chencp@athena.mit.edu (Charles lP Chen) (04/08/91)
First Annual Purdue University Women's Studies Symposium LEARNING AND UNLEARNING: FEMINISM IN THE ACADEMY Thursday, April 11th to Saturday, April 13th Keynote Address: "A Woman Thinks About War." Susan Griffin Workshops and Topics: Gender and Leadership: Current Research Issues for Native American Women Women Birth Attendants: Witches, Midwives, and Nurses Women's History: Current Research Women's Studies in the 1990's Women and AIDS Working in Academia: Clerical Staff Issues Mothers and Fathers Teaching about War and Peace Feminist Ethics The Women's Movement in Diverse Contexts Reproductive Rights, Family Planning, and Pro-Choice Position Multi-lingual and Multi-Cultural Issues in Education The Other Woman: Narratives of the Subaltern Women and Disability Feminism and Lesbianism - Roundtable discussion etc. Speakers include: Beth Fitzgerald, Chicago Greenpeace Pat Chasting, Toronto Greenpeace Jack Watson, U of Oregon Marilyn Friedman, Purdue Therese Moreau, Lausanne, Switzerland Evelyne Accad, Dept of French, U of Illinois-Urbana Aparajita Sagar, Dept of Eng. U of Illinois-Urbana Lucille Bailey, Indiana University-Kokomo Romy Borooah, U of Cincinnati etc. this is not an official posting of the events. I am attending as a student, so this is FYI. The events are free and are coordinated with other events occuring on campus. eg. April 13th is Earth Day. There is a concert and other noteworthy activites throughout the weekend. e-mail me for more info. chencp@athena.mit.edu