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Dr. Jennifer DeClue: The Conjure Work of Black Feminist Avant-Garde Cinema

Join Dr. Jennifer DeClue as we watch the short film “Happy Birthday, Marsha,” followed by a discussion of her new book, “Visitation: The Conjure Work of Black Feminist Avant-Garde Cinema.” Part of the Women’s History Month: Women in Media series.

Sponsored by: Office of Identity, Student Engagement, and Access

Trans Cinema and Its Future

Trans Cinema and Its Future with Zackary Drucker, Rain Valdez, and Chris E. Vargas This event will feature a panel discussion with Zackary Drucker (she/her; filmmaker, photographer, and producer of Transparent), Rain Valdez (she/her; actor, writer, director, and producer of Razor Tongue), and Chris E. Vargas  (he/him; filmmaker & interdisciplinary artist & Associate Professor of […]

Media Representations of Unhealthy Relationships and Gendered Violence: A Panel Discussion

SAFE (Students Advocating for Feminism and Empowerment) at Clark is hosting a panel featuring Clark professor Dr. Danielle Hanley, WSU Faculty Dr. Dana Rognlie, and doctoral student Gia Davis, along with assorted Clark and WSU students, facilitated by WSU faculty Dr. Kathryn E. Frazier. They will discuss media representations of unhealthy relationship dynamics and sexual […]

The State of Trans Studies in the 2020s

The State of Trans Studies in the 2020s with Marquis Bey, Aaron Devor, Julian Kevon Glover, Kristen Renn, and Ann Travers. Moderated by Emily Skidmore, Associate Professor at Texas Tech University With the 2021 publication of The SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies, edited by Abbie Goldberg and Genny Beemyn, a timely question is, what is the […]

Talking Books/etc

DATE: Wednesday, May 1, 2019. 3:00 p.m. LOCATION: Dana Commons: Fireside Lounge Conversations by faculty and students about their new publications. Download Flyer for Details  

Challenges Facing Women in STEM: Recognizing and Managing Bias and Identity Threat

DATE: Wednesday, April 3, 2019. 3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. LOCATION: University Center: Grace Conference Room The stereotype of most science, technology, engineering, and math fields is that "STEM is for men." Additionally, men are over-represented at almost every level of STEM participation, both inside and outside of academia. Together, this gender imbalance in scientific […]

Women as Foreign Policy Leaders: Evaluating US National Security and Politics since 1980

DATE:  Thursday, March 14, 2019. 10:25 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. LOCATION:  Jonas Clark Hall, Room 001 Presented by: Sylvia Bashevkin Drawing on the cases of four senior foreign policy decision-makers appointed by US presidents since 1980 (Jeane Kirkpatrick, Madeleine Albright, Condolezza Rice, and Hillary Rodham Clinton), Professor Sylvia Bashevkin addresses the following questions: What do we […]

Technologies of Resistance and New Womanhood in Contemporary Bollywood Cinema

DATE:  Wednesday, March 13, 2019. Noon - 1:00 p.m. LOCATION:Dana Commons, Fireside Lounge Presented by: Professor Ghar Siddiqui Recent Bollywood films like Anarkali of Aarah (Avinash Das, 2017), Parched (Leena Yadav, 2015), and Lipstick Under My Burkha (Alankrita Shrivastava, 2016) have raised the bar on feminist work coming out of the industry but have also simultaneously […]

Poetry for Black Lives Today: Reading by Kate Rushin

DATE:  Thursday, February 28, 2019. 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. LOCATION: Dana Commons, Fireside Lounge Kate Rushin is an award-winning black queer feminist poet and was formerly on the faculty at Wesleyan University. Her work has been featured in "Home Girls:  A Black Feminist Anthology," "My Lover is a Women: Contemporary Lesbian Love Poems," and the […]