UPDATE!

Huntington Women's Studies seminars are being planned for spring 2013 and will be held at the office of the Feminist Majority Foundation in Beverly Hills.

Check back soon for dates and details.

May 12: Celebrating Women Writers and Artists

Please join us for the last Women's Studies Seminar of the 2011-12 season, "Celebrating Women Writers and Artists," featuring the following presentations:

Helena María Viramontes

“In the Fullness of Life:  Meditations on Writing”

Helena María Viramontes is the author of The Moths and Other Stories, Under the Feet of Jesus, and most recently, Their Dogs Came with Them, a novel focusing on the dispossessed, the working poor, the homeless, and the undocumented of East Los Angeles, where she grew up.  She is former co-coordinator of the Los Angeles Latino Writers Association and is Professor of Creative Writing at Cornell University.

Corey Madden

“That Bitch Corey Madden”

Corey Madden is a writer and director and founding artistic director of L’Atelier Arts, an organization that creates live cross-disciplinary works in partnership with theatres, universities, performing arts centers, museums and festivals around the world. She served as Associate Artistic Director of The Mark Taper Forum for over 20 years.

Janice Rhosahalle Littlejohn

“…but can she play?”

Janice Rhosahalle Littlejohn is a radio, television, print and new media journalist and the director and producer of the documentary film, …but can she play?, which profiles women sax and brass players whose work challenges gender biases in contemporary jazz and is influencing its transformation.  The film is currently in production.

Registration:  9:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Program:  10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lunch:  12:00 p.m.

THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THE SEMINAR AND NO RESERVATION IS REQUIRED.
You are invited to bring lunch and join the speakers on the patio following the seminar.  Seminar attendees receive complimentary admission to garden and museum.

March 17: Paradoxical Relationships: Histories of Marriage and Women's Rights

Paradoxical Relationships:
Histories of Marriage and Women’s Rights
March 17, 2012
10:00 a.m. – noon

From Caroline Norton to Monica Lewinsky: Adultery and the Wrongs
And Rights of Women in Anglo-American History
Lisa Cody
Associate Professor of History
Claremont McKenna College

“Good Fathers,” “Tender Mothers” and the “Young Marseillais”: Arranged
Marriages, Divorce, and French Revolutionary Changes in Family Law
Laura Talamante
Assistant Professor of History
California State University, Dominguez Hills

The Strange Career of Common Law Marriage
Diana Williams
Assistant Professor of History and Law
University of Southern California

Moderator: Marisela R. Chávez
Associate Professor of Chicana/o Studies
California State University, Dominguez Hills

Registration: 9:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Program: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lunch: 12:00 p.m.

THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THE SEMINAR AND NO RESERVATION IS REQUIRED.
You are invited to bring lunch and join the speakers on the terrace following the seminar.
Attendees will receive complimentary admission to the grounds and museums. Parking is free.

Announcing..."California Women Win the Vote"

If you were at our fall seminar on the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in California, you may be interested to hear that the documentary that Martha Wheelock was making, "California Women Win the Vote," is now available in 29-minute and 39-minute edits (to accommodate various classroom needs). To order, visit WildWestWomen.org .

February 18: "Seeking Transcendence: Women's Spirituality as Liberatory Practice"

Seeking Transcendence: Women's Spirituality as Liberatory Practice
February 18, 2012
10:00 am to noon

"Paradoxes of Female Independence: Beguines and Anchoresses as Early Women Readers and Writers"
Jennifer Andersen
Professor of English
Interim Assistant Dean, College of Arts and Letters, CSU-San Bernardino

"Dying Readers: Evangelical Girls' Religious Empowerment in the Nineteenth Century"
Brenda Glascott
Assistant Professor of English
CSU-San Bernardino

"Muslim Women's Activism as Spiritual Practice"
Zayn Kassam
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Pomona College

Moderator: Mary Boland, Associate Professor of English, CSU-San Bernardino

Registration: 9:30-10:00 am
Program: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Lunch: 12:00 pm

THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THE SEMINAR AND NO RESERVATION IS REQUIRED.
You are invited to bring a lunch and join the speakers on the patio following the seminar. There will be no box lunches available for purchase. Attendees will receive complimentary admission to the grounds and museums. Parking is free.