UNIVERSITY NEWS - MARCH 2004

MEDIA CONTACT: Stacia Smith
561-297-2971, ssmith@fau.edu

FAU Commemorates Women's History Month

BOCA RATON, FL (March 24, 2004) - Florida Atlantic University will present a series of lectures, discussions and a symposium to commemorate women's history month. The events have been organized by the FAU Women's Studies Center in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters. All events are free and open to the public.

The lectures, lunchtime discussions and symposium will take place on FAU's Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road and are sponsored by the Women's Studies Center, unless otherwise noted.

Wednesday, March 24, 1-2 p.m.

"Survivors and Surviving," Miranda Pollard, University of Georgia, Department of Women's Studies
Live Oak Pavilion, University Center

*Sponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, the Center for the Study of Values and Violence After Auschwitz and the Women's Studies Center

Thursday, March 25, 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Sex and the City Lunchtime Discussion Series: "The Monogamist"
Social Science Building, Room 281

Tuesday, March 30, 4-5 p.m.

"Gender Mainstreaming Without Gender? Experiences from Europe," Birgit Sauer, Visiting Scholar, University of Vienna/Robert J. Morrow Eminent Scholar Chair in the Social Sciences at FAU
Social Science Building, Room 105

Wednesday, March 31, 6-7 p.m.
"Decolonizing the Frame in Quechua and Aymara Films," Freya Schiwy, University of Connecticut, Department of Modern and Classical Languages
Board of Trustees Room, Administration Building
*Sponsored by the Latin American Studies Program

Tuesday, April 6, 2-3 p.m.

Ayesha Imam, United States director of BAOBAB and the International Solidarity Network of Women Living Under Muslim Laws
B
oard of Trustees Room, Administration Building

*Sponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Peace Studies Certificate Program and the Women's Studies Center

Thursday, April 8, noon-1 p.m.

"The White Sex: Race and Masculinity in Andean Horror Stories," Mary Weismantel, Northwestern University, Department of Linguistics

Board of Trustees Room, Administration Building
*Sponsored by the Latin American Studies Program and the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies

Thursday, April 15, 2-3 p.m.
"Feminist Contentions on Representations of Sexuality: A Sociological Account," Katerina Liskova, New School University for Social Research, Political and Social Science
Live Oak Pavilion, University Center
*Sponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies and the Women's Studies Center

For further information, contact FAU's Women's Studies Department at 561-297-0163.
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