Calendar
| Title | Date & Time | Location | Description | Additional Info | Sponsor |
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| 15th Annual Emerging Scholarship in Women's and Gender Studies Conference Keynote at noon: Gender and Video Games, Suzanne Freyjadis-Chuberka | April 3, 2008 8:00 AM-4:30 PM | Walter Webb Hall, 2nd Floor | On April 3rd, CWGS will host its fifteenth annual Emerging Scholarship in Women's and Gender Studies Conference in Walter Webb Hall. We are pleased to have student participants traveling to our campus from outside of UT, and even from outside the U.S., to present papers on a breadth of gender-related scholarship. This graduate student conference will afford participants and interested audiences an opportunity to explore topics, like sexuality and the representations of gender in popular culture. Panels Include: "Representations in Pop Culture" "Sexuality" "Girlhood" "Gender and Education" "Narrative as Social Critique" "Technology" "Politics, the State, and Gender" "Gender and Property" "Health and Family" "Attitudes, Values, Interests, and peer Relations Among Girls' Within Single-Sex Schools: Data from the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders" | Map to Location  Download a schedule for the conference (PDF, 245K) | |
| ''Go Red for Women: Women, Cardiovascular Disease and Brain Function'' Dr. Andreana Haley, New Faculty Colloquium | April 4, 2008 1:00 PM-2:00 PM | PAR 201 | Map to Location | ||
| Dr. Lucy Suchman Part of the Perspectives on Gender and Technology Conference | April 10, 2008 6:00 PM | ACES 2.302 | Keynote Speaker: Lucy Suchman, PhD is Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University. Before coming to Lancaster, she held the positions of Principal Scientist and manager of the Work Practice and Technology area at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center. Suchman's book Plans and Situated Actions: The Problem of Human-machine Communication (1987) provided intellectual foundations for the field of human- computer interaction (HCI). | Map to Location Download a poster for the conference (PDF, 149K) | Center for Women's and Gender Studies |
| Perspectives on Gender and Technology Gender and Technology Spring Conference | April 11, 2008 9:00 AM-5:00 PM | ACES 2.302 | This conference will look at the interaction of gender and technology in the contemporary world from three perspectives: ways of knowing, ways of doing, and ways of changing. One set of papers will consider ways of understanding how cultural and social realities, especially notions of gender, are technologically mediated. Another will look at gendered constructs of "doing" technology: why are masculine interactions with technology generally considered the norm, and what are the "pipeline" issues for women entering technological careers in business or engineering. And a third set will examine the intersection of women and technology in the developing world, especially the use of technology as a tool for positive social change. Because some of the most fruitful studies of gender and technology are interdisciplinary, all methodologies and approaches are welcome, from ethnographic studies to feminist theorizing (and all points in between). Scholars and practitioners in all fields are invited, whether from Law, Engineering, Sociology, Anthropology, Communication, government agencies, think tanks, etc. Keynote speakers will kick off each of the three conference themes. Sessions will be a combination of invited papers and responses to a Call for Papers. | Map to Location | Center for Women's and Gender Studies |
| Making Europe/Making Europeans: The Ethnographic and the Everyday Dr. Les Back, Goldsmiths University of London | April 10-11, 2008 | Sponsored by the Center for European Studies | Conference Page | Center for European Studies | |
| ''Concrete and Sustainability'' Dr. Jinying Zhu, New Faculty Colloquium | April 18, 2008 1:00 PM-2:00 PM | PAR 201 | Dr. Jinying Zhu received her PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana. Her research focuses on the development of rapid non-destructive testing (NDT) methods and innovative sensing techniques for infrastructure and buildings; and she is one of the major investigators of the air-coupled NDT method for concrete. | Map to Location | Center for Women's and Gender Studies |
| Reflections: Book Party at BookPeople Laurie Green, Shannon Speed, Katie Stewart | April 18, 2008 7:00 PM-8:30 PM | BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar Blvd., Austin TX (6th and Lamar) | Reflections: Book Party at BookPeople We will be celebrating the following publications of our faculty affiliates: Ordinary Affects by Katie Stewart Battling the Plantation Mentality: Memphis and the Black Freedom Struggle by Laurie B. Green Rights in Rebellion: Indigenous Struggle and Human Rights in Chiapas by Shannon Speed Refreshments will be provided! | ||
| Technology, Gender and Disability Dr. Tracie Harrison, Faculty Development Program | April 25, 2008 1:00 PM-2:00 PM | PAR 201 | Technology is a vital part of the lives of many women with disabilities. Understanding how technology interacts with gender and disability within the daily life experiences of women is integral to understanding their healthcare needs. In this presentation, case exemplars of two women with disabilities are used to highlight the ways in which women negotiate their environments while enacting their gender through the use of technology. | Download a poster for Tracie Harrison's lecture (PDF, 103K) | |
| Annual CWGS Spring Awards Reception Please join us! | April 30, 2008 3:30 PM-5:00 PM | Littlefield Home | Download a flier for the reception (PDF, 240K) |