September 6, 2005
Clark presents Women’s Studies conference Sept. 16-17
Free events include conference, reception, performance
WORCESTER, MA--The Women’s Studies Program at Clark University invites the public to a series of free events on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 16 and 17, to explore the changing context of Women and Gender in the Twenty-First Century. This conference celebrates 20 years of scholarship and activism on Gender and Women’s Studies at Clark. The academic conference (Friday 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Higgins University Center) will include invited speakers, faculty, students and alumnae panelists on topics ranging from race and ethnicity to motherhood, militarism and masculinity. The Clark Counterpoints singing group will open a reception and refreshments after the conference on Friday, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Traina Center for the Arts on Downing Street. A dynamic performance of "That Takes Ovaries: Leading a Bold Life,” will begin at 7 p.m. It is described by creator Rivka Solomon as “a book, a play, an open mike movement.”
The conference, reception and performance are free and open to the public.
For further information, please contact Joanne Ljungberg at the Clark University Women’s Studies Program at (508) 793-7358.
Women's Studies Conference program (PDF)
Clark University is a private, co-educational liberal-arts research university with 2,000 undergraduate and 600 graduate students. Since its founding in 1887 as the first all-graduate school in the United States, Clark has challenged convention with innovative programs such as the International Studies Stream, the Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the five-year BA/MA programs with the fifth year tuition free for eligible students.
Jane Salerno
Assistant Director, Media Relations
Clark University
(508) 793-7554
jsalerno@clarku.edu
|
 |
|
Additional Resources
|
|
|
|
You may also be interested in:
|
|
|
|
