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