Gender-related events (ongoing):Women's Collective meetings--Mondays throughout the fall semester, 9:00pm, basement of Miller Hall (ring the doorbell!). The Women's Collective is a student organization. Gender-related events (upcoming):Friday, Nov. 30, 7:00pm, Smith Opera House: Koshare 2018. Read more about it here: https://www2.hws.edu/koshare-2018/. Admission is free for HWS students with ID (but you should try to get tickets at www.thesmith.org). Saturday, Dec. 1, 7:00pm, Smith Opera House: Koshare 2018. Read more about it here: https://www2.hws.edu/koshare-2018/. Admission is free for HWS students with ID (but you should try to get tickets at www.thesmith.org). Wednesday, Dec. 5, 7:00pm, Fisher Center (Demarest 212): Professor Noriko Manabe, “How Sound Shapes Demonstrations, and How Demonstrations Shape Sound: Case Studies in the U.S. and Japan.” Dr. Manabe is Associate Professor at Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance. Her research centers on music and social movements and on popular music. Her first monograph, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Protest Music After Fukushima (Oxford University Press, 2015/2016), addresses the different roles of musicians in the performance spaces of cyberspace, demonstrations, festivals, and recordings. The book won the John Whitney Hall Book Prize (for the best book in Japanese studies) from the Association for Asian Studies and Honorable Mention for the Alan Merriam Prize (for the best book in ethnomusicology) from the Society for Ethnomusicology.
Gender-related events (past):Monday, Sept. 17, 7:00pm, Fisher Center (Demarest 212): Women's Studies Tea. Women's Studies majors, minors, and prospective students are invited to join members of the Women's Studies faculty for tea, dessert, and conversation. Thursday, Sept. 20, 7:00pm, Froehlich Room, Gearan Center: Professor Cate Taylor, "Work and Gender: Barriers and Opportunities." Most people work in occupations populated mostly by other people of the same gender. This occupational sex segregation is partially responsible for the pay gap between women and men. Occupational sex segregation is also partially responsible for other kinds of gender inequality. In her talk Professor Taylor will discuss research on this topic. She will also describe actions that men, women, and organizations can take to combat this gender inequality and the gender pay gap. Cate Taylor is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at The University of California at Santa Barbara. Her main research and teaching areas are gender, work and occupations, social psychology, health, and methods. Before joining the faculty at UCSB, Professor Taylor earned her PhD in Sociology at Cornell University, was a Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholar at Columbia University, and was a faculty member at Indiana University. Her work has been published in leading sociological and interdisciplinary journals including American Journal of Sociology, Social Science & Medicine, and Gender & Society. She also delivers training and talks to help organizations increase their diversity in hiring and retention. Wednesday, Sept. 26, 7:00pm, Coxe 8: "Anita: Speaking Truth to Power." Synopsis from the First Run Features website: "An entire country watched as a poised, beautiful African-American woman sat before a Senate committee of 14 white men and with a clear, unwavering voice recounted the repeated acts of sexual harassment she had endured while working with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. Anita Hill's graphic testimony was a turning point for gender equality in the U.S. and ignited a political firestorm about sexual harassment and power in the workplace that resonates still today. Against a backdrop of sex, politics, and race, Anita: Speaking Truth to Power reveals the story of a woman who has empowered millions to stand up for equality and justice. Directed by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Freida Mock, the film celebrates Anita Hill's legacy and provides a rare glimpse into her private life and career." Thursday, Sept. 27, 5:00pm, Sanford Room: Professor Rachel Ida Buff (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee), "Sanctuary Everywhere: Refugees, Migrants, and the Language of Rights." This lecture is part of the American Studies "Scholarship and Social Justice" series. Professor Buff's talk will build on her scholarship on immigrant organizing and her experiences as an activist working with Voces de le Frontera and Jewish Voices for Peace. A discussion will follow the lecture. Friday, Sept. 28, 4:30pm, Fisher Center: Crafting the Revolution. DIY skills for activists--posters, cards, and silkscreens with Laura Rowley. To register for this workshop, please e-mail Professor Marcela Romero Rivera. "The Womb Chair Speaks" --Wednesdays and Fridays throughout September, 9:00-10:00am, Solarium Gallery (first floor), Houghton House. Professor Kirin Makker (Architectural Studies) and her interns, Ainsley Rhodes WS '19 and Abbey Frederick WS '20, are hosting open studio hours between 9:00 and 10:00am on Sept. 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, and 28 to discuss a feminist art piece related to women’s health. (I recommend allowing 20-30 minutes to look at the installation and talk to its creators.) Partially about challenging social mores and taboos surrounding the discussion of women’s pelvic anatomy and partially an educational campaign about endometriosis, the work brings together American material culture studies, architectural history, advocacy for women’s health, fiber arts, and feminist theory. The project, entitled “The Womb Chair Speaks,” is on display for the month of September as an in-process piece in the Solarium Gallery on the first floor of Houghton House. Here is a website if you'd like to learn more: https://www.wombchairspeaks.net Wednesday, Oct. 3, 7:00pm, Fisher Center: Learning from Angela Davis, a discussion with Fisher Center Fellows. In preparation for Angela Davis’s talk for the 20th Anniversary of the Fisher Center for the Study of Gender and Justice, Fisher Center Fellows are holding a panel discussion to introduce Professor Davis’s life and work. Please join us at 7:00 in the Fisher Center (211 Demarest). Everyone is welcome. Thursday, Oct. 4, 4:00-5:15pm, 574 S. Main St., Geneva: Walkout Against Patriarchy #CancelKavanaugh (with the Geneva Women's Assembly). Walkout from your work, homes, schools. Walkout from housework. Walkout from waged work. WALKOUT AGAINST PATRIARCHY. We Are Survivors. Believe Us! No more quiet anger -- come and RAGE! MAKE ALL THE NOISE! Bring pots and pans, drums, and horns. Show up when and where you can! Thursday, Oct. 4, 7:00pm, Smith Opera House: The Breadwinner (2017, United States, PG-13). "Parvana is an 11-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana cuts off her hair and dresses like a boy in order to support her family. Working alongside her friend Shauzia, Parvana discovers a new world of freedom and danger. With undaunted courage, Parvana draws strength from the fantastical stories she invents, as she embarks on a quest to find her father and reunite her family." Thursday, Oct. 11, 4:45pm, Geneva Room: Mara Baldwin. The artist speaks about an exhibition of her work, Infinitely Able, on view in the Davis Gallery. What happens when a community's foundational beliefs ultimately lead to their undoing or inability to thrive? A once rapidly growing utopian society, the Shakers' numbers have now dwindled due to a rigid belief system demanding celibacy, autonomy, and skepticism of new members. The Shakers in the present day are left with only two members, their society soon to be survived only by their work, most notably their exquisitely labored furniture and impressive archive of songs. Recent work by Mara Baldwin considers this post-utopian landscape and legacy left behind, and explores the persistence of a disappeared community by examining what remains. This work does not seek to provide a historical recreation or celebration of Shaker traditions specifically, but views their labor and devotion as a departure point for creating large-scale works blurring the lines between collectivity & authorship, mourning & survival, and legacy & change. Baldwin's greater practice explores the liminal space between real and imagined narratives from utopian literature, folk tales, ghost stories, and pulp paperback science fiction. Her drawings, sculptures, and installations pay particular attention to the historical spaces, emotional politics, longings, and labor of women. Through obsessive repetition or laborious rendering, historical & fictional narratives are unraveled to question issues of authenticity, community, and inclusivity. Saturday, Oct. 13, 5:00-8:00pm, Vandervort Room: "LAO Somos Latinx Heritage Dinner." $5.00. Saturday, Oct. 13, 7:00pm, Smith Opera House: The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011, Sweden, not rated). "Footage shot by a group of Swedish journalists documenting the Black Power Movement in the United States is edited together by a contemporary Swedish filmmaker. Feminist and activist Angela Davis is featured in the film and will be visiting Geneva as a guest of Hobart and William Smith Colleges later in the week." Tuesday, Oct. 16, 7:00pm, Smith Opera House: Girl Rising (2013, Netherlands, PG-13). "This documentary spotlights the unforgettable stories of nine girls living in the developing world, striving beyond circumstances and overcoming nearly insurmountable odds to achieve their dreams. The film has free admission and is sponsored by Peace Corps recruiting." Thursday, Oct. 18, 4:30-6:30pm, Vandervort Room: Professor Emerita Angela Davis, Keynote Lecture: "Futures of Feminism." Professor Davis's talk is part of the 20th anniversary celebration of The Fisher Center for the Study of Gender and Justice. In 1970, she was on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted List" for trumped-up charges connected with a courthouse attack in Marin County, Calif. An international movement formed to "Free Angela Davis." After serving 16 months in prison, including solitary confinement, she was acquitted of all charges. A long-time member of the Communist Party, in 1979 she was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize from the Soviet Union. In addition to her activism on behalf of prison abolition, anti-racism, feminism, and Palestinian self-determination, Angela Davis authored numerous books, including the classic, Women, Race, and Class. She is Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Friday, Oct. 19, 4:30pm, Fisher Center (211 Demarest Hall): “Beyond the Binary: A Conversation about the Coordinate System.” Please join the Fisher Center for a discussion of the coordinate tradition at HWS. Our moderated discussion will begin with the experiences of some students who have run into problems with the binary nature of the coordinate system. This is a great opportunity to listen, learn, and think, perhaps differently, about difference in the coordinate system. Saturday, Oct. 20, 11:00am, Fisher Center: Woodsworth Fellows presentations. Five students who won the competitive summer research grants sponsored by the Fisher Center will speak about their research. They include Dylan Bennett ("The Street Put Onstage: Interrogation and Canonization of Gender Performance in Punk's First Decade: 1967 - 1977" ), Pamela Icyeza ("Understanding the Role of Black-White Biracial Americans in the American Racial Structure"), Shaahida Samuel ("Decoding Representation: Evaluating the Importance of Racial Representation Within the Dance Field"), Drew Scammell ("It's Not That Simple: Choreography, Copyright, and the Legal Gaze"), and Bradley Stewart ("Healing: Pedagogies for Community Organizing"). Monday, Oct. 22, 7:00pm, Smith Lawn: Take Back the Night. We will start at 7pm and meet at the Smith Lawn. We will begin our march from there visiting various places throughout campus and reclaiming the spaces where sexual assault has taken place. We will finish our march at the Coxe Steps around 8:30pm and we will then begin our vigil. Three Miles Lost will perform their famous rendition of the song, "'Till it Happens to You". At this time anyone who wishes is invited to share their experiences. Please feel free to attend both portions of the night or join us whenever you can! We are hoping for a really big turnout this year and hope that you can prioritize this important event. We will have a staff member from the counseling center on hand as well as someone from Safe Harbors. Campus Safety will be escorting us through our march as well as sticking with us for the vigil. For the first time this year, we are inviting men to join us on our march. Please encourage all of your friends to attend this important event! We will be tabling on Wednesday and Friday this week (Oct. 17 & 19). You can sign up to speak if you'd like! You do not have to sign up to speak as we will be opening it up to everyone at the end. Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns! Here is some more info on Take Back the Night: Take Back The Night represents the earliest worldwide stand against sexual violence, especially violence against women. TBTN Events began in the 1960’s in Belgium and England with protests about women not being safe walking down the street alone. In 1973 in the United States, women at the University of Southern Florida dressed in black sheets holding broomsticks and marched through campus demanding a women’s center. In 1975, a crowd in Philadelphia held a Take Back The Night Event to protest the murder of a microbiologist walking near her home after work. In the 70’s San Francisco had a number of rallies in protest “snuff” pornography and violence against women. These early events have grown into hundreds of events on college campuses and in communities of all sizes and locations. The unifying theme is the protest of sexual violence and support for victims. Wednesday, Oct. 24, 7:00pm, Smith Opera House: Pride (2014, United Kingdom, R). "This film is inspired by an extraordinary true story. It's the summer of 1984, Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London-based group of gay and lesbian activists to raise money to support the strikers' families. Initially rebuffed by the Union, the group identifies a tiny mining village in Wales and sets off to make their donation in person. As the strike drags on, the two groups discover that standing together makes for the strongest union of all." Wednesday, Oct. 31, 4:45pm, Fisher Center (211 Demarest Hall): Gender Politics, the Kavanaugh Hearings, and the Futures of the Court: An Open Forum. Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! All persons having concern for law, democracy, and justice (not necessarily in that order) are admonished to draw near and not only give their attention, but their voice (if they so choose)! Scared for the future of law and democracy? So are we. Students, Faculty, and Staff are invited to a public discussion in the Fisher Center on October 31st at 4:45. What are the implications of the hearings, Dr. Ford’s testimony, and Judge Kavanaugh’s appointment, and what might the political future be of the nation’s highest court? With issues of civil rights, reproductive freedom, corruption and presidential power hanging in the balance, we invite the campus community to join faculty for an open discussion about these and other issues in the Fisher Center for the Study of Gender and Justice. Friday, Nov. 2, 4:30pm, McDonald Theatre, Gearan Center for the Performing Arts: Pre-Show Frame/Works Talk, "Inside Jokes: Queer Humor, Community Building, and Activism." Shannon Savard ('15, MAT '16) offers a talk on the ways in which LGBTQ performance has historically functioned as a space of community, resistance, and healing and how the legacy of queer humor has influenced Five and a Half Feet of Fearsome. Saturday, Nov. 3, 7:30-9:30pm, McDonald Theatre, Gearan Center for the Performing Arts: Five and a Half Feet of Fearsome. Written and performed by Shannon Savard (‘15, MAT ’16); directed by Aubrey Helene Neumann. A one-person comedy that tackles the hysteria, confusion, and complexity surrounding transgender bodies in America today. The first item on Shannon Savard's transgender agenda: tell a story where the queer lead lives to see the end. Item number two: address their beef with Judy Blume, with the Texas state senate, with middle aged white male doctors, and with Bertha the angry Uterus. Approximately 60 minutes. Post-show talkback will follow. Bio: Shannon Savard (William Smith '15, HWS MAT '16) is a PhD student, graduate teaching assistant, dramaturg and director in the Department of Theatre at The Ohio State University. Savard holds a BA in English and Theatre and a Master of Arts in Teaching (thesis: "Let Me Queer this Up for You: LGBTQ-Inclusive Pedagogy and Curricula") from Hobart and William Smith Colleges. While attending HWS, they played on the William Smith soccer team, co-directed a teen drama program at the Geneva Boys and Girls Club, was a member of Mosaic NY's inaugural company, and participated in several theatrical productions both on campus and in the Geneva community. This past spring, Savard completed their Master of Arts in Theatre at The Ohio State University after a year of conducting archival research and interviews to uncover histories of gay and lesbian theatres in the Midwest for their thesis, "Growing Tribes: Reality Theatre and Columbus' Gay and Lesbian Community." Supported by the Office of Campus Life, William Smith Deans' Office, Hobart Deans' Office, LGTBQ+ Resource Center (HWS), and the Theatre Department. Wednesday, Nov. 14, 7:00pm, Fisher Center (Demarest 212): Professor Charisse Burden-Stelly, “The Treacherous Terrain of Movement Building: Anti-Radicalism, Anti-Blackness, and U.S. Imperialism.” Dr. Burden-Stelly, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Political Science at Carleton College, received her Ph.D. in African Diaspora Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. She is the co-author of W. E. B. DuBois: A Life in American History. Among her recent articles are: “Constructing Deportable Subjectivity: Anti-foreignness, Antiradicalism, and Antiblackness During the McCarthyist Structure of Feeling,” Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society 19, no. 3 (2017): 342-58. Last updated 30 November 2018 |