This isn't a Huntington Women's Studies program, but it's free and open to the public, and might be of interest to fans of the Huntington programs:
Geographies of Gender, Militarism, and Climate Change
CSW Research Scholar Brown Bag Seminar, Wednesday, March 4, 12- 1:30 p.m., Royce Hall 314
Lisa Bloom, “Witnessing Climate Change: Oil, Geopolitics and Landscapes of Invisibility.” Bloom will discuss her ongoing book project where she examines aspects of feminist and environmentalist art in relation to new scholarship of the polar regions.
Ayano Ginoza, “Geography of Militarism in Paradise.” Ginoza will discuss her research on the spectacle of militarism and tourism in Okinawa with a focus on gender, race, sexuality, and nation.
Sharon Traweek, UCLA Department of Gender Studies, will act as discussant for this session.
Participants are welcome to bring snacks or a lunch.
Friday, February 20, 2015
Friday, April 12, 2013
May 11: Women Writers: Inspired by Life
Saturday, May 11, 2013, 10:00 a.m. – noon
Feminist Majority Building, 433 S. Beverly Blvd., Beverly Hills
The Huntington Women’s Studies Seminars Steering Committee
in collaboration with the Feminist Majority Foundation presents:
Women Writers: Writing Inspired By Life
Michele Kort
Senior editor, Ms. Magazine, author of Soul Picnic: The Music and Passion of Laura Nyro,
The End of Innocence: A Memoir (co-written with Chastity Bono) and Dinah! Three Decades of Sex, Golf and Rock & Roll, and co-editor of Here Come the Brides: Reflections on Lesbian Love and Marriage
Lynne Thompson
Poet and author of the poetry collection Beg No Pardon
and the chapbooks We Arrive By Accumulation and Through a Window
Felicia Luna Lemus
Author of the novel Trace Elements of Random Tea Parties and Like Son
May-lee Chai
Author of the novels My Lucky Face, Dragon Chica, the short story collection Glamorous Asians,
and the memoirs Hapa Girl and The Girl From Purple Mountain
Introductions: Wendy Smith, Elline Lipkin, and Karon Jolna
Karon Jolna will announce the new Ms. Magazine “Reading Circles” book club.
Our guest writers will have books available for purchase and signing.
THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THE SEMINAR AND NO RESERVATION IS REQUIRED.
Please come early, as space is limited. Metered parking available on Beverly Drive;
limited free parking behind building (enter on Beverwil).
Feminist Majority Building, 433 S. Beverly Blvd., Beverly Hills
The Huntington Women’s Studies Seminars Steering Committee
in collaboration with the Feminist Majority Foundation presents:
Women Writers: Writing Inspired By Life
Michele Kort
Senior editor, Ms. Magazine, author of Soul Picnic: The Music and Passion of Laura Nyro,
The End of Innocence: A Memoir (co-written with Chastity Bono) and Dinah! Three Decades of Sex, Golf and Rock & Roll, and co-editor of Here Come the Brides: Reflections on Lesbian Love and Marriage
Lynne Thompson
Poet and author of the poetry collection Beg No Pardon
and the chapbooks We Arrive By Accumulation and Through a Window
Felicia Luna Lemus
Author of the novel Trace Elements of Random Tea Parties and Like Son
May-lee Chai
Author of the novels My Lucky Face, Dragon Chica, the short story collection Glamorous Asians,
and the memoirs Hapa Girl and The Girl From Purple Mountain
Introductions: Wendy Smith, Elline Lipkin, and Karon Jolna
Karon Jolna will announce the new Ms. Magazine “Reading Circles” book club.
Our guest writers will have books available for purchase and signing.
THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THE SEMINAR AND NO RESERVATION IS REQUIRED.
Please come early, as space is limited. Metered parking available on Beverly Drive;
limited free parking behind building (enter on Beverwil).
Sunday, February 10, 2013
March 9: Forty Years after Roe v. Wade: Reproductive Rights and Justice Today
Please join us at a new location for:
Forty Years After Roe v. Wade:
Reproductive Rights and Justice Today
Saturday, March 9, 2013
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Feminist Majority Foundation
433 S. Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212
(between Olympic and Pico Boulevards)
Speakers:
Fetal Personhood: A Moral and Legal Quagmire
Jean Schroedel
Professor of Politics & Policy, Claremont Graduate University
Race, Class and Reproductive Justice After Roe v Wade
Dionne Bensonsmith, PhD
Independent Scholar
Challenging Access: Lawmaking and Activism in Kansas and Mississippi
duVergne Gaines
Legal Coordinator, National Clinic Access Project, Feminist Majority Foundation
Unearthing Latin@ Voices on Abortion
Myra Duran
Policy Coordinator, California Latinas for Reproductive Justice
THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THE SEMINAR AND NO RESERVATION IS REQUIRED.
Please come early, as space is limited.
Metered parking available on Beverly Dr.; limited free parking behind building (enter on Beverwil Dr.).
Forty Years After Roe v. Wade:
Reproductive Rights and Justice Today
Saturday, March 9, 2013
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Feminist Majority Foundation
433 S. Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212
(between Olympic and Pico Boulevards)
Speakers:
Fetal Personhood: A Moral and Legal Quagmire
Jean Schroedel
Professor of Politics & Policy, Claremont Graduate University
Race, Class and Reproductive Justice After Roe v Wade
Dionne Bensonsmith, PhD
Independent Scholar
Challenging Access: Lawmaking and Activism in Kansas and Mississippi
duVergne Gaines
Legal Coordinator, National Clinic Access Project, Feminist Majority Foundation
Unearthing Latin@ Voices on Abortion
Myra Duran
Policy Coordinator, California Latinas for Reproductive Justice
Please come early, as space is limited.
Metered parking available on Beverly Dr.; limited free parking behind building (enter on Beverwil Dr.).
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
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:
“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
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.
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.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
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.
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.
Monday, January 30, 2012
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 .
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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.
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.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
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:
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.
February 18
March 17
May 12
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.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
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
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!
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
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
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
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.
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.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
March 5: Women and Progressive Politics in California
Women and the Tradition of Progressive Politics
in Twentieth-Century California
5 March 2011
10 a.m. to 12 noon
Maria de Lopez, Clubwomen, and Social Networks in Suffrage-Era Los Angeles
Eileen V. Wallis
Assistant Professor, Department of History, California Polytechnic University, Pomona
Women in the Inner Halls of Politics: California's Commission on the Status of Women and
Activism Against Sex Discrimination, 1965-1975
Carol Cini, Ph.D.
Instructor, History Department, De Anza College
Deep Roots: Francisca Flores and Chicana Political Activism in Los Angeles, 1960-1980
Marisela R. Chavez
Assistant Professor, Chicana and Chicano Studies, CSU Dominguez Hills
Moderator: Donna C. Schuele
Lecturer, Department of Criminology, Law & Society, UC Irvine
Program begins at 10am; the seminar reception table opens at 9:30ish. At the end of the program at noon, we meet on the patio for lunch together. You may bring your own lunch, or purchase a sandwich lunch at reception (limited supply). There is no pre-registration, and the program is free to all in attendance.
Save the date for our next program, 21 May 2011.
in Twentieth-Century California
5 March 2011
10 a.m. to 12 noon
Maria de Lopez, Clubwomen, and Social Networks in Suffrage-Era Los Angeles
Eileen V. Wallis
Assistant Professor, Department of History, California Polytechnic University, Pomona
Women in the Inner Halls of Politics: California's Commission on the Status of Women and
Activism Against Sex Discrimination, 1965-1975
Carol Cini, Ph.D.
Instructor, History Department, De Anza College
Deep Roots: Francisca Flores and Chicana Political Activism in Los Angeles, 1960-1980
Marisela R. Chavez
Assistant Professor, Chicana and Chicano Studies, CSU Dominguez Hills
Moderator: Donna C. Schuele
Lecturer, Department of Criminology, Law & Society, UC Irvine
Program begins at 10am; the seminar reception table opens at 9:30ish. At the end of the program at noon, we meet on the patio for lunch together. You may bring your own lunch, or purchase a sandwich lunch at reception (limited supply). There is no pre-registration, and the program is free to all in attendance.
Save the date for our next program, 21 May 2011.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
January 29: Women and Rhetoric
Women and Rhetoric:
A Roundtable Discussion
Saturday, 29 January 2011
9:30 a.m. to 12 noon
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Sappho’s Garden
Professor, Comparative Literature, University of California, Irvine
Rhetoric, Writing, and Radical Feminism in the Late 1960s
Professor, English, CSU-San Bernardino
The Difference Between a Hockey Mom and a Pit Bull:
Sarah Palin’s Rhetorical Performance at the 2008 Republican Convention
Assistant Professor, Communication Studies, CSU-Long Beach
Assistant Professor, Communication Studies, CSU-Long Beach
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Program begins at 10am; the seminar reception table opens at 9:30ish. At the end of the program at noon, we meet on the patio for lunch together. You may bring your own lunch, or purchase a sandwich lunch at reception (limited supply). There is no pre-registration, and the program is free to all in attendance.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Other events of interest at the Huntington
The following events are NOT programs of the Huntington Women's Studies Seminar, but they are other free programs at the Huntington, with topics we think many in our audience might find interesting.
Distinguished Fellow Lecture “Wild Unrest” Revealed: Pasadena and the Making of “The Yellow Wall-Paper”
Nov. 9 (Tuesday)
7:30 p.m. Free
Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wall-Paper” is a harrowing story of a woman’s descent into madness, fueled by the author’s own experience. Helen Horowitz, professor of history at Smith College and the Los Angeles Times Distinguished Fellow, considers Gilman’s life in Pasadena and the making of the story. No reservations required.
History of Science Lecture Series - Science, Medicine, and the Woman Question: The Activism of Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi
Dec. 2 (Thursday)
7:30 p.m. Free
The intersection of science and women's rights activism will be explored in this lecture by Carla Bittel, professor of history at Loyola Marymount University. Bittel will discuss the life and work of 19th-century New York physician Mary Putnam Jacobi, focusing on how Jacobi used biological knowledge to advance women's participation in the professions. No reservation required.
Talk and Book Signing: Helen of Pasadena
Dec. 12 (Sunday)
2 p.m. Free
Writer and talk show host Lian Dolan, one of radio’s Satellite Sisters, discusses her new novel, Helen of Pasadena, which takes place in and around The Huntington. Dolan, a longtime Huntington Member, will reveal her inspiration for a key plot device in this lighthearted romantic comedy. A book signing follows. No reservations required.
Distinguished Fellow Lecture “Wild Unrest” Revealed: Pasadena and the Making of “The Yellow Wall-Paper”
Nov. 9 (Tuesday)
7:30 p.m. Free
Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wall-Paper” is a harrowing story of a woman’s descent into madness, fueled by the author’s own experience. Helen Horowitz, professor of history at Smith College and the Los Angeles Times Distinguished Fellow, considers Gilman’s life in Pasadena and the making of the story. No reservations required.
History of Science Lecture Series - Science, Medicine, and the Woman Question: The Activism of Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi
Dec. 2 (Thursday)
7:30 p.m. Free
The intersection of science and women's rights activism will be explored in this lecture by Carla Bittel, professor of history at Loyola Marymount University. Bittel will discuss the life and work of 19th-century New York physician Mary Putnam Jacobi, focusing on how Jacobi used biological knowledge to advance women's participation in the professions. No reservation required.
Talk and Book Signing: Helen of Pasadena
Dec. 12 (Sunday)
2 p.m. Free
Writer and talk show host Lian Dolan, one of radio’s Satellite Sisters, discusses her new novel, Helen of Pasadena, which takes place in and around The Huntington. Dolan, a longtime Huntington Member, will reveal her inspiration for a key plot device in this lighthearted romantic comedy. A book signing follows. No reservations required.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
November 20: Women’s Studies and Ms. Magazine
Women’s Studies and Ms. Magazine
Bringing Ms. Magazine to the Classroom
and Feminist Scholarship to Ms.
A round-table discussion between
Katherine Spillar
Executive Editor, Ms. Magazine
Ina Coleman
Managing Director, Ms. in the Classroom
Dianne Bartlow
Assistant Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies, CSU Northridge
Audrey Bilger
Associate Professor of Literature and Faculty Director of the Writing Center, Claremont McKenna College
Moderated by
Karon Jolna
Chair, Huntington Library Women’s Studies Seminars
Lecturer, UCLA Department of Women’s Studies
* * * *
Saturday, November 20, 2010
9:30- 10am – Registration
10-12noon – Program
12noon – Lunch on the terrace
Huntington lunches $12-14 at registration or bring a brown bag
THE PROGRAM IS FREE AND NO RESERVATION IS REQUIRED
Save the date for our next program: January 29, 2011
Katherine Spillar
Executive Editor, Ms. Magazine
Ina Coleman
Managing Director, Ms. in the Classroom
Dianne Bartlow
Assistant Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies, CSU Northridge
Audrey Bilger
Associate Professor of Literature and Faculty Director of the Writing Center, Claremont McKenna College
Moderated by
Karon Jolna
Chair, Huntington Library Women’s Studies Seminars
Lecturer, UCLA Department of Women’s Studies
* * * *
Saturday, November 20, 2010
9:30- 10am – Registration
10-12noon – Program
12noon – Lunch on the terrace
Huntington lunches $12-14 at registration or bring a brown bag
THE PROGRAM IS FREE AND NO RESERVATION IS REQUIRED
Save the date for our next program: January 29, 2011
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Dates for 2010-2011 Seminars!
We can't unveil any programs or themes yet, but here are the dates for the four seminars this year:
November 20
January 29
March 5 and
May 21
January 29
March 5 and
May 21
Remember that all programs are Saturday mornings, 10am-12noon, with registration before and lunch afterwards on the garden patio. Stay tuned for more information soon about program specifics.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
May 1: Women Writers and Artists
Join us on May 1 for our last program of the 2009-2010 season, as we return to a favorite theme, local women writers:
Women writers and artists:
Giving voice to women's stories through writing and photography
Mixing It Up: Women at Crossroads Write a Stinger Cookbook
Kimberly Drake
Visiting Associate Professor and Director of the Writing Program, Scripps College
The World Split Open: Women Writing, Teaching Girls
Elline Lipkin
Poet and Fellow, Center for the Study of Women, UCLA
Blessed Are These Hands: Reflections on Women's Values @ the Turn of the 21st Century
Susan Kullmann
Historian, Photographer, and Instructional Technology Consultant, Scripps College
Moderator: Wendy Smith
Associate Professor, Department of English
California State University, San Bernardino
Co-Organizer: Sue Castagnetto
Coordinator, Intercollegiate Women's Studies of the Claremont Colleges
Program begins at 10am; the seminar reception table opens at 9:30ish. At the end of the program at noon, we will meet on the patio for lunch together. You may bring your own lunch, or purchase a sandwich lunch at reception (limited supply). There is no pre-registration or reservation taken, and the program is free to all in attendance.
Women writers and artists:
Giving voice to women's stories through writing and photography
Mixing It Up: Women at Crossroads Write a Stinger Cookbook
Kimberly Drake
Visiting Associate Professor and Director of the Writing Program, Scripps College
The World Split Open: Women Writing, Teaching Girls
Elline Lipkin
Poet and Fellow, Center for the Study of Women, UCLA
Blessed Are These Hands: Reflections on Women's Values @ the Turn of the 21st Century
Susan Kullmann
Historian, Photographer, and Instructional Technology Consultant, Scripps College
Moderator: Wendy Smith
Associate Professor, Department of English
California State University, San Bernardino
Co-Organizer: Sue Castagnetto
Coordinator, Intercollegiate Women's Studies of the Claremont Colleges
Program begins at 10am; the seminar reception table opens at 9:30ish. At the end of the program at noon, we will meet on the patio for lunch together. You may bring your own lunch, or purchase a sandwich lunch at reception (limited supply). There is no pre-registration or reservation taken, and the program is free to all in attendance.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
March 20: Gender, Sexuality, and Reproduction
Join us March 20, 9:30am-12pm at the Huntington for our next stimulating program of scholarship presented for a diverse audience.
Gender, Sexuality, and Reproduction: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives
Plenary Speakers:
Sherry Velasco
Professor and Chair
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
University of Southern California
Chikako Takeshita
Assistant Professor
Department of Women's Studies
University of California, Riverside
Deborah Mindry, PhD
Global AIDS Research Fellow
UCLA Program in Global Health
Moderator:
Julie Nack Ngue, PhD
Research Scholar, UCLA Center for the Study of Women
Lecturer, Department of French and Italian
University of Southern California
And save the date for our last panel of the year, May 1, when we return to the popular annual "LA Writers" theme.
Gender, Sexuality, and Reproduction: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives
Plenary Speakers:
Sherry Velasco
Professor and Chair
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
University of Southern California
Chikako Takeshita
Assistant Professor
Department of Women's Studies
University of California, Riverside
Deborah Mindry, PhD
Global AIDS Research Fellow
UCLA Program in Global Health
Moderator:
Julie Nack Ngue, PhD
Research Scholar, UCLA Center for the Study of Women
Lecturer, Department of French and Italian
University of Southern California
And save the date for our last panel of the year, May 1, when we return to the popular annual "LA Writers" theme.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
January 30: Trafficking in Women Worldwide
Join us for the next Huntington Women's Studies Seminar! Details below:
And save the date for our next program, "Women, Power and Science," to be held on March 20, 2010.
Trafficking in Women Worldwide
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Jennifer Musto
Ph.D. Candidate
UCLA Department of Women's Studies
Kay Buck
Executive Director
Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST)
Julianne McMurtry
Professor of Sociology
Mount St. Mary's College
Moderator:
Karon Jolna
Lecturer
UCLA Department of Women's Studies
9:30am - 10am -- Registration
10am -12pm -- Program
12pm -- Lunch on the Garden Terrace
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Jennifer Musto
Ph.D. Candidate
UCLA Department of Women's Studies
Kay Buck
Executive Director
Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST)
Julianne McMurtry
Professor of Sociology
Mount St. Mary's College
Moderator:
Karon Jolna
Lecturer
UCLA Department of Women's Studies
9:30am - 10am -- Registration
10am -12pm -- Program
12pm -- Lunch on the Garden Terrace
And save the date for our next program, "Women, Power and Science," to be held on March 20, 2010.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
November 14: The Queen's Bench: Women's Voices in the Judiciary
Come join the Women's Studies Seminars on November 14, for a lively and timely roundtable discussion on women and the US Supreme Court. The panelists will be:
Jane S. De Hart
Professor of History
University of California, Santa Barbara
Rachel F. Moran
Founding Faculty
University of California, Irvine School of Law
Robert D. and Leslie-Kay Raven Professor of Law
Berkeley Law School
Donna Schuele
Lecturer, Department of Criminology, Law & Society
University of California, Irvine
Moderator: Mary R. Boland, Associate Professor, Department of English
California State University, San Bernardino
Professor of History
University of California, Santa Barbara
Rachel F. Moran
Founding Faculty
University of California, Irvine School of Law
Robert D. and Leslie-Kay Raven Professor of Law
Berkeley Law School
Donna Schuele
Lecturer, Department of Criminology, Law & Society
University of California, Irvine
Moderator: Mary R. Boland, Associate Professor, Department of English
California State University, San Bernardino
As usual, the program will start at 10am, and end at 12noon, followed by lunch on the garden terrace (you may purchase a lunch ticket at registration, or bring your own lunch). The program is free and no reservation is required.
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