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November 18, 2013
Newcomb College Institute-affiliated events:
Courses with Women in Mind: Spring 2014
Check out Courses with Women in Mind: Spring 2014,
compiled by Newcomb College Institute. This compelling list includes
all classes that examine gender, such as "Writing Captivity from Puritan
America to Modern Prisons," "Communication, Culture and Body:
Feminism," and "Psychobiology of Sexuality."
A conversation with Newcomb alumna class of 2008, Ally Halperin
Monday, November 18, 7pm
Newcomb College Institute
Join the Newcomb Senate on Monday, November 18th, 2013 at
7:00pm for a candid conversation with recent graduate, Ally
Halperin. Halperin, class of '08 studied in the A.B. Freeman School of
Business. As a sophomore during Hurricane Katrina and current employee
of Tulane University, she will offer insight on the structural changes
that occurred for Newcomb-Tulane at this time and the benefits Tulane
can offer alumnae. Refreshments will be provided.
A Lecture by Angela Davis
Monday, November 18, 8pm
McAlister Auditorium
Free and open to the public
Through
her activism and scholarship over many decades, Angela Davis has been
deeply involved in movements for social justice around the world. Her
work as an educator – both at the university level and in the larger
public sphere – has always emphasized the importance of building
communities of struggle for economic, racial, and gender justice. Davis
is the author of nine books and has lectured throughout the United
States as well as in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and South America.
In recent years a persistent theme of her work has been the range of
social problems associated with incarceration and the generalized
criminalization of those communities that are most affected by poverty
and racial discrimination. She draws upon her own experiences in the
early seventies as a person who spent eighteen months in jail and on
trial, after being placed on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted List." Angela
Davis is a founding member of Critical Resistance, a national
organization dedicated to the dismantling of the prison industrial
complex.
Sponsored
by the TUCP Direction Lecture Series, the Tulane Reading Project, the
Anna Julia Cooper Project, the Office for Multicultural Affairs, the
Office for Gender and Sexual Diversity, and the Newcomb-Tulane College
Office of Cocurricular Programs. For more information, contact TUCP
Direction at tucp.direction@gmail.com or 325-370-2473.
Fridays at Newcomb: "Ethics of Perception in Cole Swensen's Ekphrastic Poetry" with Teresa Villa-Ignacio
Friday, November 22, Noon
Anna Many Lounge, Caroline Richardson Building
Cole Swensen's poetry mobilizes a profound exploration of the
sensory history of France, and more generally of Europe, as a
contemporary American poetic topos. This presentation explores how her
ekphrastic meditations on European visual art become a springboard for
an American ethics of perception, one that is simultaneously idealistic
and troubling in its project to perceive that which escapes perception.
Other student-interest events:
Krav Maga
Tuesdays, 7pm
Hillel on Broadway
Hillel offers free Krav Maga lessons with a certified instructor
every Tuesday night at 7pm at Hillel on Broadway. Krav Maga is a form of
self-defense used to train the Israeli army. It emphasizes threat
neutralization with simultaneous defensive and offensive
maneuvers. All students are welcome.
New Orleans Fringe Festival: From Her Mouth Came the Flood
Wednesday,
November 20, 9pm; Thursday, November 21, 9pm; Friday, November 22, 9pm;
Saturday, November 23, 11pm; Sunday, November, 24, 9pm
Fringe tickets with button, or $10 at door with $3 button
"This be a war, pretty girl." Two women navigate the world of feminine
fear in this gritty, intimate, poetic journey into feminism and
womanhood. Taking us from an apartment complex in California to the
banks of the Mississippi, Desiree Dallagiacomo and Sasha Banks push the
woman's narrative to the forefront and challenge conventional themes of
femininity. Desiree is a poet right here in New Orleans and is studying
at University of New Orleans and Sasha is based out of Arlington, Texas.
For more information please contact kayceefilson@gmail.com or click here.
Gamma Rho Lambda Presents: Pride Prom!
Saturday, November 23, 7pm
Qatar Ballroom, LBC
Gamma Rho Lambda, Tulane Chapter presents their annual Pride Prom, back
and better than ever! A spin on the traditional prom, welcoming to
everyone-- LGBTQAI, feminist lovers, and allies-- this year's theme is
Masquerade Ball, in honor of New Orleans tradition! We will have masks
available at the door for a small fee. All proceeds benefit BreakOUT!, a
local not-for-profit organization in New Orleans that advocates and
mentors LGBT youth. *Semi-formal/formal evening wear REQUIRED* THIS IS A
SAFE SPACE EVENT
Paris Capitale de la Mode: The History of a City's Association with the Fashion Industry
Monday, November 25, 6pm
Freeman Auditorium, Woldenberg Arts Center
Please join us for an illustrated talk by Louisiana native and Newcomb
College alumna, Professor Joan DeJean (University of Pennsylvania). In
the collective imagination today, Paris is fashion. And this idea has
been prevalent for nearly three and a half centuries. This lecture will
explore the history of the link between Paris and fashion, the reality
of what the fashion industry has meant to the French capital, and the
importance of the myth that advertises Paris and Parisians as the most
stylish city and the most fashionable people anywhere.
The lecture is free, open to the public and in English. It is made
possible by the Kathryn B. Gore Chair in French, the Department of
French and Italian, and Medieval and Early Modern Studies at Tulane
University. Contact twikstro@tulane.edu for more information. |
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