2011 Women's History Month Calendar of Events
"Our History is Our Strength"
Tuesday, March 1 |
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Guest Lecture in Dr. Tim Cleaveland's Introduction to African History course:
Dr. Nwando Achebe will discuss a female Igbo king from the colonial period.
221 LeConte Hall, 9:30am |
Wednesday, March 2 |
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19th Annual Darl Snyder Lecture
“Journeys Through African Womanhood: Painting a Counter-Narrative”
Speaker: Dr. Nwando Achebe, Master's Hall, Georgia Center for Continuing Education, 10:00am
Sponsor: African Studies Institute |
Thursday, March 3 |
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Women's History Month Kick-Off:
“For the Next 7 Generations” Film Screening
In 2004, 13 Indigenous Grandmothers from all four corners, moved by their concern for our planet, came together at a historic gathering, where they decided to form an alliance: The International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers. This is their story.
171 Miller Learning Center, 6:00pm
FREE REFRESHMENTS!!!
Sponsored by: the Institute for Women's Studies and the Women's Studies Student Organization
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Friday, March 4 |
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IWS Friday Speaker Series
“Excrement, Myth & Mr. Clean: Thoughts on Gender and Wim Delvoye's Cloaca”
Speaker: Isabelle Wallace
245 Miller Learning Center, 12:20-1:10pm |
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18th Annual Women's Studies Student Symposium
“Feminist Research Across the Disciplines”
250, 268, 348, 350 Miller Learning Center, 1:25 - 5:00pm |
January 22 through Sunday, March 6 |
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ATHICA exhibit
“Taking Part”
Curator: Brigette Thomas
ATHICA 160 Tracy St. #4 Athens, GA
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Tuesday, March 8 |
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International Women's Day
Reception and Round Table Discussion
“Equal access to education, training and science and technology: Pathway to decent work for women”
North Tower, Miller Learning Center, 2:00 - 5:00pm
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Wednesday, March 9 |
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Edith House Lecture
Speaker: Carol Hunstein, Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court
Hatton Lovejoy Courtroom, Hirsch Hall, 3:30pm
Sponsored by: Women Law Students Assoc. Contact areed19@uga.edu |
Thursday, March 10 |
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Film Screening:
"Maggie Growls"
Infuriated by being forced to retire at the age of 65, Maggie Kuhn formed the Gray Panthers, fueling a revolutionary political movement that continues to improve society's treatment of older Americans.
Institute of Gerontology, Conference Room, 4:00pm
Sponsored by: Institute of Gerontology |
Monday, March 14 - Friday, March 18 |
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UGA Spring Break
No classes, No events |
Wednesday, March 23 |
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Women's History Month Keynote Lecture
"From this Bridge Called My Back to this bridge we call home, and Beyond: U.S. Women of Colors' Radical Visions for Transformation"
Speaker: Dr. AnaLouise Keating, Texas Woman's University
Master's Hall, Georgia Center for Continuing Education, 2:30pm
Reception to follow in the Kellogg Concourse |
March 24 - 26 |
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Southeastern Women's Studies Association Conference 2011
“Structural Adjustments: Queering Privatization, Framing Disaster”
The Women's Studies Institute - Georgia State University |
Friday, March 25 |
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IWS Friday Speaker Series
“"Of rare power and skill:" (re)Introducing the Life and Work of Miss Hallie Quinn Brown”
Speaker: Daleah Goodwin
245 Miller Learning Center, 12:20-1:10pm |
Monday, March 28 |
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Women's History Month closing event
“The Children's Hour” Film Screening
A student at an all-girls' school attempts to take revenge for being reprimanded by accusing two teachers of being lesbians in this classic film from 1961 starring Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine.
214 Miller Learning Center, 7:00pm
Sponsored by: Institute for Women's Studies, LGBT Resource Center, Lambda Alliance
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Wednesday, March 30 |
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Apero Brown Bag Lecture Series
“Exchanges with Maasai Women Leaders”
Speaker: Dr. Njeri Marieka-Cleaveland
African American Cultural Center, 4th Floor Memorial Hall, 12:15pm
Sponsored by: Institute for African American Studies |
Upcoming Event |
17th Annual Andrea Carson Coley Lecture
Dr. Sue Rankin, Pennsylvania State University, Center for the Study of Higher Education
Friday, April 1, 2011
12:30pm, M. Smith Griffith Auditorium, Georgia Museum of Art
Reception to honor the Coley family to precede the lecture at 11:30am in the GMOA lobby.
Click here for more on Dr. Rankin's work:
NPR Interview with Ari Shapiro
An executive summary of the report of her recent work researching gay, lesbian, and transgender issues on college campuses |
Download a pdf of our 2011 Women's History Month calendar |
