Spring 2008 Events
Tuesday, January 22
The Abortion Debate in Japan
Eri Nosaka '08
Chellis House Lounge, 12:00 noon
Tuesday, January 22
Voice of Choice: Physicians who provided abortions before Roe v. Wade
Video Screening & Discussion with Planned Parenthood Representative Yvette Feig
Chellis House Lounge, 7:00 p.m.
Monday, February 25
"A Healing Journey”
Houston Baker and Charlotte Pierce-Baker, Visiting Twilight Scholars
Dana Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 28
"The J-Spot: A Sex Educator Tells It All”
Sex educator Jay Friedman has his finger on the pulse of sexual issues in our society. Personal, philosophical and political, he delivers a "sexual state of affairs" address on where we've been, where we are, and where we're headed sexually - with the ultimate goal of helping everyone enjoy healthy relationships.
Warner Hemicycle, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 8
"International Women's Day”
Student presentations on female political leaders.
Harmon Periodical Room, Main Library, 3:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 11
“Once Upon a Quinceañera”
Author Julia Alvarez reads from her new work about 15-year old Latina girls and incorporates a slideshow presentation
Munroe Lecture Hall, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 13
Women/Bodies/Now
"Life of the Mind" talk by Andrea Olsen, Professor of Dance and Associate in Environmental Studies. What are our attitudes about our body and how do they affect our lives? In this talk we explore the layers of the nervous system-how we take in, interpret, and respond to sensations moment by moment.
Chellis House, 12:15 p.m.
Thursday, March 13
"Alison G. Fraker '89 Prize Reception”
Every year, the Women's and Gender Studies Program awards the Alison G. Fraker '89 Prize to a student whose essay on a topic specifically concerning women and gender is judged the best.
Chellis House, 7:00 p.m.
Monday, March 17
"WHO Does She Think She Is”
A pre-theatrical release screening of the latest feature-length documentary directed by Middlebury College alumna and Board of Trustees member Pamela Tanner Boll ‘78. The film examines how female artists who balance their creative lives with their motherhood responsibilities. The 78-minute film follows six contemporary artists—sculptors, musicians, painters, and poets—and shows their struggle to express themselves in a world that sometimes devalues the contributions of women as artists and caregivers. The issues played out in the women's lives are further illuminated by archival footage, and interviews with cultural commentators and curators. Pam Boll is the director of the Oscar-winning documentary Born Into Brothels. McCardell Bi-Hall 216, 7 p.m.
Reception and discussion with Pam Boll follows the screening
Tuesday, March 18
Pearls, Politics, and Power: How Women Can Win and Lead
Lecture by Madeleine Kunin, former U.S. ambassador to Switzerland and former governor of Vermont. She will speak about her new book which lays out the wisdom of women's political involvement not only in the U.S., but throughout the world.
R.A. Jones Conference Room, 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 19
Directing and Performing at Middlebury College
Student lecture by Aaron Gensler '08 & Jimmy Wong '09
Chellis House, 12:15 p.m.
Tuesday, April 1
On Being a Female Athlete
Student lecture by Jamie Mittelman '10 & Lindsay McBride '09
Chellis House, 12:15 p.m.
Tuesday, April 1
ISO Development Series: Awakening: Empowering Women through Microloans & KIVA
Film Screening (48 minutes)
MBH 219, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 3
Resisting War: The Lystrata Production
Faculty talk by Claudio Medeiros and Pavlos Sfyroeras
Chellis House, 12:15 p.m.
Wednesday, April 9
Violence in Same Sex Relationships
Lecture by Ann Atkins, Director of Safe Space Vermont
Chellis House, 12:15 p.m.
Wednesday, April 9 - Saturday, April 12
Lysistrata
By Aristophanes, directed by Claudio Medeiros
Seeler Studio Theatre, tickets at 443-MIDD
Friday, April 11
Liberatory Epistemology and the Sharing of Knowledge
Life of the Mind talk by Heidi Grasswick, Associate Professor of Philosophy
Chellis House, 12:15 p.m.
Friday, April 11
Liberty of Conscience: The Attack on America's Tradition of Religious Equality
Lecture by Professor Martha Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Chicago
Mead Chapel, 4:30 p.m.
Monday, April 14
Smart Start Workshop
Wage and salary negotiating skill workshop with Anne Houle, WAGE Project
Warner Hemicycle, 12:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 16
Women's Lives in the Maldives
Student talk by Zaheena Rashid '11
Chellis House, 12:15 p.m.
Wednesday, April 16
Freeheld: The Laurel Hester Story
Screening of an Academy Award winning documentary on gay rights activism. Q&A with director Cynthia Wade to follow screening.
Dana Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 17
Whither Bioethics? From Relational Ethics to Public Ethics
Susan Sherwin, Dalhousie University
R.A. Jones Conference Room, 4:30 p.m.
Thurrsday, April 17
Healing Fires
This ceremony recognizes women everywhere who have suffered the effects of sexual and domestic violence
Chellis House, 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 17
Love Fest
FAM's annual speak-out against sexual and domestic violence
Gamut Room, 9:00 p.m.
Monday, April 21
The Hypersexuality of Race: Performing Asian/American Women on Screen and Scene
Celine Parrenas Shimizu, Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Film Studies at UC Santa Barbara
Hillcrest 103, 4:30 p.m.
Monday, April 28
Shaping Democracy: The Role of Women Legislators in the Mexican Congress
Caroline Beer, Associate Professor of Political Science, Latin American Studies Program, University of Vermont
R.A. Jones Conference Room, 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 29
The Business of Being Born
Film Screening and Q&A with Ina May Gaskin, founder and director of the Farm Midwifery Center, Summertown, Tennessee and area midwifes Chenoa Hamilton, Katina Martin, and Martha Redpath to follow screening
BiCentennial Hall 216, 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 30
Democratic Meritocracy
Lecture by Lani Guinier, Bennett Boskey Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Mead Chapel, 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 1
Black Sex
Lecture by Rinaldo Walcott, University of Toronto
Hillcrest 103, 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 8
Menopause is not a Disease
Lunchtime talks by Dr. Katherine Hikel and Dr. Jane Waterman
Chellis House, 12:15 p.m.
Saturday, May 10
Feminist of the Year Award reception
Chellis House, 2:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 15
2008 Thesis & Senior Essay Presentations
R.A. Jones Conference Room, all day