Gender Institute Open House Reception

12-2pm, Commons 207, North Campus 

Please join the Gender Institute for an open house lunch reception at our new offices in the Commons on UB's North Campus! We'll be moving to Room 207 on the second floor of the Commons on May 1st.

WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL DATES: 

JANUARY 31            MADE OVER IN AMERICA, 2007, USA—with 2 shorts on body image!

FEBRUARY 7            CLOSE TO HOME, 2005, Israel

FEBRUARY 14          DUNIA, KISS ME NOT ON THE EYES, 2005, France, Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco

FEBRUARY 21          AMU, 2005, USA/India (rescheduled for March 20, 2008)

FEBRUARY 28          DAM STREET/HONG YAN, 2005, China 

February 19     Despina Stratigakos, Asst. Professor of Architecture, The Barbie Project   Work-in-Progress
3 to 4 pm, 105 Harriman Hall, South Campus

January 31-March 6

12th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL

Market Arcade Film and Arts Centre, 639 Main Street, Buffalo

MARCH 6 BODY COUNTS Night of Shorts: WNY women filmmakers present new work on the theme of the body

All shows are Thursday at 7pm.  Tickets:  General $8.50
Students, seniors, Hallwalls  $5 special discount rate!

March 5           Eve Ensler, creator of The Vagina Monologues, appears at UB for as part of the V-Day 10th Anniversary Tour. 

V-Day is a global project aimed at ending violence against women.  Sponsors:  UB SoFem Graduate Group, Gender Institute, Crisis Services, others.

Woldman Theatre, Norton Hall, UB North Campus, 7:30pm, FREE!

March 8           International Women’s Day honors the work of all women around the world

March 20    

Women’s Film Fest special screening: 

AMU, 2005, USA/India (click on the film title for details)

Market Arcade Film and Arts Center

7pm

$8.50 general/$5 students, seniors, Hallwalls 

March 21        Stephanie Van der Wel, Visiting Assistant Professor of Musicology, Department of Music

"I'm A Honky-Tonk Girl":  The Musical Dialogues of Kitty Wells and Loretta Lynn

Friday, March 21, 2008

Noon-1pm

216 Harriman Hall

A brown bag event:  bring your lunch and beverages will be provided

Grant & Scholarship Forum

Clemens Hall 1004 (American Studies seminar room)

A funding Q & A with faculty members

Rachel Ablow (Assistant Professor, English)

Elaine Howard Ecklund (Assistant Professor, Sociology)

Gwynn Thomas (Assistant Professor, Global Gender Studies)

 The workshop will also announce the 2008-2009  Gender Institute Student Scholarships to encourage grads & undergrads to develop a focus on the study of women and gender.

April 1            “Transitions between Feminism and Art”  presented by the Department of Global Gender Studies with visiting scholars Stefania Neonato, pianist and fortepianist; painter Katarzyna Zygadlewicz & Andrea Parrot, Professor of Human Ecology, Cornell Univ.

4:30pm, Clemens 120

April 4-5       Gender Across Borders III:  Research Transformations
Conference, panels, special topics & workshops; UB North Campus; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
            
FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 120 CLEMENS, 9am-1pm

Special Session CREATING A SPACE FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE with keynote at 11am, Tanya Furman, Professor of Geosciences, Penn State, recipient of 2005 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (2005)   

FRIDAY, APRIL 4, CENTER FOR THE ARTS SCREENING ROOM, 5 – 6 PM 

Humanities Keynote Layli Phillips, Associate Professor, Women’s Studies Institute/African American Studies, Georgia State; editor, The Womanist Reader (Routledge  2006)
"What's Up on Planet Earth??: A New Age Ecowomanist Statement"

April 9        Gender Institute Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture
Susan Cahn, Dept. of History

"Desegregated Desires: Adolescent Girls in a Changing South"
4 pm, 250 Baird Hall (Baird Recital Hall,) North Campus

  April 25

2008 Janice L. Moritz Lecture by Lorna Arrington
"Women MUST Use Their Voice: Policy and Power”
3 pm, 105 Harriman Hall, South Campus