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Temple University Women’s Studies Program Job Search

The Women’s Studies Program at Temple University invites applications for a non-tenure track, one-year appointment with possibility of renewal–beginning Fall 2010. Special consideration will be given to candidates whose area of specialization is at the intersections of race, gender and/or sexuality. The position carries a 3 / 4 teaching load for a total of seven [...]

Call for Papers/Demande de Communications: Canadian Women’s Studies Association/L’Association des Études Sur les Femmes (CWSA/ACEF)

DATE: May 29 to May 31, 2010

LOCATION: Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec

For more information, please visit the CWSA/ACEF website.

The CWSA/ACEF is now seeking proposals, in either French or English, for its annual conference, held in conjunction with the Congress of the CFHSS/FCSH. Submissions for papers and panels can be made by individuals or groups, and [...]

The Praxis of Feminist Pedagogy

The Feminist Studies Group at the CUNY Graduate Center is holding the Third Feminist Pedagogy Conference on November 6, 2009.

Friday, November 6, 2009
8:30AM-6:30PM

CUNY Graduate Center
365 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10016

Opening Remarks: 9:15 AM Skylight Room, 9th Floor
VICTORIA PITTS-TAYLOR
Sociology, Queens College and The Graduate Center

Keynote Address: 4:00 PM, Segal Theatre
MICHELLE FINE
Distinguished Professor, Psychology, The Graduate Center
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Laura Auricchio discusses her new book, Adelaide Labille-Guiard: Artist in the Age of Revolution

Adelaide Labille-Guiard (1749-1803), a remarkable portraitist, was among the small number of women ever granted membership in the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. Her work was sought out by such diverse figures as the aunts of Louis XVI and the future American president Thomas Jefferson. She remained in France during the Revolution and [...]

“There You Go Again:” Republicans Condemn Sex, Slash Education Budget

Thursday, February 19, 2009
Claire Potter

Arguably, it was Ronald Reagan shaking his head in the middle of a presidential debate with Jimmy Carter as he chuckled ruefully, “There you go again,” that created an emotional turning point in the 1980 campaign. It’s what we remember, anyway, that and the explosive, derisive response from the audience as [...]