Art Exhibit (On display throughout the symposium.)

Art of the Body
The 1996 Gender Studies Symposium multimedia art show follows this year's theme with painting, photography, sculpture, documentary work, ceramics, and more. Among the artists:
Stamm

Wednesday, March 6, 1996

7:30 P.M. Council Chamber Reception to Follow in Foyer
Keynote Address: Creating a Global Solidarity Platform for Feminist Activism
Patricia McFadden, head of Gender Division, Southern Africa Political Economy Series Trust, Zimbabwe.
7:30 pm, Council Chamber; reception to follow in foyer.
Note: on March 7, 8, 9 and 14, the Lewis & Clark Theatre Department presents its spring main stage production of Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker, directed by Stephen Weeks, in the Fir Acres Theatre. For ticket information please call (503) 768-7490.

Thursday, March 7, 1996

Panel: Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective I
9:00 - 10:15 am, Council Chamber

Panel: Women Writers
9:00 - 10:15 am, Thayer

Panel: Women, Biography, and Autobiography
10:30 am - Noon, Council Chamber

Panel: Machistas, Machos/Gueras, Gingos: Transnational Gender Politics in Oaxaca
10:30 - Noon, Thayer

Panel: Transforming Representations: Contemporary Performances of The Orestia and Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker
Noon - 1:00 pm, Council Chamber

Shared Readings
Sponsored by Woman's Writing Circle
Noon - 1:00 pm, Stamm

Panel: Perspectives on Sexual Orientation
1:15 - 2:45 pm, Council Chamber

Panel: Private Women/Public Women in Historical Perspective
1:15 - 2:45 pm, Thayer

Panel: Reconsidering Representations of Women
3:00 - 4:15 pm, Council Chamber

Panel: Politics of the Female Body
3:00 - 4:15 pm, Thayer

Panel: The Ideology of Sisterhood in the Context of British Imperialism
3:00 - 4:15, Stamm

Fiction Reading: A Little Too Much is Enough
Kathleen Tyau
4:30 - 5:30 pm, Council Chamber

Roundtable: Do You Not Know That I Am A Woman? When I Think I Must Speak
4:30 - 5:15 pm, Thayer

Expressive Movement Piece: Empowerment
5:45 - 6:00 pm, Lower Campus Reflecting Pool

Keynote Address
The Subversive Possibilities of Woman's Body
Gena Corea, journalist and author
7:30 pm, Council Chamber; reception to follow in foyer.

Production
Our Country's Good
8:00 pm, Fir Acres Theatre

Friday, March 8, 1996

Panel: Transsexual Political Activism in the Pacific Northwest
<em>9:00 - 10:15 am, Council Chamber

Panel: A Century of Accomplishment: Women in Unusual Circumstances, 1830-1930
9:00 - 10:15 am, Thayer

Fiction Writing Workshop: Word Feast: Feeding the Muse
Conducted by Kathleen Tyau
10:30 - 11:45 am, Stamm

Panel: Women in Pacific Northwest History
10:30 - 11:45 am, Thayer

Reading and Discussion: Beyond the Whiteness of Whiteness: Memoir of a White Mother of Black Sons
Jane Lazarre
Noon - 1:00 pm, Stamm

Performance Pieces: Method and Practice of Kinetic Urban Feminist Martial Arts: Combating Sexism by One With Heart
12:30 - 1:00 pm, Council Chamber

Panel: Women in Science: Women as Scientists
1:15 - 2:45 pm, Council Chamber

Prose and Poetry: A Dramatic Reading
Annie Dawid, Elizabeth Beverly, Danna Schaeffer
1:15 - 2:45 pm, Stamm

Panel : Reading the Body/Reading the Net
3:00 - 4:15 pm, Council Chamber

Panel : Perspectives on AIDS, Gender, Sexuality, and Discourse
3:00 - 4:15 pm, Stamm

Shared Readings
Sponsored by Synergia
4:30 - 5:30 pm, Stamm

Panel: Sexual Violence
4:30 - 5:30 pm, Thayer

Keynote Address
Reclaiming Tradition: Lesbian and Gay Families in a New America
John D'Emilio, historian and director of Policy Institute, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
7:30 pm, Council Chamber; reception to follow in foyer.

Production
Our Country's Good
8:00 pm, Fir Acres Theatre

Saturday, March 9, 1996

Panel: International Perspectives on Contemporary Literature
<em> 9:00 - 10:30 am, Council Chamber

Workshop: The Gay and Lesbian Movement: A Generation of Social Change
Conducted by John D'Emilio
9:00 - 10:30 am, Stamm

Panel: Gender, Sexuality, and the Law
10:45 am- Noon, Council Chamber

Panel: Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective II
10:45 am - Noon, Thayer

Workshop: Women with Disabilities: An Attitude Awareness Workshop
10:45 am - Noon, Stamm

Panel: Gender and Society
12:15 - 1:30 pm, Thayer

Roundtable: Gender Roles in Russia
12:15 - 1:30 pm, Stamm

Roundtable: Beyond Beijing: A Report Back from the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women
1:45 - 3:00 pm, Council Chamber

Panel: The Out/Skirts of Fashioning Identity: reDressing Gendered Bodies in Transnational Imaginaries
1:45 - 3:00 pm, Thayer

Panel Discussion: Voices from the Middle: Perspectives, Stories, and New Directions for Research on Adolescent Girls
1:45 - 3:00 pm, Stamm

Slides/Discussion: Framing Hillary: Gender and Politics in the Editorial Cartoons
3:15 - 5:00 pm, Council Chamber

Production: Our Country's Good
8:00 pm, Fir Acres Theatre

For more information about this conference, call (503) 768-7381 or 768-7613.

Created by: gender@lclark.edu
Updated: 4-March-96
Expires: 1-Sept-96