\n 40th Anniversary<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n
In fall 2013, in collaboration with the ASUO Women\u2019s Center and the Department of Women\u2019s and Gender Studies, the Center for the Study of Women in Society presents a three-day celebration of feminist research, activism, and creativity at the University of Oregon.<\/p>\n
Speaker Bios
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\nOpening Celebration<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n
Documentary Premiere: \u201cAgents of Change\u201d \u2013 Thursday, Nov. 7, 3-6:30 pm<\/h5>\n
To inaugurate this three-day celebration, speakers and special presentations honor agents of change at the University of Oregon and their legacy of feminist research, teaching, and activism.<\/p>\n
2-5 \u2013 Registration desk (Ballroom lobby)<\/p>\n
2-3 \u2013 Organization and Vendor Room set-up (Maple\/Oak)<\/p>\n
3-5 \u2013 Opening celebration and \u201cAgents of Change\u201d documentary screening (Ballroom)<\/p>\n
5-6:30 \u2013 Reception (Fir)<\/p>\n
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\n Symposium 1<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n
\u201cWomen\u2019s Stories, Women\u2019s Lives\u201d \u2013 Friday, Nov. 8<\/h5>\n
Presentations in this symposium explore forty years of feminist research and activism through the themes of women\u2019s rights, violence against women, women\u2019s health, activism and policy, and education and employment. Instead of formal papers, however, presenters will share narratives, visual illustrations, and dialogue together to illuminate some of the local, cultural, and global issues at stake across the last four decades.
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8:30-1 \u2013 Registration desk (Ballroom lobby)<\/p>\n
8:30-5 \u2013 Organization and Vendor Room (Maple\/Oak)<\/p>\n
9-10:30 \u2013 Session 1, \u201cThe 1970s\u201d<\/strong> (EMU Ballroom), facilitator, Elizabeth Reis, WGS<\/p>\n
Guest panelists:<\/p>\n
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History of the Women\u2019s Movement (Ellen Herman, History, UO)<\/li>\n
Domestic Violence (Kate Barkley, Womenspace)<\/li>\n
Women\u2019s Health Movement (Sandra Morgen, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Associate Dean of the Graduate School)<\/li>\n
Social Justice (Marion Malcom, CALC)<\/li>\n
Institutionalizing Women\u2019s Studies (Barbara Pope, WGS, UO)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
10:45-12:15 \u2013 Session 2, \u201cThe 1980s\u201d<\/strong> (EMU Ballroom), facilitator Yvonne Braun<\/p>\n
Guest panelists:<\/p>\n
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Lesbian Lands in Oregon (Shelley Grosjean, History, master\u2019s student, UO)<\/li>\n
Global Anti-violence (Cheris Kramarae, former director of Women\u2019s Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; former director, CSWS)<\/li>\n
Reproductive Rights (Kitty Piercy, mayor, Eugene)<\/li>\n
Environmental Justice (Shannon Elizabeth Bell, former CSWS grantee, University of Kentucky)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
12:15-1:30 \u2013 Catered luncheon (Fir)<\/p>\n
1-1:30 \u2013 Luncheon Reading with Molly Gloss (Fir)<\/p>\n
1:45-3:15 \u2013 Session 3, \u201cThe 1990s\u201d<\/strong> (EMU Ballroom), facilitator Gabriela Martinez, SOJC
\nGuest panelists:<\/p>\n
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Affirmative Action (Yvette Alex-Assensoh, VP, Equity and Inclusion, UO)<\/li>\n
Workplace Equity (Anita Johnson, Eugene Weekly<\/em>)<\/li>\n
AIDS Pandemic (Shoshana Kerewsky, UO)<\/li>\n
Immigration (Lynn Stephen, UO)<\/li>\n
Women and Science (Judith Eisen, Biology, UO)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
3:30-5 \u2013 Session 4, \u201cThe Twenty-First Century\u201d<\/strong> (EMU Ballroom), facilitator Lynn Fujiwara, Ethnic Studies<\/p>\n
Guest panelists:<\/p>\n
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Women of Color Project (Gabriela Martinez, SOJC)<\/li>\n
War and Refugees (Charli Carpenter, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at University of Massachusetts-Amherst)<\/li>\n
Disabilities (Susan Sygall, Mobility International USA)<\/li>\n
Native American Families (Nichole Maher, Northwest Health Foundation)<\/li>\n
The Future of Work (Margaret Hallock, Wayne Morse Center, UO<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
5-6:30 \u2013 Dinner break (on own)<\/p>\n
5-6 \u2013 Registration and Organization and Vendor Rooms closed<\/p>\n
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\n Symposium 2<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n
Sally Miller Gearhart \u201cWorlds Beyond World\u201d \u2013 Nov. 8-9<\/a><\/h5>\n
In this symposium, authors and cultural critics explore feminist creative production and the roles of speculative fiction and utopian ideas in imagining feminist futures.<\/p>\n
FRIDAY, 6:30-8:30 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n
6-8:30 p.m. \u2013 Registration desk\u00a0 (Ballroom lobby)<\/p>\n
6-8:30 p.m.\u2013 Vendor Room open for book sales (Maple)<\/p>\n
6:30-8:30 p.m. \u2013Keynote event: \u201cA Conversation with Ursula K. Le Guin\u201d<\/a> (Ballroom), followed by book signing with Le Guin and Molly Gloss (Ballroom)<\/p>\n
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SATURDAY,\u00a0 Nov. 9, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. \u2013 \u201cWorlds Beyond World\u201d Symposium on Feminist Utopian Thought<\/strong><\/p>\n
8:30-11:30 \u2013 Coffee service (Ballroom lobby); water service all day<\/p>\n
8:30-4 \u2013 Registration desk (Ballroom lobby); Organization and Vendor Rooms open (Maple\/Oak)<\/p>\n
9-10:00 \u2013 Session 1, \u201cFeminists in the Archives\u201d (Ballroom), moderator Carol Stabile<\/p>\n
10:15-11:45 \u2013 Session 2, \u201cFeminist Science Fiction as Political Theory\u201d featuring Suzy McKee Charnas, L. Timmel Duchamp, Kate Wilhelm, Vonda N. McIntyre, and moderator Michael Hames-Garc\u00eda<\/p>\n
11:45-1:15 \u2013 Lunch break (on own)<\/p>\n
1:15-2:45\u2013 Session 3, \u201cBuilding Feminist Worlds\u201d featuring L. Timmel Duchamp, Molly Gloss, Andrea Hairston, Larissa Lai , and moderator Margaret McBride (Ballroom)<\/p>\n
3:00-4:30 \u2013 Session 4, \u201cDirections in Feminist Science Fiction Research\u201d featuring Joan Haran, Andrea Hairston, Alexis Lothian, and moderator Grace Dillon (Ballroom)<\/p>\n
4:30-6 \u2013Closing Reception (Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Pap\u00e9 Reception Hall) with special viewing of \u201cWomen\u2019s Stories, Women\u2019s Lives\u201d exhibit in the JSMA Focus Gallery<\/p>\n
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