Black. Queer. Southern. Women.
An Oral History
A presentation by E. Patrick Johnson, Ph.D., author of Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South and Professor of Performance Studies and African American Studies at Northwestern University.
When: Tuesday, Oct 8, 2019 at 5:30pm
Where: Virginia Dare Room, Alumni House
Who: free and open to the public
Women Outside Their Apartments: A Moroccan Feminist's Cinematic Vision
Dr. Florence Martin, Goucher College
This talk will examine how the filmmaker, Farida Benlyazid, has consistently disturbed the boundaries between autobiography and fiction, the personal and the political, and Muslim spirituality and feminism.
When: Tuesday, Oct 8, 2019 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Where: Faculty Center
When Women Won the Right to Vote: An American Fiction
Dr. Lisa Tetrault, Carnegi Mellon University
That women won the right to vote in 1920 is American scripture, but that story misleads us in countless ways. It also leaves us ill equipped to fight the modern ongoing history of disenfranchisement. One hundred years later, it's time for a new story, one that more accurately captures this complex history, confronts the legacies of racism, and enables us to pick up the still unfinished project of securing voting rights for all.
When: Monday, Oct 21, 2019 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm (Reception @ 5:00pm)
Where: Faculty Center
Who: Free and Open to the Public
The Revolution that Wasn't: How Digital Actism Favors Conservatives
Jen Schadie, Sciences PO, Paris
When: Thursday Oct 24, 2019 at 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Where: Stone Building, Room 142
Uncitizen: Narratives of the Undocumented, Deported, Imprisoned, and Other Persons Stateless Within the United States
Dr. Maria Sanchez, UNCG, English Department
When: Monday, Oct 28, 2019 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Where: Curry Building, Room 336 -- WGS Conference Room
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