Women's and Gender Studies sponsors a colloquium series in which local and national scholars present their research. Because of the personalized nature of our program, students have an opportunity to interact with these scholars both formally and informally. In addition, Women's and Gender Studies cooperates with other departments and groups to co-sponsor poetry readings, films, concerts, panel discussions and art exhibits of women’s work. Recent visitors and performers include Patricia Hill Collins, Janice Gould, Jean Fagin Yellen, Mahnaz Afkhami, Londa Schiebinger, Toi Derricotte, Darlene Clark Hine, Beth Brant, Manjira Datta, Gloria Steinem, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Nomy Lamm, Leslie Feinberg, Barbara Smith, bell hooks, and the Guerrilla Girls.

Fall 2009 Series

Thursday, September 17, 7:30pm:
Picking up the Pieces: When is a War Really "Over" in Womens Lives?
Dr. Cynthia Enloe (Research Professor, Department of International Development, Clark University)
Nebraska Union

Dr. Enloe is currently a research professor in the Department of International Development at Clark University. Her teaching and research has focused on the interplay of womens politics in the national and international arenas. She also seeks to understand how womens emotional and physical labor has been used to support governments war-waging policies and how many women have tried to resist these efforts. She is the author of nine books including, Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics, Globalization and Militarism: Feminists Make the Link, and The Curious Feminist: Searching for Women in the New Age of Empire.

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Thursday, October 29, 3:30pm:
"Lifting As We Climb": Global Feminist Revolution for Women's Human Rights
Dr. Leslie Wolfe (President of the Center for Women Policy Studies)
Nebraska Union

Dr. Leslie Wolfe is president of the Center for Women Policy Studies, the nation’s first feminist policy institute, founded in 1972. Wolfe will discuss the intersection between feminism and movements for human rights. Her speech is co-sponsored by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Human Trafficking Study Team. The Center for Women Policy Studies’ mission is to improve women’s lives and ensure women’s human rights through enlightened public policy. A hallmark of the Center’s work is the multiethnic feminist lens through which it views all issues affecting women and girls. See www.centerwomenpolicy.org for more about the Center’s signature programs. An article about the lecture is available on the Daily Nebraskan website, dailynebraskan.com.

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Monday, November 9, 3:30pm:
Breaking Silences and Enacting Justice: Advocating Women’s Rights at the United Nations
Carrie Walker (Ph.D. student in English, UNL)
102 Andrews Hall

Carrie Walker will be discussing her trip where she served as a representative of the Women's and Gender Studies Transnational Feminism group at the Commission on the Status of Women Conference at the United Nations in New York from February 28th - March 7th, 2009. She will be discussing her experiences and sharing her findings.