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Consortium for Women and Research

2007-2008: Genders, Bodies, Politics

Winter 2008: Bodies, Politics, Technologies
 
 
 

October 11
Work in Progress

Revisiting the Feminization of Poverty:  The Dark Side of the Market
Fred Block, Sociology, UCD
Wednesday, 12:00-1:30
3201 Hart Hall
Brown Bag Lunch

October 18
Distinguished Women in Science Series
Women in Science Lecture:  What Women in Science Want
Carolyn Bertozzi,
 T.Z. & Imgard Chu Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, UCB
Wednesday, 12:-1:30pm
Alumni Center, Founders Board Room
Lunch will be provided
RSVP – consortforwomen@ucdavis.edu

Research Lecture: Chemistry in Living Systems: Tools for Studying Cell Surface Sugars
Carolyn Bertozzi,
 T.Z. & Imgard Chu Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, UCB
Wednesday,  4-5:30pm
Life Sciences Addition, Room 1022
Reception to Follow LSA Courtyard

October 26
Film Screening and Discussion
Maquilapolis (City of Factories)
Julie Wyman, Technocultural Studies, UCD
Vicki Funari, Director
jesikah maria ross, Women and Gender Studies, UCD
Tere Loyola, Factory Worker/Co Founder Women's Rights Advocates, Tijuana
Thursday, 4-5:30pm
University Club Lounge
Reception to Follow

Also co-sponsored by The School of Law, The Chicana/Latina Research Center, Technocultural Studies, Chicana/o Studies, and Cultural Studies

November 1
Work in Progress
Women and the New Labor Organizing
Ruth Milkman, Sociology, UCLA
Katie Quan, Associate Chair and Director of the John F. Henning Center for International Labor Relations, UCB
Wednesday, 12:00-1:30
3201 Hart Hall
Brown Bag Lunch

November 9
Work in Progress
Men, Masculinity, and Joblessness
Jennifer Sherman, Sociology, UCB
 “Men without Sawmills”
Sandra Smith, Sociology, UCB
 “Lone Pursuit:  How Poor Black Men Look for Jobs
Thursday, 12:00-1:30

3201 Hart Hall
Brown Bag Lunch

November 30
Work in Progress
Gender, Migration, and Labor:  From Rural Mexico to the U.S.
Lisa Pfeiffer, Agricultural and Resource Economics, UCD
Susan Richter, Agricultural and Resource Economics, UCD

Thursday, 12:00-1:30
3201 Hart Hall

Brown Bag Lunch

  Series cosponsored by:  The Dean's Office, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; The Dean's Office, Division of Social Sciences; The Women's Research and Resource Center; Gender and Global Issues; Women and Gender Studies; The Center for History, Society, and Culture; and the Davis Humanities Insititute.