Huntington Women's Studies Seminars--now on Facebook!

If you like to organize your schedule or share announcements with friends using Facebook, now you can include the Huntington Women's Studies Seminars in that habit. Join our Facebook group, and automatically get announcements and reminders about our seminars; you can also see who else is planning to attend and refer friends to the event announcements.

May 2: Our annual "Women Writers in LA" panel!

Here are the confirmed speakers our annual "Women Writers in Los Angeles" panel, planned for May 2, 10am-12noon. This has become an annual favorite of the seminars' audience, always worth attending.

Gayle Greene is a professor of literature and women's studies at Scripps College, who has published numerous articles in both scholarly and popular intellectual venues. Her non-fiction works include The Woman Who Knew Too Much: Alice Stewart and the Secrets of Radiation (2001) and the recent Insomniac (2009), which mixes memoir with scientific reportage and addresses the scientific neglect of a disorder that affects millions.

Dorothy Randall Gray is Los Angeles-based poet, author of the best-selling book Soul Between The Lines: Freeing Your Creative Spirit Through Writing. Dorothy has been a commentator for National Public Radio, literary consultant to the United Nations Committee on Women, and delegate to the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing which commissioned her to create a poem for their opening ceremony, as well as a featured reader and workshop facilitator at many universities, cultural institutions and venues. She is the founder and executive director of the Heartland Institute for Transformation.

Corina Gamma holds an MFA from Claremont Graduate University and teaches fine art photography at Long Beach City College. Her work has been featured in several solo exhibitions as well as numerous group exhibitions. She directed the 2005 documentary, Ties on a Fence: Women in Downtown Los Angeles Speak Out, a beautiful film about homeless women in downtown L.A., narrated in their own voices.

There will be a screening of Ties on a Fence following the presentations, during lunch.

March 14: Our 25th Anniversary Event!

On March 14, the Huntington Women's Studies Seminars will mark a milestone--25 years of programs bringing quality humanities scholarship on women to a diverse and discerning audience. Join us for a special all-day program (details below), and a lunchtime reception.

Where Are We Now:
A Discussion on the Impact of Feminism on Women's Studies
Saturday, March 14, 2009
9am-10am

Speakers:
Inderpal Grewal, Women's Studies, University of California, Irvine
Dianne Bartlow, Gender and Women's Studies, California State University, Northridge
Gail Livings, Social Science, Santa Monica College

Moderator:
Ricky Manoff, Gender and Women's Studies, California State University, Northridge


Reflections on Women’s History: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Saturday, March 14, 2009
10:15am-12:15pm

Panelists:
Mary Beth Norton, Mary Donlon Alger Professor of American History, Cornell University, and Los Angeles Times Distinguished Fellow, The Huntington Library

Karen Offen, Senior Scholar, Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University

Vicki Ruiz, Professor of History and Chicano Latino Studies, and Dean, School of Humanities, University of California, Irvine

Moderator:
Kendahl Radcliffe, Assistant Professor, Afro-Ethnic Studies, California State University, Fullerton


Women Changing the Face of the Middle East
Saturday, March 14, 2009
1:30pm--3:30 pm

Keynote Speaker: Nayereh Tohidi
Chair, Gender and Women’s Studies, California State University, Northridge
The Women’s Movement and Democracy in Iran: A Comparative Perspective



The Case of Syria
Anne Bennett
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, California State University, San Bernardino

Women’s Self-representation and Use of Media in Turkey
Ece Algan
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, California State University, San Bernardino


Transcending the Obstacles: Women in Saudi Arabia
Ferial Masry
Author, Running for all the Right Reasons: A Saudi-born Woman’s Pursuit of Democracy



Moderator: Wendy Smith
Member, Huntington Library Women’s Studies Seminars Steering Committee
Associate Professor of English, California State University, San Bernardino

Sue Castagnetto contributed a great deal to organizing this panel. Thanks Sue!

January 31: American Catholic Nuns in Historical Perspective

Join us at the Huntington Library on Saturday, January 31, 9:30am-12noon, for a trio of presentations spanning centuries and coasts:

Community Ministry, Community Change: American Catholic Nuns in Historical Perspective

The Daughters of Charity as Advocates for the Sick Poor in Los Angeles, 1856-1878
Kristine Ashton Gunnell
Ph.D. Candidate, History, Claremont Graduate University

The Harlem Franciscan Hand Maids of Mary: A Community of Women, A Community of Hope, 1916-1931
Kendahl Radcliffe
Assistant Professor, Afro-Ethnic Studies, California State University, Fullerton

Creating Community at the Edge: One Sister's Journey
Sister Terry Dodge, SSL
Executive Director, Crossroads, Inc.

Moderator: Donna Schuele, Lecturer, Department of Criminology, Law & Society, University of California, Irvine

Sneak peek at 31 January 2009 program

Just had word that the 31 January 2009 program in the Huntington Women's Studies Seminars will be about nuns as agents of social change. Exact titles and speakers are still being worked out, but that's the topic--share the news with anyone who might be particularly interested in women and religious life.

November 22: The Promise of Women's Political Leadership

[Image description: Hillary Clinton on a stage during her campaign for the Democratic nomination in 2008; an audience member is holding up a yellow handwritten sign that reads "IRON MY SHIRT"]

Join us at the Huntington Library on Saturday November 22, 9:30am-12noon, for a roundtable discussion on the historic 2008 candidacies of women for the highest offices in the United States.

The Promise of Women Leaders in Politics

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Ellen DuBois
Professor of History and Women’s Studies, UCLA
Author, Through Women’s Eyes: An American History with Documents
Curator, Huntington Exhibit: Votes for Women: Unfinished Business

Caroline Heldman
Assistant Professor of Politics, Occidental College
Co-Author, Rethinking Madame President

Rebecca Loegering
Campaign Semester Student, Politics, Occidental College

Lori Cox Han
Professor of Political Science, Chapman University
Co-Author, Rethinking Madame President

Glenna Matthews
Historian
Author, Running as a Woman: Gender and Power in American Politics

Moderator: Karon Jolna
Chair, Huntington Library Women’s Studies Steering Committee
Research Scholar, UCLA Center for the Study of Women

9:30-10am--Registration
10-12noon--Program
12noon--Lunch

Bring a sack lunch or buy a sandwich lunch ticket at registration (limited supply). We will eat together outdoors on the Garden Terrace, weather permitting.

THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THE SEMINAR AND NO RESERVATION IS REQUIRED.

When is the next program?

Mark your calendars for November 22--and watch this space for the program, which will be ready sometime in September.