Conference: 35 Years Of Feminist Scholarship
April 14, 2011
Conference celebrates UMD's Claire Moses for her 35 years of feminist scholarship.WHAT:
Conference celebrates UMD's Claire Moses for her 35 years of feminist scholarship.
WHAT:University of Maryland’s women’s studies community will honor Claire Moses, retiring Professor and former Chair of the Women’s Studies Department, and for more than thirty years the editorial director of the influential journal, Feminist Studies, with a conference, reception, and dinner.
The all-day conference, Thirty-Five Years of Feminist Scholarship, will bring to campus some of the leading feminist scholars and theorists of the past three decades. All of the speakers have served at various points over the years on the editorial board of Feminist Studies, housed almost since its inception at the University.
The conference will offer panels on the histories of feminist movements, on terrains of sexual knowledges, and on theory and policy for a changing world.
Among the speakers will be poet and literary critic Rachel Blau Duplessis; historians Nancy Hewitt and Rosalyn Terborg-Penn; anthropologist Rayna Rapp; economist Heidi Hartmann, and sociologist Judith Stacey.“Thirty-five years” refers to the lifespan of Feminist Studies itself, still thriving in its commitment to bring a socialist feminist perspective to bear on a wide range of issues across the disciplines.
The Women’s Studies Department is in the process of hiring a new associate professor who will also serve as the new editorial director of Feminist Studies. “We will deeply miss Claire in the Women’s Studies Department,” says current Chair Bonnie Thornton Dill, who attributes the department’s successful Ph.D. program largely to Moses’s vision and energy.
WHEN:Friday, April 15, 2011 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
PRE-CONFERENCE:
Thursday, April 14, 2011 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Francis Scott Key Hall, Room 2120
Pre-Conference colloquium: Doing History/Doing Feminism will feature an open discussion about the impact of feminism on history (and vice versa) with historians Ellen Ross, Uta Poiger, Mary Ryan, and Ashwini Tambe.
WHERE:
McKeldin Library’s Special Events Room 6137.
MEDIA:Media coverage is welcome. Visitor Parking is available in the Union Lane Garage located between the Adele H. Stamp Student Union Center for Campus Life and Cole Field House.
CONTACT:For more information about this event, please contact Deborah Rosenfelt, Professor of Women’s Studies at dsr@umd.edu; 301-801-8732 ©; 301-801-779-8461 (H); 301-405-6883(O)