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Feminist Pedagogies Symposium on Friday, April 15
In-depth discussion about feminist teaching and research in the 21st century at UH
The Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program, in collaboration with the Rice University Center for Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies, invites you to Feminist Pedagogies: Interdisciplinarity, Transnational Practices, & the Production of Knowledge. This symposium features leaders in the field of Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies, including:
![]() Inderpal Grewal Yale University |
![]() Caren Kaplan, University of California, Davis |
![]() Minoo Moallem, University of California, Berkeley |
![]() Robyn Wiegman Duke University |
Friday April 15, 2011, 9:30-4:30
Rockwell Pavilion, MD Anderson Library, UH
The symposium is co-sponsored by the English Department’s Martha Gano Houstoun Visiting Scholars Fund, the Tenneco Lecture Series and the UH Friends of Women's Studies.
This will be an opportunity to talk and think in depth about feminist teaching and research in the 21st century, with particular attention to the dynamics of interdisciplinarity and transnationality in the production of knowledge. The focus will be on women's studies, but the issues explored are of moment in all disciplines and forms of cross-disciplinary work.
Please join us for a day of thoughtful interchange. Lunch will be provided - RSVPs appreciated: email wost@uh.edu
Program
9:00-9:30 | Check in |
9:30-9:45 | Opening Remarks - Dr. Elizabeth Gregory, UH |
9:45-11:15 | Panel 1: Dr. Inderpal Grewal and Dr. Caren Kaplan |
11:15 | Break |
11:30-1:00 | Panel 2: Dr. Minoo Moallem and Dr. Robyn Wiegman |
1:00-2:00 | Lunch (provided) and conversation |
2:00-2:45 | Respondents: Dr. Guillermo de los Reyes, Dr. Cymene Howe, Dr. Elora Shehabuddin, Dr. Jennifer Wingard |
2:45-3:15 | Further Discussion and Q&A |
3:15-3:30 | Closing Remarks - Dr. Rosemary Hennessy, Rice U |
3:30-4:30 | Graduate Student Meeting with Guest Speakers and Dr. Sima Shakhsari, Moderator |