Women's History Events
"Dorothea Lange: Life, Politics, and Work": A lecture by Dr. Linda Gordon
December 12, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
United States Studies
Join US Studies and the National Women's History Museum on Monday, December 12 for the third lecture in "The Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Women's History" series.
Making Homes, Building Bases: The Politics of Domesticity in the U.S. Occupation of Okinawa
November 28, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:15pm
Asia Program
An event exploring the relationship between the United States and Okinawa through the lenses of gender and "scientific domesticity" during the U.S. occupation of the islands.
“Between Marketization and Social Protection: Ambivalences of Feminism in the Context of Capitalist Crisis”
October 20, 2011 // 6:00pm — 7:30pm
United States Studies
A lecture by Nancy Fraser, one of the leading political philosophers and feminist theorists practicing today.
Why Latino/a History Matters to U.S. History: A lecture by Dr. Vicki Ruiz
October 18, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
United States Studies
Join US Studies and the National Women's History Museum on October 18 for the first lecture in "The Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Women's History" series.
Film Screening and Discussion: God Sleeps in Rwanda
November 09, 2004 // 4:00pm — 6:00pm
Africa Program
A screening of God Sleeps in Rwanda by Kimberlee Acquaro and Stacy Sherman, which traces the impact of the 1994 Rwandan genocide on the lives of the women who survived it. Discussion followed with filmmaker Kimberlee Acquaro and Norah Bagarinkah, genocide survivor and activist. An online exhibit of Ms. Acquaro's photographs can be viewed via the Holocaust Museum website.
A Woman's Place is in the House: A Comparative Look at Women in Politics in the United States and Canada
September 24, 2002 // 9:00am — 2:00pm
Canada Institute
This conference, co-sponsored by the Canada Institute and the Division of United States Studies, was designed to examine the barriers women face in running for elected office at the national, state, and provincial levels in the two countries, in addition to the impact of the elected women and current strategies to increase the number of women in elected politics.