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Transnational Women's Movement Colloquium

Speakers:
Manisha Desai, Amanda Gouws & Zakia Zalime
Friday, November 2, 2007
2:30 - 5:00 PM

Women's Center, Student Union Room 421
Reception following the Colloquium
For more information, click here

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"By Invitation Only"

Film viewing and discussion with
Rebecca Snedeker, Producer/Director
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
8:00 PM

Class of '47 Room, Homer Babbidge Library
For more information, click here

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Fall 2008 - Class Invited Speakers:

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Mark your calendar now for the
2008 UConn Women's Studies Conference!

Transnational Feminism, Community Activism,
and the Politics of Empowerment

The 20th Annual Conference on Women and Gender
at the University of Connecticut

Friday and Saturday, February 29 and March 1, 2008
University of Connecticut, Rome Ballroom
Storrs, Connecticut

Keynote Addresses by:

  • Dr. Valentine Moghadam, former Chief of UNESCO and current Director of Women's Studies at Purdue University
  • Cecilia Fire Thunder, first tribally elected President of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux) Nation

Special Events:

  • Friday Night: Aya de Leon performs her spoken word and slam poetry
  • Saturday morning: Breakfast with Nancy Wyman, first woman elected State Comptroller of Connecticut

Interested in presenting at the conference? Click below to find out how:

 

      
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