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Month-long women’s film festival starts tonight

Lauren Davalla — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:33:02 +0000

Women’s studies is hosting month-long film festival WOMEN TAKE THE REEL: A film festival celebrating Women’s History Month, along with their Graduate Consortium (GCMS) counterparts (MIT, Boston College, Brandeis University, Harvard University, Northeastern University, Simmons College and UMass Boston), starting tonight with a screening of Never Perfect by Regina Park at MIT. On Tuesday, March 22, the festival will bring Thirteen by Catherine Hardwicke to campus (640 Commonwealth Ave, Room 101). Barbara Gottfried, Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies and GCWS Board of Directors, will speak briefly before the film showing beginning at 6 PM. All of the screenings are free and open to the public.

Blaffer Hrdy to Speak at Hillel

Jennifer McDonald — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:00:36 +0000

The Women’s Studies Program is hosting a lecture by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy entitled “Darwin and the Ascent of Emotionally Modern Man: How humans became such hypersocial apes” today at 4 PM at the Hillel House on Baystate Road. Blaffer Hrdy is a professor emerita in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis and has been elected to the California Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The event includes a lecture and reception and is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Carly Pack-Bailey at wsp@bu.edu or 617 358 2370.

Honoring Eve: A Symposium Celebrating the Work of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

Jennifer McDonald — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:00:12 +0000

The Women’s Studies Program presents a day of rich intellectual exchange to honor distinguished writer Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick today beginning at 9 AM at the Photonics Center, Room 906. The symposium will consist of four roundtables with speakers responding to specific texts representing different phases and aspects of Professor Sedgwick’s career, including “Feminism and Queer Theory”, “Writing and Illness”, “Affect and Reparative Reading” and “Reading Proust”. The event is free and open to the public. Contact 617 358 2370 or sedgsymp@bu.edu for more information.

Professor Balser to Speak on Gender Equality

Jennifer McDonald — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:00:06 +0000

The Women’s Studies Program is hosting a panel discussion led by Professor Diane Balser today beginning at 4:30 PM in the Law Barristers Hall. The event will address the issue of gender inequality in Law Professor Linda McClain’s co-edited book, “Gender Equality: Dimensions of Women’s Equal Citizenship”. Distinguished scholars in law, political science, and women’s studies, the panelists will investigate the many dimensions of women’s equal citizenship, including constitutional citizenship, democratic citizenship, social citizenship, sexual and reproductive citizenship, and global citizenship. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact 617 358 2370 or wsp@bu.edu.

Erin Judge brings comedy act to BU

Jennifer McDonald — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:00:36 +0000

The Women’s Studies Program and Genderfest present up and coming comedian Erin Judge today beginning at 4:30 PM in the Kenmore Classroom Building, Room 101. Judge, who recently appeared on the third season of Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham, pokes fun at sexuality, politics and pop culture. In addition to telling jokes, acting in sketches, performing characters, and producing shows, Erin is also an as award-winning writer. The event is free and open to the public. For more information contact
617 358 2370 or gotfried@bu.edu.

Three Perspectives on Technology and Childbirth in America

Jennifer McDonald — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:00:16 +0000

The Women’s Studies Program is hosting a panel discussion entitled “Three Perspectives on Technology and Childbirth in America” today beginning at 4 PM in the lower level of the Women’s Resource Center at 775 Commonwealth Ave. Professors Claudia Olivetti, Christina Michaud and Eugene Declercq will offer an overview of the economic, mental, and health implications of technologically assisted birth. Contact 617 358 2370 for more information. EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC