Fall 2011-Spring 2012 Events Schedule
Laura C. Harris Symposium
Migrations: Women on the Move
Gill Wright Miller Book Reading
September 13, 2011 4:30pm – Women’s Studies Library, Knapp 201
Exploring Body-Mind Centering: An Anthology of Experience and Method
Gill Wright Miller, Associate Professor at Denison University, received her B.F.A. degree in Dance Performance from Denison University, her M.A. degree in Movement Studies from Wesleyan University, and her Ph.D. degree in Dance and Women's Studies from New York University. A Certified Reconstructor, she has staged works by Humphrey, Lampert, Limon, Sokolow, and Weidman, and has performed with Carla De Sola, Deborah Hay, Richard Bull Improvisational Theatre, and Lisa Naugle and Dancers.
Dr. Miller will read and discuss excerpts from her publication Exploring Body-Mind Centering which features 35 essays on Body-Mind Centering (BMC), an experiential practice based on the application of anatomical, physiological, psychophysical, and developmental principles. Using the work of BMC founder Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen as a springboard, the book showcases diverse situations—from medical illness to blocked creativity—in which this discipline is applied with transformative results.
“Palestine” written & performed by Najla Saἳd, dramaturgy & direction by Sturgis Warner
September 26, 2011 7:00pm – Herrick Auditorium
Najla Saἳd’s “Palestine,” a one-woman Off Broadway show, is a coming-of-age story about Ms. Saἳd’s journey to become an Arab-American on her own terms. Ms. Saἳd guides the audience though her teenage years as a self-described politically agnostic Upper West Side princess to a vision of herself today, a 35-year-old woman who is deeply moved by the very word “Palestine.”
“PALESTINE” was originally produced by Twilight Theatre Company in association with New York Theatre Workshop. It ran Off-Broadway at the Fourth Street Theatre February 6 - April 4, 2010.
I, Too Sing, American – Dale Shields
October 11-12, 2011 7:00pm – Black Box Theatre
Under the direction of Vail visiting artist, Dale Shields, this four week committed workshop will culminate in a public presentation. This theatrical company of actor/writers/dancer/singers will explore improvisational techniques to motivate their inner thoughts to produce their voice thru catharsis to develop this honest and moving (DIVERSITY) dramatic experience.
Professor Shields is a professional New York City theatre director and Black Theatre History archivist. Co-sponsored by The Office of the Provost's Diversity Advisory Committee , The Theater Department, The Laura C. Harris Symposium, The Center for Black Studies, The Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, The Women’s Resource Center, and The Office of International Student Services.
Seyla Benhabib
October 31, 2011 4:30pm – Burton Morgan Lecture Hall
“The Great Immigration Debate”
Seyla Benhabib is the Eugene Mayer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Yale University and director of the program in Ethics, Politics, and Economics, and a well-known contemporary philosopher. She is the author of several books, most notably about the philosophers Hannah Arendt and Jürgen Habermas. Benhabib is well known for combining critical theory with feminist theory. Co-sponsored by The Laura C. Harris Symposium, Women’s Studies, and Philosophy in collaboration with the Spectrum Series “Migration’s” theme.
Ileana Rodgriguez
November 2, 2011 4:30pm – Burton Morgan Lecture Hall
Ileana Rodriguez, Distinguished Humanities Professor of Spanish at The Ohio State University, specializes in Latin American Culture, Caribbean and Central American Narratives and Feminist Studies. She is the founder of the Latin American Subaltern Group.
Kate Rousmaniere
November 10, 2011 7:15pm – Burton Morgan Lecture Hall
Kate Rousmaniere addresses themes from her biography of Margaret Haley, particularly her historical analysis of the origins of teacher unions and, more broadly, the roles of teachers as citizens. Women's Studies students and faculty may be interested in the ways in which Haley claimed citizenship rights for teachers, and linked the rights of teachers to the rights of women. Co-sponsored by The Laura C. Harris Symposium, Department of Education, The Alford Center for Service Learning and the Provost’s Office.
DADA MASILO
Friday, February 3, 2012
Swasey Chapel | 8pm
"Death and the Maidens"
South African dancer and choreographer Dada Masilo is still in her 20s but has already established herself as one of the world’s most stunningly innovative, exquisitely unconventional thinkers and interpreters of dance. Known for her “astonishingly quick and often jarring fusion of African dance and classical ballet” (CNN World), Masilo opens our eyes to the places where western and African traditions meet, collide, and create beauty. Masilo will be in residency in the Dance Department February 1st through 10th.
Co-Sponsored with Vail Series, Spectrum, & Dance Department
Human Rights Film Festival
Each Tuesday in February, 2012
Slayter Auditorium | 7PM
This Is My Land…Hebron · Price of Sex · Better This World · If A Tree Falls
Co-Sponsored with Campus Leadership & Involvement Center, International Students, Multi-Cultural Student Affairs, History, Education, English, Political Science, Soc/Anth, Cinema
Jean Kilbourne
Monday, February 27th, 2012
Swasey Chapel | 7pm
"The Naked Truth: Advertising's Image of Women"
Jean Kilbourne is a feminist scholar whose work primarily focuses on the effects of advertising on mainstream culture. She has been invited to campus as part of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Kilbourne will be speaking to the role of women in the media and how that image has changed in the last twenty years. She will also touch upon issues such as violence, eating disorders, and alcohol and drug use. Her talk is accessible for men as well as women.
Co-Sponsored with Active Minds
Judith Ezekiel
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Higley Auditorium | 4:30pm
"What Are You? Traveling across racial and gendered borders in France and the United States"
Dr. Judith Ezekiel is a Professor in Residence in Women’s Studies at Wright State University. Her publication Feminism in the Heartland, Ohio State University Press; (August 22, 2002) demonstrates how women envisioned a new, feminist world—how they responded to the many calls for liberation and self-determination in the 1960s and 1970. Dr. Ezekiel is author of many articles on American and French feminism and co-founder of Women’s International Studies Europe and the Worldwide Organization of Women’s Studies.
Maja Korac
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Higley Auditorium | 4:30pm
“Migration of Women – Unlikely Places and Opportunities”
Dr Maja Korac-Sanderson is Reader in Refugee Studies at University of East London specialising in gender, conflict and development, as well as gender, migration and integration. The primary geographical focus of her research is Europe, the EU as well as Eastern, Central and South Eastern Europe. Maja Korac-Sanderson teaches courses in International Development and Refugee Studies.
Rhacel Parreñas
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Burton Morgan Lecture Hall | 4:30pm
“U.S. Involvement on the War on Trafficking and its Impacts on Filipina Hostesses in Japan”
Rhacel Salazar Parreñas is a professor of sociology at the University of Southern California. She works on gender, migration, and globalization, particularly the international division of reproductive labor, also known as the
care chain. Her work has inspired books and studies, including reports released by the United Nations.
Modhumita Roy
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Barney Davis Boardroom | 4:30pm
"Immaculate Conceptions: The Ethics and Economics of Outsourcing Reproductive Labour"
Modhumita Roy is associate professor of English and director of the Women’s Studies program at Tufts University. Her recent publications include “Some Like It Hot: Class, Gender and Empire in the Making of Mulligatawny Soup,” for which she received a Sophie Coe Memorial prize. She is currently working on issue of outsourcing reproductive labor (“womb renting”) to India. She is the editor with Fred Pfeil of The Pledge of Intellect: selected Writings of Michael Sprinker (Verso Press, 2003).