The Women's Studies Program at Western Connecticut State University


Women's History Month 2010
Women's History Month Celebrates Women and Politics

Fri Mar 5

7:30 The Mentoring Monologues
Student Center Theater

Wed Mar 10

12:00 discussion: "Negotiating Beauty: Bodies, Fashion, and Sexuality in our Past and Present"
Warner Hall
Discussants are:
Dr. Marcy May, professor, Department of History
Dr. Leslie Lindenauer, assistant professor, Dept of History
Dr. Steven Ward, professor, Dept of Social Sciences
Jessica Gamache, MA student, Department of History
lunch served

Wed Mar 10

5:30 film: “Rape in the Congo”
Student Center Theater
refreshments served

Thurs Mar 11

6:00 film: excerpts from “Body of Work”
Come meet the director!
Kai Beverly-Whittemore will be on campus showing
scenes from her new film and answering questions
about her transition from model to filmmaker, from
object to author. And she is only 26!
Student Center Theater
refreshments served

Fri Mar 12

7:00 film: “The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl”
White Hall Screening Room 1

Wed Mar 17

12:30 panel: “Women and Popular Culture”
Warner Hall
Panelists are:
Dr. Katherine Allocco, assistant professor of History
Dr. Leslie Lindenauer, assistant professor of History
Dr. Abbey Zink, Assistant Dean, School of Arts & Sciences
lunch served

Wed Mar 17

5:30 film: “The Education of Shelby Knox”
Student Center Theater
refreshments served

All events are free and open to the public

All WCSU students are invited to enter our online Trivia Contest for an opportunity to win a $100 gift certificate to the bookstore. Find the quiz at the Library’s website.

AND we are hosting an essay contest. Pick up the topic at the screenings of “Rape in the Congo” and “The Education of Shelby Knox”. The prize is a $100 gift certificate to the bookstore

We are deeply grateful to our sponsors:
Provost Dr. Linda Rinker, The Office of Academic Affairs
Dean of Arts and Sciences Dr. Linda Vaden-Goad, Office of the School of Arts and Sciences

All events are free and open to the public


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