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Shipping: $4.50 USPS Priority Mail
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@NCCROW: Week of 16 January 2004
@NCCROW: WEEK OF 29 JANUARY 2004
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SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS MESSAGE TO VIEW THE COMPLETE SCHEDULE OF SPRING 2004 TALKS @ NCCROW BY TULANE FACULTY AND ASSOCIATES WORKING IN WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES! It's a fun, diverse schedule of lunchtime and afternoon events. The schedule is also available at http://www.tulane.edu/~wc/text/spring2004sked.html
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The Tulane Women's Association Presents
"Getting Lost, Finding A Place"
A talk by Karen Kingsley, Mary Louise Mossy Christovich Professor of Architectural History at the Tulane School of Architecture
12:30 - 1:30 pm, Thursday 29 January
Anna E. Many Lounge, Newcomb College Center for Reseach on Women, Caroline Richardson Hall
Kingsley will discuss the discoveries she made during research for her book Buildings of Louisiana
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This week on WINGS (8-8:30 am Fridays on WTUL 91.5 FM or www.wtul.fm) : SHOCK– Bonnie Burstow is a counseling psychologist who teaches at the University of Toronto Transformative Learning Center. On 23 March 2003, she spoke in the Feminist Speakers series at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education on the subject of Electro-Convulsive Therapy (ECT), a.k.a. “shock treatment.” Contrary to commonly held belief, shock treatment has not been discontinued, and is used three times as often on women as men, and increasingly on disoriented elders. Burstow argues as a feminist practitioner against the use of ECT. Her publications list is available at http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/~tlcentre/associates/burstow.html
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NEWCOMB/Tulane V-WEEK
30 Jan - 6 Feb
Friday 1/30 -- 2-4 pm -- V-Expo ... Newcomb Quad
Come out and learn more about violence against women, women's health, music and more. Find out how you can help, buy tickets to "The Vagina Monologues" or baked goods! HELP OUT THE METROPOLITAN BATTERED WOMEN'S PROGRAM BY DROPPING OFF DONATIONS OF CLOTHING, TOILETRIES (soap, toothpaste, etc), and CANNED GOODS!!! (Free)
Monday 2/2 -- 7 pm -- REACH Forum ... Freeman Auditorium (Woldenberg Art Center)
Learn about the problem of rape on and off our campus as well as what you can do to help. (Free) http://www.tulane.edu/~reach/
Tuesday 2/3 -- 7 pm -- Inga Muscio ... Freeman Auditorium (Woldenburg Art Center)
Inga Musico, author of the popular 3rd Wave Feminist book _Cunt: A Declaration of Independence_ will be speaking about the factors that contribute to and perpetuate violence against women in contemporary society. Her focus is on every woman saving the world starting with herself! (Free) http://www.ingalagringa.com/
Thursday 2/5 -- 5 pm -- Screening: "Senorita Extraviada"... Anna Many Lounge (NCCROW/Caroline Richardson Hall)
Over the past decade hundreds of women have gone missing in Juarez, Mexico and are been found mutilated, raped and murdered. Watch the documentary "Senorita Extraviada" to learn more and take action to end the violence. The situation in Juarez are the focus of the 2004 International V-Day campaign. (Free) About the film: http://www.wmm.com/Catalog/pages/c579.htm
Friday 2/6-- 3 pm -- Becoming Orgasmic ... Anna Many Lounge (NCCROW/Caroline Richardson Hall)
According to some estimates, up to 30% of American women are inorgasmic. Whoa. Join the Peer Health Advocates of Tulane to watch the movie "Becoming Orgasmic" and get more information on sexuality and positive erotica. (Free)
and of course....
The week will culminate in 3 performances of
Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues"
The performances will take place at 8 pm on the evenings
of February 4, 5 and 6
J. Herndon Thompson Hall
Architecture Building
Tulane University
Advance tickets are available at the Lupin Theater box office at Tulane. You may phone 504 865 5106 to purchase tickets or for additional ticket information.
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Part of our Spring 2004 series on current work in women's studies and gender studies @ Tulane...
"Are Louisiana Women Being Left Behind On the Road to Pay Equity?"
A brown-bag talk by Beth Willinger, Executive Director, Newcomb College Center for Research on Women; and Chair, Louisiana Women's Policy Research Commission
Noon - 1 pm, Monday 2 February
Anna E. Many Lounge, Newcomb College Center for Research on Women, Caroline RIchardson Hall
Louisiana women earn approximately 66 cents for each dollar earned by Louisiana men. Why is the wage gap in the state so
large?
Free. Open to the public. Feel free to bring your lunch.
ZALE 19: THISBE NISSEN
(she’s coming back!)
As some of you may remember, Thisbe Nissen survived most of the rigors of Zale week last October, only to fall ill with the flu near the end. As a result, a couple of much-anticipated events had to be cancelled at the last minute. The good news is that because she enjoyed herself so much and wants to ‘finish what she started,’ Thisbe is coming back in early February!! We’re so thrilled!
Please spread the word and join us for these events. Video of Thisbe’s October reading and audio of her interview with Newcomb Dean Cynthia Lowenthal are available for download at www.tulane.edu/~wc/zale
WRITE WITH THISBE NISSEN
At 10:30 am on Saturday 7 February in the Anna E. Many Lounge of Newcomb College Center for Research on Women, Thisbe will convene a half-day writing workshop/workout exploring found texts as portals for fiction and poetry. Following a conceptual introduction and comments from Thisbe, participants will roam the city (or campus) on individual writing missions, then re-convene to share, contemplate, and possibly combine their findings. Participants who choose to do so may hand their work over to Thisbe to take home to Iowa and cut up/juxtapose/divine/reassemble through the lens of her time in New Orleans and whatever else she has going on, then send back down river to us. Great possibility exists for an experimental group publication to flow out of this workshop! All area writers are welcome, but please phone 504 865 5238 or e-mail nccrow@tulane.edu no later than 5 February to RSVP. We reserve the right to place a cap on the number of workshop participants, but envision a pretty big workshop. Free.
ASK THISBE NISSEN
"Getting It Out There: The nuts & bolts of starting to publish your writing"
6-8:30 pm, Monday 9 February, Anna E. Many Lounge, Newcomb College Center for Research on Women
So you have rewritten that manuscript and you are ready to package it up and send it out into the world. NOW WHAT? This informal, practical workshop and question and answer session will demystify for you the workings of the literary industry. Thisbe Nissen will address topics ranging from what to put in a cover letter, to dealing gracefully with rejection and acceptance, to the value of perseverance, to the experience of publishing your first book. Come learn about the nitty gritty of the writing life, MFA programs, and the publishing world from the inside. All emerging writers are welcome. Creative writing students from all area colleges and universities are especially invited to participate. This event is free. The "Getting It Out There" workshop is presented in cooperation with the Tulane Literary Society. Call 504 865 5238 or visit www.tulane.edu/~wc for more information
Each year since 1986, the Zale Writer-in-Residence Program has brought a renowned or emerging woman writer to the Newcomb /Tulane campus for a week-long residency. The mission of the Program is to afford students an opportunity to become better acquainted with contemporary American women writers, their work, and their ideas about writing, literature, being, and creative practice. In addition to sitting for a public interview and delivering a reading, the Zale Writer participates in creative writing workshops, guest lectures in literature and other liberal arts classes, and meets with students in less formal settings. The Zale Writer-in-Residence program was established by Dana Zale Gerard, N '85, and is made possible by an annual gift from the M.B. and Edna Zale Foundation of Dallas, Texas.
"Angel of the House: Eugenic/Hygienic Visions and the Victorian/Edwardian Feminine"
An exhibition of works by Ashley Hufnagel
juxtaposed with images from the Jane McIntyre collection
January 11 - February 15, 2004
Seltzer-Gerard Reading Room, Nadine Vorhoff Library, 1st floor Newcomb College Center for Research on Women,
Caroline Richardson Hall, Newcomb College Tulane University
This collection of mixed-media works by New Orleans artist Ashley Hufnagel was inspired by her discovery of a 1910 book on eugenics in her family library. "The book discussed societal standards that seemed absurdly foreign to me," she explains. "I became very interested in what it meant to be a woman during this era. In each piece I explore a different aspect in the lives of women of this era: courtship, marriage, education, domestic life, childbearing, and so forth. I use layers of media – text, gels, transparencies, found objects, and other sculptural elements – to build a rich textuality into the pieces." Ashley Hufnagel is a native New Orleanian. A graduate of NOCCA and McMain High School, she is currently studying at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland.
Jane McIntyre was the mother of Zoe McIntyre, N ‘99. Before her untimely death in 2002, Jane donated to the Newcomb Archives her collection of late-19th and 20th century sexual hygiene and marriage manuals.
Please join us for a casual toast to the start of the semester and the opening of the exhibit! 4-5:30 p.m., Friday 16 January, atrium, Caroline Richardson Hall.
NEWCOMB ART GALLERY: TRUE GRIT THROUGH FEB 15
The exhibit True Grit: Seven Female Visionaries Before Feminism
is on view through February 15 at the Newcomb Art Gallery in Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb College, Tulane University. True Grit is an exhibition of art created between 1951 and 1975 by seven pathbreaking women artists: Lee Bontecou, Louise Bourgeois, Jay DeFeo, Claire Falkenstein, Nancy Grossman, Louise Nevelson, and Nancy Spero. The exhibition surveys and juxtaposes the of these women, all of whom were making radical art before the term "feminism" had entered the mainstream cultural vernacular.
Newcomb Art Gallery Hours are 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday and 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays.
The Newcomb Art Gallery and its programs are open to the public at no charge. The Gallery is fully wheelchair accessible. For more information, you may visit www.newcombartgallery.com or phone (504) 865-5328.
FRIENDS SECTION/CULTURAL EVENTS OF POSSIBLE INTEREST
Our friends at Girl Gang Productions have just released their Winter/Spring 2004 schedule, and it looks great!
See the full schedule at http://www.girlgangproductions.com.
And while we’re talking about hometown visionary arts organizations doing cool stuff, we must also mention our friends at Zeitgeist. They have a great winter schedule too, featuring (as always!) lots of involvement by local and touring women artists! In May, Zeitgeist will be the site of the Console-ing Passions videotheque! (http://www.tulane.edu/~communic/cpnola/) http://www.zeitgeistinc.org/events.html
LESBIAN COFFEEHOUSE AT FAIR GRINDS
Forth Fridays of every month, the Lesbian Coffeehouse gathers upstairs at Fairgrinds Coffeehouse, 3133 Ponce de Leon(next to Esplanade Whole Foods market). Get your coffee and teas downstairs, and then come upstairs 7:30pm for socializing and 8pm for featured poets followed by open mike. Poets, dancers, songwriters all welcome and your favorite lesbian poems from our herstory are also welcomed. Free.
Kim's 940 has re-opened under new concept as The Matrixx. It is still located at 940 Elysian Fields. The manager is Charlotte D'Ooge, N '03. http://www.matrixxxbar.com/
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Student Research Grants Program
Current Tulane undergrads and graduate students researching topics relating to women may apply for funds to help with the cost of conducting original research as part of a class project, independent study or thesis. The program annually awards grants averaging $300 each to up to five students per semester. Of special interest are projects that make use of the archival holdings of the Center or contribute to the scholarship on southern women and the education of women. Recipients will be expected to submit a final copy of the paper, thesis, or published article, or a finished work of art to the Center for inclusion in the collection of the Nadine Robert Vorhoff Library. The program is supported by the Jesselyn Zurik Fund for Research, and by Friends of the Center.
You may access and print out an application in pdf form (http://www.tulane.edu/~wc/researchgrantapp20034.pdf), or pick one up on the second floor of Newcomb College Center for Research on Women. In addition to a completed application form, your proposal must include 1) a description of your research project; 2) an itemized budget; and 3) a letter of support from a faculty member familiar with your project.
DEADLINE: MARCH 19, 2004
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Emily Schoenbaum Research Grants
Application deadline: 15 April 2004
Emily Schoenbaum, Newcomb '88, established this program to encourage and support projects to benefit the lives of women and girls, particularly those in the New Orleans metro area. Individuals or nonprofit, IRS tax-exempt institutions and organizations in Louisiana are eligible to apply. Applicants may be students, faculty or staff members of any Louisiana college, university, primary or secondary school, as well as community scholars and activists. Grants of up to $1,000 will be awarded for project related costs
Full information and the application can be found at http://www.tulane.edu/~wc/text/schoen.html or you may pick up application materials at Newcomb College Center for Research on Women. Call 504 865 5238 for additional information. (Note: Due to a computer problem, we have been unable to update the grant website to reflect the addition of a Spring deadline to the program. Go ahead and use the form bearing the November 14 deadline.)
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WEB FORUM
Join the NCCROW Forum! If you are part of a Gulf Coast region organization that hosts events and conducts research and educational efforts aimed at enriching and deepening understanding of girls'>women's lives and of gender, we encourage you to contribute to and benefit from the flow of information on this new interactive feature of our website! The membership/postings are a bit sparse now, and we need your help to reach critical info mass. Link to the forum from our front page @ http://www.tulane.edu/~wc or make a direct link to http://library.tulane.edu:5124/~wc/bb/
SPRING LECTURE SERIES: Some Current Work in Women’s Studies and Gender Studies @ Tulane
Spring 2004
All lectures in this series will take place in the Anna E. Many Lounge of the Newcomb College Center for Research on Women, 2nd Floor, Caroline Richardson Hall.
Please feel free to bring lunch to the noontime sessions. Light refreshments will be served at afternoon events. All lectures are open to the public at no charge. Phone 504 865 5238 or visit http://nccrow.tulane.edu for additional information.
Thursday 22 January , 4-5:30 pm
"Producing the Next Selena/Tejano Music Culture"
Vicki Mayer, Assistant Professor, Tulane Department of Communication
Monday 2 February, Noon – 1 pm
“Are Louisiana Women Being Left Behind on the Road to Pay Equity?”
Beth Willinger, Executive Director, Newcomb College Center for Research on Women; and Chair, Louisiana Women’s Policy Research Commission
Wednesday 11 February, 4-5:30 pm
“Rebel Heroine or Hoax: Loreta Janeta Velazquez, a woman soldier of the American Civil War”
(Talk and screening of excerpts from her forthcoming documentary)
Maria Agui Carter, Rockefeller Humanities Scholar, Stone Center for Latin American Studies
Tuesday 17 February, 12:30-1:30 pm
“Claudine and Orleana: Lesbian Identity and Slave Society in the Antebellum German Novel The Mysteries of New Orleans”
Michael Bibler, Women’s Studies Teaching Fellow and Visitng Assistant Professor in the Department of English
Tuesday 2 March, 4-5:30 pm
A reading of original poetry by Tola Mosadomi,
Visiting Scholar and Poet, Newcomb College Center for Research on Women; Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Linguistics, Tulane University
Wednesday 10 March, Noon-1 pm
“Sex and the Price of Honor: Slander Cases in Colonial Louisiana”
Mary Williams, Visiting Scholar, Newcomb College Center for Research on Women; Doctoral candidate, Department of History, Brown University
Monday 15 March, Noon-1 pm
“Sexual and Religious Reconciliation in Lee Smith’s Saving Grace”
Kathy Amende, Graduate Fellow and Instructor, Tulane Department of English
Thursday 18 March, 4-5:30 pm
“Out with the old and in with the new: Resident male replacements in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus)”
Katharine Jack, Assistant Professor, Tulane Department of Anthropology
Monday 22 March, Noon – 1 pm
“The New Goddess: The Indian Woman Re-Invented”
Sarita Heer, Instructor, Tulane Asian Studies Program
Friday 26 March, 4-5:30 pm
"The Texture of Gender in Medieval Iberia”
Jean Dangler, Assistant Professor, Tulane Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Tuesday 6 April, 4-5:30 pm
"Resituating Aesthetic Autonomy: Johanna Schopenhauer and the German canon"
Aoife Naughton, Assistant Professor, Tulane Department of German
Wednesday April 7, noon – 1 pm
“Gift Giving in Relationships: First Findings from Qualitative Research”
Lynn Pearlmutter, Associate Professor, Tulane School of Social Work
Monday 12 April, Noon-1 pm
"Whores and Horses: Racial Erasure and White Hegemony in Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven"
Gina Dorre, Visiting Assistant Professor, Tulane Women’s Studies Program; Visiting Assistant Professor, Tulane Department of English
Thursday 15 April, 4-5:30 pm
“Bio-weapons: Post-modern Ruminations on a Pre-Modern Modality”
Ruth Cecire, Visiting Scholar, Newcomb College Center for Research on Women; PhD in Religion and Social Ethics, University of Southern California
Thursday 22 April, 4-5:30 pm
"Women and Artistic Patronage in Ancient Rome"
Susann Lusnia, Assistant Professor, Tulane Department of Classics
Tulane Department of Classics
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How to find us: Newcomb College Center for Research on Women is located in Caroline Richardson Hall on Newcomb Place between the Woldenberg Art Center and the Student Health Services Building just inside the Willow Street entrance to Newcomb College (Willow Street between Broadway and Calhoun Street) on the Tulane University Uptown campus.
If you are not familiar with the Tulane campus, you may with to consult this campus map: http://www2.tulane.edu/about_campus.cfm
Parking at the Center: During weekends, those who wish to visit the Center may park in front Caroline Richardson Hall. However, during weekdays during the hours 8 AM - 7 PM, if you do not have a Tulane parking permit, you must park in the guest parking lot in the Diboll Parking Structure on Ben Weiner Drive. Street parking is also available on Broadway, on the streets intersecting Broadway, and on Audubon Boulevard. Even on weekdays, it is usually very easy to find street parking on Audubon Boulevard. It is a short walk down Audubon Boulevard, across Willow, onto campus. Caroline Richardson Hall is the 2nd building on your right.
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