Spring 2011 Events

The Vagina Monologues, co-sponsored with EFFECT. February 14, 6:30 and 9pm, with a reception in between the two performances.

Feminist Scholarship Display, Belk Library, March 14-25th. Celebrate Women's History Month by exploring this display of feminist research by Elon faculty and staff.

College Coffee, March 15, 9:40-10:20am, Phi Beta Kappa Commons (weather permitting). Elon recently joined the American Association of University Women! Come to this College Coffee to find out what this could mean for you (and pick up some WGS goodies!).

"Preposterous Propositions: report from the frontier of contemporary art", Linda Weintraub, LaRose Digital Theater, KOBC, March 17, 6pm. Co-sponsored with Environmental Studies, this talk addresses the imaginative and often preposterous (in a productive sense) responses artists have made to current environmental problems as an approach to drawing attention to or resolving them.

Lunch with Dr. Victoria Bergvall, Ward Octagon, 12:30-2pm, April 7. Meet, dine, and interact with Dr. Bergvall, Associate Professor of Linguistics at Michigan Technological University. Bergvall's research includes studies of gender and language, and she is past president of the International Gender and Language Association.

Film Screening of Shirin Neshat's Women Without Men, McEwen 011, 6-9pm, April 11. Groundbreaking Iranian-born visual artist Shirin Neshat, widely known in the contemporary art world for her photographic and video works, recently created this feature film adapted from the novel of the same name by Shahmush Parsipur. The film raises issues about gender, politics, and religion in both 1950s Tehran and our current context.

"Rethinking the Domestic, Rethinking the Carnal, Rethinking Women." Isabella Cannon Room, April 19, 7pm. Elon Professors and WGS members Ann Cahill (Philosophy) and Kirstin Ringelberg (Art History) will discuss their recent book publications. Refreshments will be served.

WGS Senior Banquet, Isabella Cannon Gallery, Center for the Arts, May 4, 5:30-7:30pm. WGS minors and committee members will meet to celebrate our graduating seniors. Hillary Waugh, Elon '08, will be our featured speaker.

Fall 2010 Events

“The Trashing of Margaret Mead: How Derek Freeman fooled us all with an alleged hoax.” Paul Shankman. September 15, 7:00pm in Whitley Auditorium. This is a PERCS and Sociology/Anthropology event that we are co-sponsoring.

Fairy Tales and Prostitutes: 20 Years After Pretty Woman.  October 5, Yeager Recital Hall, 6:30 pm.  We will screen the film and have a discussion panel about how the film reflected (and perhaps continues to reflect) social, political, and economic values in terms of gender and sexuality.

"Women in the 2010 US Election".  Interactive discussion of the history of women in politics and the issues that are driving women in the race for 2010 political and judicial offices.  With moderator Rod Clare (History and Geography) and panelists Mileah Kromer and Dion Farganis (Political Science and Public Administration)

 "The Story of a Mexican-American Woman", a talk by/with Evelina Solís. Tuesday November 16th, from 4-6 in KOBC 101.  Solís is the Founder and President of Sol2Sol, an academic & life coaching and inspirational speaking resource. She was featured in the newly-released book Aim High: Extraordinary stories of Hispanic and Latina Women by Laura Contreras-Rowe, and is releasing her own book, The Little Book of Words Every Latino Should Know. WG/S is co-sponsoring this event as part of Elon's International Education Week.

Domestic Violence Speak Out with Family Abuse Services of Alamance County.

"A Room of Our Own," Art Installation by Elon College Fellow Alaina Pineda (09).