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October 1 - December 14
(ongoing) |
Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series
“On Either Side”
Berni Searle, South African multi-media artist
and 2007–2008 Estelle Lebowitz Visiting
Artist-in-Residence Lecturer
Douglass Library Galleries, Mabel Smith Douglass Library, 8 Chapel Drive
Sponsored by the Institute for Women and Art,
in partnership with Rutgers University Libraries |
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January 15 - July 31
(ongoing)
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Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series
“Tiger by the Tail: Women Artists of India Transforming Culture”
Douglass Library Galleries, Mabel Smith Douglass Library, 8 Chapel Drive
Sponsored by the Institute for Women and Art, in partnership with Rutgers
University Libraries |
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January 15 - July 31
(ongoing)
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Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series
“Passage to Jersey: South Asian Diasporic Artists in our Midst”
The Brodsky Gallery at The Heldrich, 10 Livingston Avenue
Sponsored by the Institute for Women and Art, in partnership with Rutgers University Libraries |
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September 10
(Monday) |
Celebrating A New Era for Women’s Education and Leadership at Rutgers
Opening Event for the Institute for
Women’s Leadership Consortium
4:30–6:30 pm: Reception and Open House
5:15 pm: Remarks by President Richard L. McCormick
Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building, 162 Ryders Lane
Sponsored by the Institute for Women’s Leadership |
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September 14
(Friday)
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Friday, September 14, 2007
“Entomology with 2 X Chromosomes: The History of Women in the Field”
Dr. May Berenbaum, Professor of Biology, University of Illinois,
Urbana Champaign
3–5 p.m.
Conference Room, RDJC Building
Sponsored by the Office for the Promotion of Women in Science, Engineering and Mathematics |
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September 18
(Tuesday)
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A Hall Institute Presidential Forum: Women, Work and the Economy
A discussion with women from New Jersey’s business, academic and
media industries on issues of women, work and the economy for the
2008 presidential election.
9:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m.: Networking Breakfast
10:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.: Panel Discussion
Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building, 162 Ryders Lane
Seating is limited—RSVP required
Sponsored by The Hall Institute, the Center for Women and Work, and the Center for American Women and Politics
Women’s and Gender Studies Lecture Series
“Tropical Sex in First World Countries: Brazilian Migration in the Context
of Sex Tourism”
Professor Adriana Garcia Piscitelli, Anthropology & Gender Studies, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
4:00–6:00 p.m.
Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building, Conference Room |
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September 20
(Thursday)
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“Politics, Policy and Reality:
What’s Really Going On in Washington”
Gwen Ifill, PBS Correspondent and 2007 Senator
Wynona Lipman Chair in Women’s Political Leadership
7:00 p.m.
Busch Campus Center, Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Sponsored by the Center for American Women and Politics |
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September 24
(Monday)
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Resisting Images: Women’s and Gender Studies Film Series
Dance, Girl, Dance (Dorothy Arzner 1940)
6:30 p.m.
Art History 100, Douglass Campus |
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September 26
(Wednesday)
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Douglass Society Induction Ceremony
The highest achieving Douglass alumnae are inducted into The Douglass Society before the first-year class at Douglass.
10:55 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Voorhees Chapel
Sponsored by Douglass Residential College and the Associate Alumnae of Douglass College |
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September 27
(Thursday)
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IRW Distinguished Lecture Series
“The Million Mom March: The Perils of Colorblind Maternalism”
Deborah Gray White, Board of Governors
Professor of History, Rutgers
4:30–6:00 p.m. (reception at 4:00 p.m.)
Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building
Sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women
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October 2
(Tuesday) |
Multigenerational Institute on Women’s Human Rights
Join us to meet thirty-five women leaders from all regions of the world
4:30 p.m.: Public reception
Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building
Sponsored by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership
Zagoren Lecture
Diane LeBow Douglass College ’61, Photographer and Author
7:00 p.m.
Trayes Hall, Doulass College Center
Sponsored by Douglass Residential College, and the Associate Alumnae of Douglass College |
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October 8
(Monday) |
Women’s and Gender Studies Lecture Series
“Sexual Citizenship”
Jyl Josephson, Professor, Political Science and Women’s Studies,
Rutgers-Newark
4:30–6:00 p.m.
Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building, Conference Room
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October 9
(Tuesday) |
Out of the Closet with Financial Planning
The new domestic partner and civil union laws could change your financial future. Join us for an informative session with Kate Sweeney, Certified Financial Planner, Senior Vice President-Wealth Management, Smith Barney
4:30–6:30 p.m.
Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building
Sponsored by the Institute for Women’s Leadership and Office of Social Justice and LGBT Affairs
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October 10
(Wednesday) |
“More Than Just a Few Good Men”
The Center for Women and Work’s annual reception honoring advocates for working women who are ‘connecting communities, changing lives.’ This year’s event honors men who have supported working women through policy, programs and interventions.
6:30 p.m.: Event
University Inn and Conference Center
Sponsored by the Center for Women and Work
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October 11
(Thursday) |
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
IRW Distinguished Lecture Series
"Feminism, Secularism, and Empire: Enlisting Gender in the War on Terror"
Saba Mahmood, Associate Professor, Social Cultural Anthropology, UC-Berkeley
4:30–6:00 p.m. (reception at 4:00 p.m.)
Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building
Sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women |
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October 16
(Tuesday)
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Senior Leadership Program for
Professional Women Special Program
“Leadership Lessons Learned from Experience”, featuring
Barbara Krumsiek, President/CEO, The Calvert Group
Lydia G. Mallet, VP Diversity, Tyco
Melinda Wolfe, SVP & Chief Diversity Officer, American Express
8:00–10:00 a.m.
Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building
Sponsored by the Center for Women and Work and Institute for Women’s Leadership |
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October 18
(Thursday)
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Women’s and Gender Studies Series
The Feminist Memoir Project
Ann Snitow, New School for Social Research
Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Temple University
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Eagleton Institute of Politics
Sponsored by Women’s and Gender Studies and Rutgers University Press |
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October 19-20
(Friday-Saturday)
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Women’s and Gender Studies Conference
“The Future of Feminist Theory”
Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building
Sponsored by the Women’s and Gender Studies Department with Bergen University, Norway |
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October 22
(Monday)
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Resisting Images: Women’s and Gender Studies Film Series
Hollywood Harems (Kamal-Eldin 1999)
Meeting of Two Queens / Encuentro entre dos Reinas (Cecilia Barraga 1991)
Love (Tracey Moffat and Gary Hillberg 2003)
Illusions (Julie Dash 1983)
6:30 p.m.
Art History 100, Douglass Campus
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November 1
(Thursday)
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Visiting Global Associate Public Lecture and Reception
Wanda Nowicka, President, Federation of Women and Family Planning, Warsaw, Poland
4:30–6:00 p.m.
Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building
Sponsored by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership |
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November 8
(Thursday)
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IRW Distinguished Lecture Series
“Not the United States of Gender: Framing Transgender Activism in Societies of Control”
Paisley Currah, Associate Professor, Political Science, Brooklyn College–CUNY and Executive Director, CLAGS-Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies
4:30–6:00 p.m. (reception at 4:00 p.m.)
Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building
Sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women |
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November 14
(Wednesday)
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“Dis-appearance: Exploring Ideas of Visibility and Invisibility in the Work of Berni Searle”
Berni Searle, South African Photographer and Installation Artist
6–8:30 p.m.
Mabel Smith Douglass Room, Douglass Library, 8 Chapel Drive.
Sponsored by the Institute for Women and Art |
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November 25-
December 10
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16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
“Demanding Implementation, Challenging Obstacles: End Violence Against Women”
Thousands of activists around the world raise awareness about gender violence in this annual campaign.
Sponsored by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership |
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November 26
(Monday)
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Resisting Images: Women’s and Gender Studies Film Series
Sisters of the Screen: African Women in the Cinema (Beti Ellerson 2002)
Plus shorts by African Women Directors:
Selbe: en tant d’autres (Safi Faye, 1982)
Fantococà (Agnès Ndibi, 2001)
From the other side of the river (Maji-da Abdi, 2001)
Laafi bala (Fanta Regina Nacro, 2000)
6:30 p.m.
Art History 100, Douglass Campus
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November 25-
December 10
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16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
“Demanding Implementation, Challenging Obstacles: End Violence Against Women”
Thousands of activists around the world raise awareness about gender violence in this annual campaign.
Sponsored by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership
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December 22
(Saturday) |
Winter Recess Begins
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January 24
(Thursday) |
IRW Distinguished Lecture Series
“Crossing Borders: Linking Local Struggles with Transnational Politics”
Nancy Naples, Professor, Sociology,
University of Connecticut
4:30–6:00 p.m. (reception at 4:00 p.m.)
Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building
Sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women |
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January 29
(Tuesday) |
Resisting Images: Women’s and Gender Studies Film Series
Filming Desire: A Journey through Women’s Film (Marie Mandy, 2000)
Novela, Novela (Liz Miller, 2001)
6:30 p.m.
Art History 100, Douglass Campus
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January 31
(Thursday) |
“Rang de Nila (Color Me Blue)”
Featuring artist Siona Benjamin with classical Indian dancers Ishrat Hoque and Pranita Jain.
4:30–6:30 p.m.
Mason Gross School of the Arts Auditorium, 33 Livingston Ave
Sponsored by the Institute for Women and Art and the Rutgers University Libraries
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February 5
(Tuesday) |
IWL Leadership Scholars Program
“Young Leaders and Social Change” Forum
3:00–5:00 p.m.
Mabel Smith Douglass Library
Sponsored by the Institute for Women’s Leadership
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February 11
(Monday) |
"Future
Leader Forum"
Come network with top female business leaders of New Jersey and get the scoop on their secrets to success
10:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
The Heldrich Raritan River Conference Center
Limited seating. Please reserve your space by calling 732-932-7997
Co- Sponsored by the Institute for Women's Leadership, Rutgers University Programming Association, Junior Achievement of New Jersey, and Career Services |
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February 11
(Monday) |
Women’s and Gender Studies Lecture Series
“The Layered Memories of the Women who Survived Srebrenica”
Selma Leydesdorff, Belle van Zuylen Institute for Comparative and Multicultural Gender Studies, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
4:00–6:00 p.m.
Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building, Conference Room
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February 13
(Wednesday) |
“The Double Life of Emma Lazarus”
Esther Schor, Professor, English, Princeton University
Join us for a presentation and book signing by Professor Schor, author of Emma Lazarus.
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building
Cosponsored by the Institute for Women’s Leadership and the Jersey Blue Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
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February 14
(Thursday) |
IRW Distinguished Lecture Series
“Women’s Social Movements and the Public Good”
Temma Kaplan, Professor, History, Rutgers
4:30–6:00 p.m. (reception at 4:00 p.m.)
Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building
Sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women
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February 21
(Thursday) |
Blanche and Irving Laurie Chair in Women’s Studies Lecture
“Forget the Glass Ceiling: Why We Need to Redesign the Building for Women and Men”
Ellen Bravo, Labor Activist and Former Director,
9 to 5, National Association of Working Women
7:30 p.m.
Trayes Hall, Douglass College Center
Sponsored by Douglass Residential College, Women’s and Gender Studies Department, Institute for Women’s Leadership
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February 26
(Tuesday) |
Resisting Images: Women’s and Gender Studies Film Series
Honey Moccasin (Shelly Niro 1998)
Welcome to Africville (Dana Inkster 1999)
Sexto Sentido (Puntos de Encuentro 2000)
6:30 p.m.
Art History 100, Douglass Campus
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March 5
(Wednesday) |
Women’s and Gender Studies Lecture Series
Professor Anna Sampaio, University of Colorado, Denver
4:00–6:00 p.m.
Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building, Conference Room
Sponsored by Women’s and Gender Studies
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March 6
(Thursday) |
“Passage to Jersey: South Asian Diasporic Artists in Our Midst — Artists Panel Discussion”
4:30–6:30 p.m.
Mabel Smith Douglass Room, Mabel Smith Douglass Library, 8 Chapel Drive
Sponsored by the Institute for Women and Art and the Rutgers University Libraries |
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March 13
(Thursday)
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Bridging the Gap—Leadership Scholars Alumnae Panel and Dinner
6:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
IWL Conference Room, Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building
Sponsored by the Institute for Women’s Leadership |
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March 21-22
(Friday - Saturday) |
Ready to Run™
Training for potential women candidates and appointees; learn how to get Ready to Run from prominent elected and appointed leaders, campaign consultants and party officials. Special pre-program workshops for women of color on Friday: Run Sister Run: Women of the African Diaspora Changing the Political Landscape; Rising Stars: Educating Asian American Women for Politics; and Elección Latina.
Place to be announced
Sponsored by the Center for American Women and Politics |
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March 25
(Tuesday) |
Resisting Images: Women’s and Gender Studies Film Series
Lover/Other: The Story of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore (Barbara Hammer 2006)
6:30 p.m.
Art History 100, Douglass Campus |
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March 26
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Women in the Era of Globalization Bi-Annual Colloquium: Women in Business Making a Difference through Leadership
The 2008 colloquium, an all-day event with panel discussions and activities, will focus on women in business, non-profit management, and the changing global environment for women at the forefront of the business arena.
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Featuring L'Hommedieu Lecturer Barbara Krumsiek, CEO of the Calvert Group, 7:00 p.m.
Trayes Hall, Douglass College Center
Sponsored by Douglass Residential College
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April 3
(Thursday) |
IRW Distinguished Lecture Series
“Breathing Life into Ourselves: Personal Stories as Research”
Byllye Y. Avery, Founder, The Avery Institute for Social Change and the Black Women’s Health Imperative (Founder, National Black Women’s Health Project)
4:30–6:00 p.m. (reception at 4:00 p.m.)
Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building
Sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women |
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April 10
(Thursday) |
Institute for Research on Women 30th Anniversary Reception
Please join former IRW directors, foremothers, and luminaries as for adisplay books and other milestones from IRW programs to help spur memories of shared histories.
4:30-6:30 p.m.
Mable Smith Douglass Library
Sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women |
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April 11
(Friday) |
Institute for Research on Women Symposium
A day-long symposium to celebrate feminist research of the past, present, and future.
More details to come early in the new year.
The symposium will be held at the Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building
Sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women |
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April 24
(Thursday) |
Women’s and Gender Studies Honors Presentations
3:00–5:00 p.m.
Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building, Conference Room
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May 7
(Wednesday) |
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Susan and Michael Angelides Lecture
Samantha Power, Anna Lindh Professor of Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book
“A Problem from Hell”: America and the Age of Genocide.
7:30 p.m.
Busch Campus Center Multipurpose Room
Sponsored by the Institute for Women’s Leadership |
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May 19
(Monday) |
“Reflections on Leadership Learning”
IWL Leadership Scholars Graduation
3:30–5:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Institute for Women’s Leadership
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| June |
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June 2 - 6
(Monday - Friday) |
The Institute for Women’s Leadership presents
Crystal-Barkley’s
Life\Work Design™ Program for Women Ready to Make a Difference
This program is for women leaders who want to make the next step in their life — whether retirement, career move or new life direction — the most enjoyable and effective they have ever taken.
Nella G. Barkley, co-founder and CEO of the Crystal-Barkley Corporation (www.careerlife.com), along with Sandy Parker, DC ’75 and former VP and Treasurer of the Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, will lead a limited number of participants to discover how the abundant richness of their skills can be used as tools for effecting social change, in environments of their choosing, and under the most favorable conditions.
Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building
Sponsored by the Institute for Women’s Leadership
Click here for more information |
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