Special Events

Spring 2013 Semester Research Series

February 21
Kara McCleland, Grad Student, Department of Music
"Oh Daddy/Mama, Love Me Good: Work Songs, Civil Rights, and a (Trans)Gendered Dialogue"
3-4 p.m. JUB 100 (Faculty Senate Room)

March 21
Dr. Jessica M.W. Kratzer, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, Department of Speech and Theatre
"Senior Citizen Sexuality: A Discussion of the Intersection of Sex, Communication, Gender, and Aging"
3-4 p.m. JUB 100 (Faculty Senate Room)

Faculty, staff, students, and members of the Murfreesboro community are welcome. Session is free.

Email Dr. Pat Bradley at pat.bradley@mtsu.edu for more information.

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Women's and Gender Studies
and
Intercultural and Diversity Affairs present
Film Screening and Discussion

Womanish Ways, Freedom, Human Rights, and Democracy: The Women's Suffrage Movement in the Bahamas - 1948-1962
by
Marion Bethel

Thursday, February 14, 2013
2-4 p.m.
KUC Theater, MTSU

ABOUT THE FILMMAKER:
Marion Bethel read law at Cambridge University, England and has worked as an attorney since 1986. She is also a prolific writer. Her works include poetry, short stories, and essays. Ms. Bethel was awarded a James Michener Fellowship by the Caribbean Writers Summer Institute in the Department of English, University of Miami in 1991 and the Casa de las Americas Prize in 1995. Ms. Bethel was born and lives in Nassau, The Bahamas.

Short Introductory Talk:
"When Civil War is Waged by Women"
Dr. Nancy Rupprecht, Professor of History, MTSU

This event is free and open to the public.
Refreshments will be provided.

This event was organized in collaboration with:
International Affairs
President's Commission on the Status of Women

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Fall 2012 Semester presentation by the Women's and Gender Studies Research Series

Thursday, October 18
Dr. Jid Lee, Professor of English
"Writing in Coded Language: Max Frei, A Contemporary Russian Woman Author"
3-4 p.m., JUB 100 (Faculty Senate Room)

Faculty, staff, students, and members of the Murfreesboro community are welcome. Session is free.

Email Dr. Pat Bradley at pbradley@mtsu.edu for more information.

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Thursday, September 20|
Dr. Meredith Dye, Sociology Professor
"My Pathway to Prison: Understanding the Lives of Life-Sentenced Women"
3-4 p.m. JUB 100 (Faculty Senate Room)

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