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Events 2009
Women's and Gender Studies

Director:

Dr. Alison Piepmeier
Women's & Gender Studies/Department of English

7 College Way, rm 100
College of Charleston
Charleston, SC 29424
843|953|2280
piepmeiera@cofc.edu

 

“One of the starting points of feminism is taking women's lives seriously. 'Seriously' implies listening carefully, digging deep, developing a long attention span, being ready to be surprised.”

--Cynthia Enloe in The Curious Feminist: Searching for Women in a New Age of Empire (2004)

 

The Women's and Gender Studies Program host various events each semester for students, faculty and staff, and the larger community. We bring nationally-prominent speakers to campus, we host informal gatherings, and we offer field trips to events in other communities.

A current list of programs offered during the fall is listed below.

On the Road: Students Discuss Doing WGS Work Abroad

Thursday, November 12, 2009 | 6:30 p.m. | Hawkins Lounge | Open to WGS students

WGS students Aasha Foster, Sarah Morris, Leigh Dekle, Nicole Darden, and Rachel Reinke have all done substantial WGS research, scholarship, and activism abroad--either in foreign countries or within the US. In this event for WGS students, they'll share what they did, where they did it and how you can do it, too.

Third Thursdays: Media, Materialism, and Feminism

Thursday, November 19, 2009 | Noon | Addlestone Library room 227 | Free and open to the public

With Lisa Thomson Ross (Psychology) and Celeste Lacroix (Communication)

Does the media make us hate our bodies? Why do we buy so many things to try to make ourselves look good?

Third Thursdays are a monthly series of informal conversational salons. Faculty, staff, and students from the College of Charleston are invited to join with members of the Charleston community to discuss feminism, faculty research, and what Women's and Gender Studies actually involves.

Third Thursdays: What Do Men Want?

Thursday, January 21, 2010 | Noon | Addlestone Library room 227 | Free and open to the public

With David Moscowitz (Communication)

What do recent representations of men in popular culture suggest about broader issues of contemporary identity?

Third Thursdays are a monthly series of informal conversational salons. Faculty, staff, and students from the College of Charleston are invited to join with members of the Charleston community to discuss feminism, faculty research, and what Women's and Gender Studies actually involves.

 

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