Special Events and Receptions

  • 10/26 Future/s and Feminism/s

    Monday, October 26th, 5:30-7:30pm, Class of 1947 Room, Babbidge Library

     This event will spotlight four Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program (WGSS) faculty discussing their new publications and a roundtable on the future of feminist scholarship. Celebrate the innovative work of WGSS faculty and participate in a discussion about trends and possibilities for feminist scholarship moving forward.

     All are welcome. There will be a reception following the roundtable.

     Speakers: 

     Françoise Dussart, Professor of Anthropology, Lifelines: Contemporary Indigenous Art from Australia, Exhibition at Musée de la Civilisation, Québec City (October 2015-September 2016)

     Clare Eby, Professor of English, Until Choice Do Us Part: Marriage Reform in the Progressive Era  (2014)

     Barbara Gurr, Assistant Professor in Residence, WGSS, Reproductive Justice: The Politics of Health Care for Native American Women (2014)

     Nancy Naples, Professor of WGSS and Sociology, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, Co-Editor, Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies  (2015)

     Moderator: Alexis Boylan, Assistant Professor, Art and Art History and WGSS

    For more information, contact: Alexis Boylan at alexis.boylan@uconn.edu