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.

Heading into 2012

You may be visiting this blog wondering when the next seminar will be held. Here are the dates for the next three seminars:

February 18
March 17
May 12

Program details as they become available, watch this space.

Another item of note for 2012 is that we will no longer be offering box lunches for purchase. This change is being made for various reasons. If you have enjoyed lunching on the terrace after our seminars, consider bringing your own lunch (some folks already do that anyway), or picking up a few items at the Huntington's cafe to eat with us. We will still have tables and chairs and trash cans set up on the terrace for gathering and chatting.

October 1: Votes for Women! Celebrating a Century of Woman Suffrage in California

VOTES FOR WOMEN!

Celebrating a Century of Woman Suffrage in California

October 1, 2011

10:00 a.m. to noon

Martha Wheelock

Creating the Story of California Woman Suffrage

Filmmaker, Ishtar Films and Wild West Women, Inc.

Co-producer, director and co-writer, California Women Win the Vote!

Barbara Babcock

The Suffrage Struggle in California – as Lived by Clara Foltz

Judge John Crown Professor of Law, Emerita, Stanford Law School

Author, Woman Lawyer: The Trials of Clara Foltz (Stanford University Press, 2011)

Founder, Women’s Legal History website

Eileen V. Wallis

Strategies for Success: The Suffrage Campaign in Southern California

Associate Professor, History Department, California Polytechnic University, Pomona

Author, Earning Power: Women and Work in Los Angeles, 1880-1930 (University of Nevada Press, 2011)

Moderator: Donna C. Schuele

Lecturer, Department of Criminology, Law & Society, UC Irvine

Registration: 9:30 – 10:00 a.m.

Program: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Lunch: 12:00 p.m.

Bring a sack lunch or buy a lunch ticket at registration (limited supply).

The Huntington Library Women's Studies Seminar is free of charge and

no reservation is required.

Attendees will receive complimentary admission to the grounds and museums.

Parking is free.

Please distribute and post this announcement widely.

To access the program flyer in PDF, please click here: https://sites.google.com/site/hlwssflyers/flyers

May 21: Telling Our Stories: Life Into Art

Join us for the final Huntington Women's Studies Seminars event of the year, the always popular writers' panel.

Telling Our Stories: Life into Art
May 21, 2011

Sandra Tsing Loh, writer/performer
Sandra Tsing Loh is the author of A Year in Van Nuys, Aliens in America, Depth Takes a Holiday, and If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home By Now. She has written and performed in solo shows, including “Mother on Fire” and "Sugar Plum Fairy.” She is a regular commentator on NPR.

Michele Serros, writer
Michele Serros is the author of Chicana Falsa and Other Stories of Death, Identity and Oxnard, How to be a Chicana Role Model, and two Young Adult novels: Honey Blonde Chica and ¡Scandalosa! A Honey Blonde Chica Novel.

Mary Trunk, documentary filmmaker
Mary Trunk is the director of The Watershed and Plain Art. Her newest documentary (currently in post-production), Lost in Living, focuses on women artists as mothers. She is a co-owner of Ma and Pa Films.

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

Bring a sack lunch or buy a sandwich lunch ticket at registration (limited supply).
THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THE SEMINAR AND NO RESERVATION IS REQUIRED.
Seminar participants may be admitted to museum free of charge.