Calendar
| Title | Date & Time | Location | Description | Additional Info | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religion, Social Justice and the Welfare State Ej Dionne | February 1, 2007 6:00 PM-8:00 PM | Frank Erwin Center, Lone Star Room | EJ Dionne, "Religion, Social Justice and the Welfare State" (Diversity, Politics and Religion in American Public Life series), 6 8 pm, Location TBA. E.J. Dionne Jr. is a columnist at the Washington Post and a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. His column appears in some 90 newspapers. Tickets are required for this event. Call 471-5765. | CWGS, Religious Studies, and the LBJ Library | |
| Conceptualizing Health for Migrant Farmworker Women: An Adopted Insider's Perspective Dr. Evelyn Clingerman School of Nursing | February 2, 2007 12:00 PM-1:00 PM | GEB 3.312 |  Download a poster for Evelyn Clingerman's lecture (PDF, 504K) | Presented as part of the CWGS New Faculty Colloquium Series. | |
| Interdisciplinary Grantwriting Workshop | February 5, 2007 12:00 PM-1:30 PM | GEB 3.312 | |||
| Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Reproductive Health Join us for an open symposium highlighting reproductive health research across the 40 acres and a discussion of emerging issues, perspectives and challenges in this important area of research. | February 14, 2007 3:00 PM-4:30 PM | Tx Union, Sinclair Suite 3.128 | Speakers Include: Kristine Hopkins, University of Texas Population Research Center Research Director of the Vilmar Faria Fellowship in Quantitative Analysis and Public Policy Kristine Hopkins' research focuses on reproductive health issues in Latin America and the U.S.-Mexico border. Her current project, in El Paso, Texas, compares the oral contraceptive pill use of a group Hispanic women who get their pills from clinics in the U.S. with residents who get their pills over-the-counter from pharmacies in Cuidad Juarez, Mexico. Lynn Rew, University of Texas School of Nursing Her scholarship focuses on sexual health in adolescents and she is currently funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR/NIH) for a three-year study titled, Sexual Health Practices of Homeless Adolescents. John Robertson, University of Texas School of Law, Chair of the Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine He is the author of Children of Choice: Freedom and the New Reproductive Technologies (1994), and is currently Chair of the Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Moderated by Teri Adams, CWGS Steering Committee Student Representative | Download a poster for the Reproductive Health symposium (PDF, 502K) | Presented by the CWGS Gender and Health Research Cluster |
| Gender and Puberty in Adolescence Dr. Shannon Cavanagh Department of Sociology | February 16, 2007 12:00 PM-1:00 PM | GEB 3.312 | Cavanagh's talk will outline the significance of pubertal timing in girls' lives, with a focus on sexual debut and girls' educational careers. Dr. Shannon Cavanagh holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She arrived at the University of Texas in Fall 2003 as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Her research addresses two general themes: adolescent development in context and the role of family instability on child well-being. | Download a poster for the Shannon Cavanagh's lecture (PDF, 392K) | Presented as part of the CWGS New Faculty Colloquium Series. |
| Comparative Social Models in the US and Europe: The Challenges of Diversity Co-Sponsored by:The Center for European Studies, LBJ School of Public Affairs, Department of Government, Center for Women's and Gender Studies, Swedish Studies, the France-UT Institute and the University of Texas College of Liberal Arts. | February 23-24, 2007 | Conference Website (Registration) Conference Schedule | |||
| Gender, Equity, and Social Policy Panel discussion | February 23, 2007 1:30 PM-4:00 PM | Thompson Conference Center | Chair: Dr. Gretchen Ritter, Director, Center for Women's and Gender Studies and Assoc. Professor of Government Presenters: Dr. Janet Gornick, Political Science, Baruch College, CUNY, and Director of the Luxembourg Income Study Dr. Pamela Herd, Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison Ms. Ann Linde, International Secretary of the Swedish Social Democratic Party Discussants: Dr. Cynthia Osborne, LBJ School, UT Austin Dr. Gretchen Ritter, CWGS and Gov't Dept, UT Austin How well do the social policy models of Europe and the US promote gender equity? Some scholars have suggested that the American social model is better at removing barriers to achievement and participation at an individual level, while the Europeans have done better at promoting social equality through their attention to the welfare of groups and not just individuals. In the US, more women may be able to rise to the top economically, while in Europe, more women may be kept from sinking to the bottom economically. Is it fair to say that well educated middle class American women are more likely to succeed as individuals in the private economy while women in much of Europe fair better in balancing work and family obligations, and at having family obligations recognized as matters that require public support? Is it also true that European social policies which support the family reinforce gender inequality in other ways by casting women in a more domestic role? What are we to make of the contrast between the way that marriage is tied to social policy recognition and support in the US and Europe? Finally, to what degree do social policies aimed at supporting women and families inadvertently create other forms of social inequity - along the lines of race, class, immigration status, and parental status? | ||
| Pedagogies of Crossing: Meditations on Feminism, Sexual Politics, Memory, and the Sacred Professor M. Jacqui Alexander, Women's Studies and Gender Studies at the University of Toronto. | February 23, 2007 3:00 PM-5:00 PM | GEB 4.200C | As part of her visit to UT for the Abriendo Brecha conference, Professor M. Jacqui Alexander will lead an informal discussion about her work, especially her book, Pedagogies of Crossing: Meditations on Feminism, Sexual Politics, Memory, and the Sacred (Duke University Press, 2005) Friday, February 23, 3-5 pm Gebauer, 4th floor conference room, 4.200C Professor Alexander is Professor of Women's Studies and Gender Studies at the University of Toronto. She is the co-editor of Sing, Whisper, Shout, Pray! Feminist Visions for a Just World and Feminist Genealogies, Colonial Legacies, Democratic Futures. We will read Chapters 5 and 7 of Pedagogies of Crossing in preparation for the seminar. For copies of the reading (available as pdf files), please contact Ann Cvetkovich, English and WGS, cvet@mail.utexas,.edu Sponsored by the LGBTQ/Sexualities Research Cluster of the Center for Women's and Gender Studies, and the Gender and Sexuality Center | ||
| Islam, Democracy, and Identity: Comparing the Experiences of Muslim Immigrants in Germany and the US Dr. Katherine Ewing, Duke University | February 27, 2007 6:00 PM-8:00 PM | LBJ Library Atrium | Katherine Ewing, 6 8 pm, LBJ Library Atrium Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Duke University. Ewing's fields of specialization are Islam, religious and social movements, identity politics and postcoloniality, ethnicity and migration, gender and identity, family dynamics, and cultural and social theory. | Download a flier for the Diversity and Religion in American Public Life lecture series (PDF, 448K) | CWGS, Religious Studies, and the LBJ Library |