The Past, Present, and Future of Feminist Studies

Conference ScheduleThe Past, Present, and Future of Feminist Studies
February 9th – 11th 2012

Thursday, February 9th
7 – 9 pm
Opening Remarks – Eileen Boris, Hull Professor and Chair, Feminist Studies and Patricia Cline Cohen, Professor of History

Genders and Sexualities

Chair: Leila Rupp (UCSB)
Panelists:
” Matt Richardson (University of Texas, Austin)
” Lynn Sacco (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
” Siobhan Somerville (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

10:30 am – 12:00 pm
The Past, Present and Future of Feminist Studies
Welcome – Melvin Oliver, Dean of Social Sciences, College of Letters & Science

Chair: Jacqueline Bobo (UCSB)
Panelists:
” Nan Alamilla Boyd (San Francisco State University)
” Ednie Garrison (University of South Florida)
” Valerie Ann Johnson (Bennett College)
” Alison Kafer (Southwestern University)

3:30 pm- 5:30 pm
Productive and Reproductive Labors

Chair: Laury Oaks (UCSB)
Panelists:
” Melissa Forbis (Stony Brook University)
” Francisca James Hernandez (Pima Community College, Research Associate at the Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW) at The University of Arizona)
” Lilia Soto (University of Wyoming)
” Ruby Tapia (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
” Chikako Takeshita (University of California, Riverside)

Dinner 6 pm
At the Faculty Club for invited guests, members of the department, and affiliates who worked with our former ABD scholars. RSVP required–Leigh Dodson, ldodson@umail.ucsb.edu and Eileen Boris, boris@femst.ucsb.edu

Saturday, February 11th
9 am- 11:30 am
Race and Nation

Chair: Mireille Miller-Young (UCSB)
Panelists:
” Maylei Blackwell (University of California, Los Angeles)
” Emily Hobson (University of Southern California)
” Paula Ioanide (Ithica College) and Felice Black (UCSB)
” Priya Kurian (University of Waikato)
” Judy Rohrer (University of Connecticut)

12 pm – 1 pm
Rethinking the Field
Concluding and Discussion

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