
“Contested Visions of Cuba’s Domestic & International Revolutionary Practices”
Wednesday, September 23rd, 4-6pm, Campus Center rooms 174-176

*This event will be followed by The Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies Fall 2009 Reception, 10th Floor of the Campus Center

Roundtable #2 - “Race in Contemporary Cuba: Demographics, Rights, and Culture”
Tuesday, December 1st, 4-6pm, Campus Center, rooms 174-176

 

Famed Author And Lecturer Jean Kilbourne to be Filmed at UMass:
UPDATE OF CLASSIC FILM ON GENDER & ADVERTISING KILLING US SOFTLY
December 8, 2009 at 4:45
Bernie Dallas Room , Goodell Building
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Free,Open to the Public and Wheelchair Accessible

The Media Education Foudation will be filming bestselling author and renowned lecturer Jean Kilbourne in a live update of her classic film series Killing Us Softlyat a free event open to students and the general public on Tuesday, Dec. 8, at 4:45 PM, in the Bernie Dallas Room at the Goodell Building on the UMass campus.  This  event is  co-sponsored by Everywoman's Center and the Department of Communications at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
 Kilbourne’s Killing Us Softly, the first systematic analysis of representations of women in advertising, is widely recognized as one of the most successful and influential films in the history of educational film.  The new MEF update, the first in almost a decade, will become the fourth in a series that has now been viewed by millions of students across three generations.
 “This is literally history in the making,” said Sut Jhally, the Executive Director of MEF and Professor of Communication at UMass.  “The filming of a Jean Kilbourne lecture is a major event, and I’m just pleased that students and faculty and staff at UMass – and throughout the Valley – will have a chance to be a part of this.  As anyone familiar with Jean’s work and these films know, this will not be a dry academic lecture.  She engages her audience with formidable wit and humor.”
Doors will open at 4:30.  Seating will be limited, so guests are encouraged to arrive early. For filming purposes, audience members will be requested to remain for the duration of the event, which will be finished by 6:15.
For more information contact: Media Education Foundation at 584-8500 or Everywoman's Center at 545-0883 at www.umass.edu/ewc/