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WGS 2008-2009 Sponsored and Co-sponsored Events

Upcoming Events

Gender Matters in Social Sciences - Immigration, Race, Ethnicity, and Law*
Friday, April 17, 2009, 12-5 pm
Barker Center, Thompson Room
12 Quincy St.
12:00-1:00
Lunch and opening remarks
(Please RSVP to wgs@fas.harvard.edu by 4/13/09.)
1:00-2:45
Vasuki Nesiah, Brown University
Sarah Willen, Harvard University
2:45-3:15
Break
3:15-5:00
Eithne Luibheid, University of Arizona
Christina Burnett, Columbia University

*Free and open to the public.
Space is limited. Please RSVP to wgs@fas.harvard.edu.

WGS Spring 2009 End of the Year Party
Friday, May 15, 5-7 pm
Boylston Hall, Ground Floor

Past Events

WGS Fall 2008 Welcome-Back Party
Tuesday, September, 2008, 5-7 pm
Boylston Hall, Ground Floor

Gender/Queer Politics in Contemporary Turkey
A lunch discussion with Sinem Sinan Goknur
Friday, October 3, 2008, 12-1 pm Boylston Hall, G35
Pizza and soft drinks provided
(download flyer)

Gender Matters in Social Sciences - Sex and Sciences*
Friday, October 10, 2008, 12-5 pm, Barker Center, 133
Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South S010, 1730 Cambridge Street (map)
12:00-1:00
Lunch and opening remarks
(Please RSVP to wgs@fas.harvard.edu by 10/6/08.)
1:00-2:45
Anne Fausto-Sterling, Brown University
Gillian Einstein, University of Toronto
2:45-3:15
Break
3:15-5:00
Marsha Rosengarten, University of London
Elizabeth Wilson, University of New South Wales
(download flyer)

WGS 2008 Holiday Party
Thursday, December 11, 2008, 5-7 pm
Boylston Hall, Ground Floor

Gender Matters in Social Sciences - Health and Bodies Globally*
Friday, December 12, 2008, 12-5 pm
Barker Center, Room 133
12 Quincy St.
12:00-1:00
Lunch and opening remarks
(Please RSVP to wgs@fas.harvard.edu by 12/8/08.)
1:00-2:45
Martha McClintock, University of Chicago
Vickie Mays, University of California, Los Angeles
2:45-3:15
Break
3:15-5:00
Lawrence Cohen, University of California, Berkeley
Carole S. Vance, Columbia University
(download flyer)

The Economics of Sex Trafficking
Thursday, February 5, 2009, 12-1:30 pm
Kennedy School of Government
Littauer Building, Malkin Penthouse, 4th Floor
Presentation and book signing with Siddharth Kara,
author of Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery

Gender Matters in Social Sciences - Family, Economy, and Politics*
Friday, February 13, 2009, 12-5 pm
Barker Center, Thompson Room
12 Quincy St.
12:00-1:00
Lunch and opening remarks
(Please RSVP to wgs@fas.harvard.edu by 2/9/09.)
1:00-2:45
Leslie Salzinger, Boston College
Raka Ray, University of California, Berkeley

2:45-3:15
Break
3:15-5:00
Lena Edlund, Columbia University
Martha McCluskey, University at Buffalo