The William E. Massey, Sr., Lectures in the History of American Civilization


About Joan C. Williams

All three lectures will be delivered in Sever Hall 113, Harvard Yard.
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Free and open to the public.

Obama Eats Arugula:
Reshaping the Electoral and Everyday
Politics of Work and Family


Three lectures by
Joan C. Williams


Monday, May 5, 2008, 3:45 p.m.

Do Women “Opt Out” or Are They Pushed Out?:  How Media Distortions of Work/Family Conflict Shape Public Policy

Commentator: Professor Jane Mansbridge, Kennedy School of Government

Wednesday, May 7, 2008, 3:45 p.m.

Culture Wars as Class Conflict: How Rethinking Class and Gender Can Help the Democrats Recapture the White House

Commentator: Professor Michelle Lamont, Harvard Sociology Department

Thursday, May 8, 2008, 3:45 p.m.

Femmes, Tomboys, and Real Men: Placing Masculinity at the Core of a Feminist Analysis

Commentator: Professor Joseph Singer, Harvard Law School

 


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