Women’s and Gender Studies Program
Open Classes
In recognition of Women’s History Month
WGS 101, Introduction to Women’s Studies with Professor Miller
(12:30, Meneely 301)
Day
Topic
March 17
Beauty, ace, and culture: Morrison’s The Bluest Eye
March 24
Violence against women and sexual assault
April 2
Gender and Media: Advertising
ANTHRO 102, Introduction to Anthropology with Professor Torres
(9:30, Watson 102)
Day
Topic
March 2
The importance of third genders cross-culturally
March 4
Fat, beauty, gender, and body
ANTHRO 260 Women and Development Anthropology with Professor Kerner
(2:00, Knapton 114)
Day
Topic
March 17
Gender and Rural Development
March 19
Film and Discussion, "A Small Happiness" [focus on China]
March 24
Gender and Urban Development
March 26
Film and Discussion "Mama Benz: An African Market Woman"
ANTHRO 333, Economic Anthropology with Professor Torres
(11:30, Meneely 207)
Day
Topic
March 27
Becoming a mother in consumer culture
March 30
Consuming childbirth
ARTH 243, Early Modern Spaces, Professor Ghadessi
(12:30, Watson 122)
Day
Topic
March 24
Outside: gardens and the mastery of nature
April 2
Space as power: Isabelle d’Este
April 7
Space as power: Catherine de’Medici-Valois
ENG 272, Romancing the Novel, Professor Clark
(9:30, Meneely 209)
Date
Topic
March 20
To publish or not to publish Lolita in the 1950s
ENG 286, Children’s Literature, Professor Clark
(12:30, Meneely 209)
Date
Topic
March 4
Sexism and Fairy Tales
HIST 234, U.S. Women Since 1890, Professor Tomasek
(12:30, Knapton 114)
Day
March 18
March 23
March 25
Topic
Labor activism and feminism
Radical feminisms: multiple paths
Black and Chicana feminisms
PHIL 255, Feminism, Philosophy, and the Law, Professor Mathis
(9:30, Knapton 214)
Day
Topic
March 4
Sexuality and Gender in the Law
REL 142, Religion and Sexuality, Professor Barbara Darling)
(12:30, Meneely 102)
Day
Topic
March 3
Sexual ethics and Judiasm
March 19
Marriage and divorce in Islam
March 26
Women’s bodies and male agency in Islam