The Gender And Women’s Studies Program at Fort Lewis College Presents...
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009, 7:00pm – 8:30pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS
CSWS Lyceum
"Sacagawea and her Sisters: Indian Women's History and How It Can Change the Master Narrative of United States History" by Theda Perdue
Theda Perdue, Professor of History at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, presents the keynote address for Women’s History Month. Professor Perdue's research focuses on the Native peoples of the southeastern United States. She is the author or co-author of seven books including Cherokee Women: Gender and Culture Change, 1700-1835 (1998), which won the Julia Cherry Spruill Award for the best book in southern women's history and the James Mooney Prize for the best book in the anthropology of the South. More recently, she has published "Mixed Blood" Indians: Racial Construction in the Early South (2003) and, with co-author Michael D. Green, The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Southeast (2001) and The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears (2007).
Tuesday, March 3 6:30pm – 9:00pm
130 Chemistry Hall
Common Reading: Women and Race
facilitated by Bridget Irish (Writing Program) and Pam Arbeeny and Chris Hartman (Library)
The College will invite the campus and community to participate in a common reading of a selection of short writings by women that focus on race relations. Selections will be announced in the month prior to Women's History Month. Campus and interested community members will be invited to a discussion of the readings. Film Clips and/or media clips will be used to enhance the discussion.
Wednesday, March 4 12:15 – 1:45pm
Memorial Student Lounge
Life Stories
facilitated by Annie Dawson, Leadership Center (BYO brown bag lunch)
This workshop intends to help participants clarify "life stories we are living”--which include "a remembered past, a perceived present, and an anticipated future." (McAdams, 1993) Exploring ourselves and life's possibilities requires memory, imagination, courage and a willingness to investigate thoroughly our life experiences and the meanings we attach to them. Within a given gender, family cultural and historical context, each of us makes choices. The dialogue and activities presented here will result in the outcome of participants being able to write a vision statement related to their greatest moments of joy as well as beliefs of what constitutes success to guide their choices in the future.
Wednesday, March 4 3:35pm – 6:35pm
Location TBA
Women, Business Leadership & the Environment
presented by Nancy Higginson, Assistant Professor of Management
Women have made progress in breaking through the glass ceiling to reach the senior management ranks of our corporations. One of the most pressing issues for these organizations in today's global economy is environmental sustainability. This event will highlight the leadership women are providing on this important issue.
Thursday, March 5 5:00pm – 7:00pm
140 Jones
The Rhetorical Situation of Life-Changing Poetry
Poetry and Discussion presented by Esther Belin & Chris Hartman
Esther Belin, Writing Center, and Chris Hartman, Reference Librarian, will lead a discussion about poets who influenced the discourse of poetry by being mediators of change. They will examine multicultural and lesbian poets to join the contemporary poetry conversation with an introduction to the intersection of marginalization and literary arts.
Spring Break – March 9 through 13
Monday March 16 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
Professor Jennifer Stollman's U.S. Women’s History class will plan an entire day of events to commemorate women's labor around the world.
Culminating Event 6:00pm – 9:00pm
130 Noble
Tuesday, March 17 6:00pm – 7:00pm
140 Noble
Gender & Politics and American Art Criticism, The Case of Cecilia Beaux
Michael Freeman, Associate Professor of Art
Dr. Freeman will give a lecture presentation on the artist Cecilia Beaux and the 19th-century gender politics that determined her position within American art history. Cecilia Beaux was a talented portrait painter of the Gilded Age in this country and an artist who overcame many of the obstacles that women artists of her generation faced. Yet, despite her success, her accomplishments were overshadowed by those of her male counterparts by virtue of the gender politics of art criticism of that era. This presentation will include a lively selection of her paintings to provide context for a discussion of her critical reputation.
Wednesday, March, 18
Multiple Day Time Events
Female Sexuality & Female Masculinity
Presented by Keri Brandt & class
Dr. Brandt's Intro to Gender & Women’s Studies class will organize several activities that spotlight female sexuality and female masculinity.
Culminating Event 6:00pm – 9:00pm
130 Noble
Thursday, March 19 5:00pm – 6:30pm
Roshong Recital Hall
Eleanor of Aquitaine, a portrayal by Sylvia Zurko, Harpist
Born in the 12th century, Eleanor of Aquitaine (now a part of France) was queen to two kings, one of them Henry II, mother of ten children, one of them Richard the Lion Heart, and patroness and supporter of troubadours and their music. She was a powerful and influential woman in her own right, but she is far less well-known than her sons and husbands. Seeking to enrich the historical record and dispel the slanderous gossip that is part of her legacy, harpist Sylvia Zurko becomes Eleanor and tells the story of her long and turbulent life, enhancing the portrayal with music and poetry of the troubadours.
Thursday, March 19
Multiple Day Time Events
Dorothy Grant, Haida Fashion Designer
Presented by the Native American Center
The final speaker in the 2008-09 Native American Center’s Native Speaker Series, Dorothy Grant, Haida fashion designer, will be on campus to speak in classes, have lunch with students and hold an open discussion at the Native American Center. In the evening, she will present a fashion show of her designs, using our students as models.
Fashion Show 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Native American Center
Friday, March 20 12:20pm – 2:00pm
Memorial Student Lounge
Panel Discussion: Issues Impacting Women Scientists (BYO brown bag lunch)
Dr. Julie Brigham-Grette
presented by the FLC Department Of Geosciences
Dr. Julie Brigham-Grette, from the Department of Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts, and other FLC women scientists will participate in a panel discussion of issues impacting women scientists.
Friday, March 20 7:30pm – 9:30pm
130 Chemistry Hall
“Arctic Climate Change & Sea Level History”, Dr. Julie Brigham-Grette
Monday, March 23 3:00pm – 5:00pm
CSWS Lyceum
Women’s Historical Role in Anthropology at FLC
presented by Anthropology faculty
Female members of the Anthropology faculty will present brief, illustrated summaries of their classes, scholarship, and professional challenges. Each will also introduce one guiding historical anthropological "ancestor." The session finale will introduce FLC anthropology students who continue the legacy of a strong female presence in this diverse and fascinating field. Participants: Andrea Birkby, Mona Charles, Kathy Fine, Julianne Freeman, Dawn Mulhern and Raphaelle Rolland-Francis. Students will speak briefly about their work.
Tuesday, March 24 12:00 – 1:15pm
Memorial Student Lounge
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: Gays in the Military
presented by Lea Leticia Alo, Senior Art Major
A “Brown Bag Lunch Discussion”. Ms. Alo will present her artwork and facilitate a discussion on gays in the military.
Tuesday, March 24 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Memorial Student Lounge
An Intimate Reflection: Exploring the Intersection of Fort Lewis College Native American Women Alumni and Education
presented by the Writing Program and Southwest Studies Library
Esther Belin will moderate a panel forum comprised of Fort Lewis College alumni and current faculty and students.
Wednesday, March 25 5:00pm – 7:00pm
130 Noble
Women and Minority Faculty: Knowing Our Place in the Academy
presented by the FLC Committee on Women Faculty
Dr. Earle Reybold from George Mason University will discuss how women and minority faculty negotiate the course of their academic careers, specifically in relation to faculty rewards such as tenure and promotion. Topics include professional access to knowledge and expertise, academic socialization and career development, and the historical and political configuration of faculty roles and worklife.
Thursday, March 26 3:30pm – 4:30pm
CSWS Gallery
Navajo Women Jewelry Adornment
presented by Venaya Yazzie
This one-hour lecture will focus on the cultural practices of adornment of Southwestern tribes of primarily Navajo descent--but with connections to Pueblo people. The discussion opens the door to ideas of ritual and how it is inextricably connected to personal adornment practices.
Monday, March 30 7:00pm – 10:00pm
130 Noble
Feminism in Film
presented by Sarah Cady-Roberts, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Dr. Cady-Roberts will show a documentary film on women’s issues, followed by a discussion of the philosophical questions the film raises about feminism.
|
Request Information
Apply Now
Campus Tour