Consortium for Women and Research

September 25, 2009
Making More out of Less: Entrepreneurs, Identity, and Consumer Citizenship in Early Artificial Sweetener Promotion

Carolyn de la Pena, Professor, American Studies and Director, Davis Humanities Institute, UC Davis
Friday, 4-6pm, 3201 Hart Hall

Cultural Studies Graduate Group Fall 2009 Colloquium Seriers.

November 3, 2009
Campus Community Book Project
Gendering the Geography of Bliss

Peg Swain, WRRC and Women & Gender Studies
Laura Grindstaff, Sociology and CWR
Jee-Eun Song, Cultural Studies
Tuesday, 12:10-1:30pm, 126 Voorhies

November 12, 2009
UC Davis Jewish Studies Program Presents
Motherhood and the State: Women, Surrogacy and (Trans) Nationalism in Israel and India

Ethnographies of Surrogacy
Amrila Pande, Sociology, Univ. Of Massachusetts
Aditya Bharadwaj, Sociology, Univ of Edinlburgh

The State, Reproductive Technologies, and Motherhood
Elly Teman, Medical Genetics, Penn State
Susan Kahn, Center of Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard

Thursday, 9:30-5pm, 360 Shields Library

Davis Humanities Institute - Public Intellectuals Forum
Beyond Academic Walls: Engaging the Latino Threat Narrative

Leo Chavez, Anthropology, UC Irvine
Thursday, 5:30-8pm, Historic Hall @ Bistro 33, 226 F St., Davis

Past Calendars

2007-2008: Genders, Bodies, Politics
2006-2007: Gender, Race, & Poverty in a Globalized World

 

Grad Research Fall Brown Bag Series

November 19, 2009
The Ultimate Job Interview: Selection Processes and Motherhood in Egg Donor NarrativesDavis Feminist Film Festival

Jennifer Haylett, Sociology
Thursday 12-1pm, 1291 SS&H

December 1, 2009
Dancing in Circles, Listening in Lines: Hanslick's View of Time in the Transaction of Music and Dance

Chantal Frankenbach, Music
Tuesday 12-1pm, 3201 Hart Hall

December 3, 2009
We R Family: A Queer Critique of Lesbian and Gay Family Tourism

Liz Montegary, Cultural Studies
Thursday 12-1pm, 3201 Hart Hall

February 4, 2010
Women in Science Lecture Series

Chancellor Katehi, UC Davis
Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Professor, Bioengineering Rice University

A panel discussion on the challendges and rewards of being a women in science and engineering.

Thursday, 12-1:30pm, Conference Center Ballroom
Lunch will be served, limited seating.
RSVP: consortforwomen@ucdavis.edu

Research Lecture
Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Professor, Bioengineering Rice University
Wednesday, 4:10-6:00pm
University Club, Clubroom
Reception to follow