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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
Board 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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