WOMEN'S STUDIES

WMST 201

Spring 2008

WMST 201 now fulfills the Global and Cultural breadth requirement.

Professor Gail Hart

April 28, 2008

A challenging re-examination of Schillerian freedom and the necessity of coercion for that freedom to be exercised.

Sandra Harding

April 17-18, 2008

FSM Center for Women presents Dr. Sandra Harding a feminist philosopher of science. Dr. Sandra Harding is the author/editor for several groundbreaking books including Is Science Multicultural? Postcolonialism, Feminism & Epistemologies.

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4:30 pm in the Mather Dance Studio. Two Generations of Arab Women: is an 18-month on- going project featuring the arts, activism, and research of two generations of women from the Middle East and North Africa. The first event is a modern dance performed by Meriem Dahmani on Mar 20. Also, Dr. Naima Kitouni will give a lecture on women and early feminist movements in Algeria. Dr. Kitouni lectured with the Columbia University program in Paris and is currently co-administrator of The Algerian Cultural Center in Paris.

Emma Sepulveda

Feb. 28, 2008

"Do you hear my accent when I write? To be a Latina in the USA Today."

Carol Gilligan

Feb. 27, 2008

A Cleveland area event. She will be doing a book signing at Joseph Bet.

Mary Wyer

Feb. 22, 2008

Dr. Mary Wyer will be giving a public lecture entitled "The Stereotypes in Science and Education: Bringing Women into the Curriculum."

Pia Barros

February 22, 2008

Pia Barros is a Chilean Poet and a Human Rights Activist who will be coming to give a public lecture entitled "Chilean Women and the Global Politics of Writing."

Jill Bystydzienski

Feb. 10-12,2008

Professor Jill Bystydzienski is the chair of Women's Studies at OSU and she will be visiting as an outside consultant to help in the advancement of our program. Prof. Bystydzienski is a notable scholar in the field with several publications. Her research interests focuses on gender and politics in international perspective.

WMST Open House 2007

November 30, 2007

Students who are majoring/minoring or possess an interest in WMST and Gender Studies are invited to this event. This will be a great opportunity for individuals to learn more about WMST and there will be free food. There will also be a 10 minute screening of the video the F-Word. The event will be held in Guilford Parlor from 12:30pm - 2:00pm.

Marjorie Agosin

November 5, 2007

Women's Studies, FSM Center for Women, College Scholars, and Festival Hispano 2007 Marjorie Agosin. She will be discussing Latin American society during its time of military dictatorships. she will focus on the technique with Chilean women used to protest the government of General Pinochet and the Argentinean Human rights group Amia.

Seniors Honor Assembly

May 19, 2007

Honoring graduating seniors. Amasa Stone Chapel at 4:30 p.m., reception immediately following outside on the chapel lawn.

WMST Undergraduate Awards

May 6, 2007

To honor the achievements of students majoring/minoring in WMST; three students will be selected to win the following awards: The George Sand Award in Women's Studies, The Mary Wollstonecraft Award, and the Sojourner Truth Award.

Undergraduate Honors Assembly

April 27, 2007

Event honoring first year students, sophomores, juniors, and non-graduating seniors,

Womens & Ethnic Studies Week

Oct 16-20, 2006

Theme: Women and Power in Africa

Featuring Ifi Amadiume - The author of Male Daughters, Female Husbands: Gender & Sex in an African Society

Public Lecture: Matriarchy and the Postcolonial from Ifi Amadiume

Oct 17, 2006

Speaker - The author of Male Daughters, Female Husbands: Gender & Sex in an African Society

7:00 p.m., Clark Hall 206, Free and open to the public

Poetry Reading from Ifi Amadiume

Oct 16, 2006

Speaker - The author of Male Daughters, Female Husbands: Gender & Sex in an African Society

4:30 p.m., Clark Hall 309, Free and open to the public

Women Studies Open House

Apr 1, 2006 - 12:30pm Guilford House Lounge 223

Manifesta

Mar 27 , 2006 - 7:00pm 1914 Lounge Thwing Center

Flora Stone Mather Center for Women Event, Third Wave Feminism.

The Way Home

March 7, 2006 at 5:30pm in Nord 310A & B

Chris Kilmartin

Flora Stone Mather Center for Women Event,
lecture: “Gender-based violence: Cultural, Historical, and Psychological Factors.”
Stand-up performance, same evening at 7:30 pm.

Ohio Meeting of the Directors of Women's Studies

Oct 7, 2005

Yo soy Minerva - Read More

Oct 21, 2005 at 8:00 PM

Student Event: Choices Fair

Nov 4, 2005 at 11:30 AM

Student Event: Global Women's and Human Rights Conference

Nov 4-5, 2005

Eleanor Smeal - Keynote Speaker

Joyce Endeley, Speaker

November (Nov 7-10, 2005)

Susan Hinze, in house speaker

Nov 10, 2005

Amigas: Letters of Exile - Read More

Dec 2, 2005

Cagan: Photo Exhibit - Latin American Portraits
Novenber 30, 2005