Heather Booth, activist, feminist, and political strategist. Alicia Svigals, violinist and composer. Jewish Feminisms/American Visions will bring an array of pioneering and contemporary feminist activists to Ann Arbor to consider the role of Jewish identity in the framing and development of second wave American feminism. During this symposium, activists from the 1960s through today will explore the significance … Read more
Anishinaabe Theatre Exchange artists will be in residence at the University of Michigan campus from February 16-23, 2019, culminating in two performances of the new play by Carolyn Dunn, Three Sisters. The Anishinaabe Theatre Exchange uses theater to activate networks with Native communities in the Great Lakes region. The group is a consortium of people … Read more
Colleen Medicine Rebecca Parish Tomantha Sylvester Micaela Ironshell-Dominguez Sara Rademacher Carolyn Dunn Anita Gonzalez The Anishnaabe Theatre Exchange is a collaborative project using theatre to activate networks with Native communities in the Great Lakes region, and involves University of Michigan students, faculty and staff with the Cultural Department of the Chippewa Sault Ste. Marie Tribe, … Read more
Lisa Nakamura, University of Michigan Laurie Gries, University of Colorado Nicole Fleerwood, Rutgers 9:30-11:30am | Panel 3: Affective Aesthetics of Race and State Lisa Nakamura (U-M), “Virtual Reality and the Feeling of Virtue: Women of Color Narrators, Enforced Hospitality, and the Leveraging of Empathy” Laurie Gries (Colorado), “Trumpicons, Affect, and the Racial Politics of Circulation” Nicole … Read more
In her new book, Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments, Saidiya Hartman examines the revolution of black intimate life that unfolded in Philadelphia and New York at the beginning of the twentieth century. Free love, common-law and transient marriages, serial partners, cohabitation outside of wedlock, queer relations, and single motherhood were among the sweeping changes that altered the … Read more
Over the course of the day, we hope to spark an interdisciplinary and transnational conversation about the methods and ethics of telling the stories of girls and young women of the African diaspora. Who is a black girl? What does “black” mean in a transnational context? How are the boundaries between black womanhood and black … Read more
April N. Baskin, principal, April N. Baskin Consulting; immediate past President of Audacious Hospitaly, Union for Reform Judaism Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann, founder, Mishkan Sarah Hurwitz, former senior speechwriter, President Obama; former head speechwriter, First Lady Michelle Obama Jewish Feminisms/American Visions will bring an array of pioneering and contemporary feminist activists to Ann Arbor to consider the role of Jewish identity … Read more
Jewish Feminisms/American Visions will bring an array of pioneering and contemporary feminist activists to Ann Arbor to consider the role of Jewish identity in the framing and development of second wave American feminism. During this symposium, activists from the 1960s through today will explore the significance of Jewish identities in the development of the women’s liberation … Read more
David Halperin, Professor of the History and Theory of Sexuality, English Language and Literature, Women’s Studies, and Classical Studies, University of Michigan Benjamin Kahan, Associate Professor of English and Women’s and Gender Studies, Louisiana State University Helmut Puff, Professor of History, Germanic Languages and Literatures, Women’s Studies, University of Michigan This three-day interdisciplinary conference, featuring … Read more
Ingrid Diran, Lecturer in English, DAAS, and PitE, University of Michigan Sarah Ensor, Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature and Environment, University of Michigan Heather Love, Associate Professor of English, Universit of Pennsylvania Marcia Ochoa, Professor of Feminist Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz This three-day interdisciplinary conference, featuring invited scholars and graduate student panels, aims … Read more
Catharine A. MacKinnon, Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School and James Barr Ames Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard Law School Professor Catharine A. MacKinnon will address the politics and law of sexual harassment, focusing on its violation of equality rights, in light of the #MeToo movement, exploring those developments in light … Read more
Sharron Fincher, creator & director Kate Opalewski, producer Miz Korona, film participant and hip-hop emcee Join us for an open dialogue about Masculine of Center (MoC) lesbians and how gender impacts our experience, wellbeing, and relationships. There will first be a screening of the new documentary “WoMan,” followed by a conversation with film creator Sharron Fincher, … Read more