Monday, September 17, 2007
US Militarism, Filipino women, and Their Struggle for Genuine Peace and Human Security
Speaker: Aida Santos, Women Working Together to Stop Violence Against Women, Chair of the board of directors
for Women's Education, Development, Productivity and Research Organization (WEDPRO)
Sponsored by: Beatrice Bain Research Group, Department of Gender & Women's Studies, Critical Filipina/o Studies
Working Group at UCB, Asian Pacific American Student Development at UCB, Graduate Women's Project at UCB,
Women for Genuine Security USA
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
The Family of Nations
Race, Gender and Civilization in Nineteenth-Century Legal Discourse
Speaker: Angela Harris, Professor of Law and Executive Committee Member, Center for Social Justice, Boalt Hall
School of Law, UC Berkeley
Organized by: Department of Gender & Women's Studies
Co-sponsored by: Jewish Community Center of the East Bay, Beatrice Bain Research Group, Center for Race and
Gender
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Fighting Sexism With Racism
Canadian Feminist Dilemmas in the "War on Terror"
Speaker: Sherene Razack, Professor of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education, The Ontario Institute for Studies
in Education, University of Toronto
Organized by: Department of Gender & Women's Studies
Co-sponsored by: Jewish Community Center of the East Bay, Beatrice Bain Research Group, Center for Race and
Gender
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Transing and Transpassing
Trespassing Sex-Gender Walls in Iran
Speaker: Afsaneh Najmabadi, Professor of History and Women's Studies, Harvard University
Organized by: Department of Gender & Women's Studies
Co-sponsored by: Beatrice Bain Research Group, Jewish Community Center of the East Bay, Center for Race and
Gender
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Queer Animality
Speaker: Melinda Chen, Assistant Professor of Gender & Women's Studies, UC Berkeley
Organized by: Department of Gender & Women's Studies
Co-sponsored by: Jewish Community Center of the East Bay, Beatrice Bain Research Group, Center for Race and
Gender
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Knowing What We Mean
Panelists:
Robyn Wiegman and Margaret Taylor Smith, Director of Women's Studies and Professor, Women's Studies and
Literature, Duke University
Organized by: Department of Gender and Women's Studies
Co-sponsored by: BBRG and the Center for Race and Gender
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Economization of Life
Speaker: Michelle Murphy, Associate Professor of History and Women and Gender Studies, University of Toronto
Organized by: Department of Gender and Women's Studies
Co-sponsored by: Jewish Community Center of the East Bay, Beatrice Bain Research Group, Center for Race and
Gender
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Iconicity and Advertising
Shanghai, Mukden, Tianjin and the Modern Commodity Girl
Speaker: Tani Barlow, Professor of History and Women's Studies, University of Washington
Sponsored by: BBRG and the Center for Race and Gender
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Bio/Politics of Contemporary Motherhood
Moderated by Panelists:
Dr. Elly Teman, BBRG Sholar and STSC Scholar
Dr. Pridmore-Brown, a BBRG scholar
Professor Barrie Thorne
Organized by: BBRG and the Science, Technology and Society Center