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February 2010 Archives

Congratulations 2009 GWST Graduate, Liz Barr

Posted on February 3, 2010 12:22 PM |Permalink |Comments (0)

Liz Barr, who graduated UMBC with a GWST major in 2009, recently had a paper accepted for presentation at the Southeastern Women's Studies Association Conference (SEWSA), which will be held March 25-27 in Columbia, South Carolina. Currently a graduate student in women's studies at Towson University, Liz will be presenting her paper "AIDS Art, AIDS Activism."

Save the Date - Women's History Month Event

Posted on February 3, 2010 12:26 PM |Permalink |Comments (0)

On Monday, March 8th at 4:00 p.m. on the 7th floor of the AOK Library, Gender and Women's Studies will present a Humanities Forum Event. Our speaker, Hanne Blank, author and independent scholar, will present, Virgin Territory: On Writing a History of Virginity. The talk will be followed by a conversation between the author and Emek Ergun, Ph.D. Candidate in LLC who translated Ms. Blank's book into Turkish. Light refreshments will follow the lecture.

Co-Sponsors for this event include the: Dresher Center for the Humanities, History Department, American Studies Department, Graduate School, Language Literacy and Culture Program, English Department and the Women's Center.