Seminars, Forums, and Co-sponsorships

2009-2010 WGGP Events

Saturday-Sunday, October 17-18, Water: Lifeline for Energy, and Health, 26th Annual Conference of the Association of Pakistani Scientists and Engineers in North America, I-Hotel and Conference Center, (1900 S. First, Champaign), For speakers and program details, see www.apsena.net, co-sponsored by Pakistani Graduate Students Association, College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences, WGGP and others.

Tuesday, October 20, 4:00 pm, Humanitarianism, Neoliberalism and the West: A Postcolonial Feminist Critique, Inderpal Grewal, Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Yale University, Asian American Cultural Center, (1210 W. Nevada, Urbana), co-sponsored by Gender and Women’s Studies, WGGP and others.

Friday-Saturday, October 23-24, The Natural, the Unnatural and the Social, Sally Haslanger, Professor of Linguistics and Philosophy and Women and Gender Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Keynote Speaker of the Illinois Philosophical Association Annual Meeting at the University of Illinois, 5-7 pm in the General Lounge, Illini Union, co-sponsored by Department of Philosophy, WGGP and others.

Saturday, November 14, Women and Globalization: Seeking Freedom in the War Zone Evelyne Accad, Professor Emerita, French, Comparative Literature, University of Illinois and Lebanese American University, at 2:30 pm at the Urbana Free Library. Co-sponsored by CSAMES, WGGP and Urbana Free Library. (She will give another talk on campus this spring. Watch for details.)

Monday, March 1, Social Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century, Muhammad Yunus, Founder of Grameen Bank, Foellinger Auditorium, Posters and Panels on Gender Equity, Microfinance, and Health at 10:00, 1:00, and 3:00 in Business Instructional Facility, (at Sixth and Gregory), co-sponsored by WGGP and others.

 

For further information on the Grameen Bank, see
http://www.grameenfoundation.org/who_we_are/our_people/board_members/muhammad_yunus/

Sunday-Sunday, April 4-11, African Women Writers, Writers of the African Diaspora Festival, details to be announced; co-sponsored by Center for African Studies, Department of Theater, WGGP and others.

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Spring 2009 Past Events

Monday, February 16, 5:00 pm, Deadline (extended) for Submitting Applications for WGGP Awards Opportunities for New and Continuing Graduate Students. Details about $14,000 Goodman Fellowship and other WGGP grants,

Wednesday, February 18, Noon - 3:00 pm, Forum on Global Food Security, Room 404, Illini Union (1401 W. Green, Urbana),Keynote Speaker: Robert Thompson, Agricultural and Consumer Economics, UI, Achieving Global Food Security: Agricultural Development and Trade Policy Needs; John Ulimwengu, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC: A Blueprint for African Agricultural Development; Tom Bassett, Department of Geography, UI: The Geography of World Hunger; Noreen Sugrue, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives, UI: Global Food Insecurities: Maternal and Child Health Consequences; Paul McNamara, Agricultural and Consumer Economics and Division of Nutritional Sciences, UI: Food Security in the Context of HIV and AIDS; Roundtable and Audience Discussion, Moderator: Gale Summerfield, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives and Human and Community Develoment, UI. Sponsored by WGGP, ACES Global Connect, Agricultural and Consumer Economics, Human and Community Develoment, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Center for African Studies, and International Programs and Studies. Lunch will be provided to those who RSVP to kcmartin@illinois.edu or call 333-1994 by Friday, February 13. Space is limited so register early.

Monday, February 23, Noon, Center for Advanced Study (912 W. Illinois, Urbana), Multiculturalism and Immigrant Integration: Political Debates and Social Realities in Europe, Karen Schonwalder, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Gottingen, Germany, Bring your lunch; beverages provided. Sponsored by Center for Advanced Study, WGGP, and others. This event is part of the Center for Advanced Study Initiative on Immigration: History and Policy.

Tuesday, March 3, 4:00 pm, Migrant Remittances: Transforming Communities, Gale Summerfield, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives, Illinois, Music Room, Levis Faculty Center (919 W. Illinois, Urbana), Comments: Noreen Sugrue, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives, Illinois. Sponsored by Center for Advanced Study, WGGP, and others. This event is part of the Center for Advanced Study Initiative on Immigration: History and Policy.

Wednesday-Friday, March 4-6, Joint Area Centers Symposium on A New Green Revolution?: Meeting Global Food and Energy Demands, Keynote Speaker: Per Pinstrup-Anderson, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Cornell University, From Food Crisis to Sustainable Food Security: Can we get there from here?, Chancellor's Ballroom, I-Hotel Conference Center (1900 South First Street, Champaign), Program Details, Sponsored by Area Studies Centers, WGGP, CIBER, ACES, and others.

Monday, March 9, Noon - 3:00 pm, Entrepreneurial Social Infrastructure: Building Rural Economies in a Time of Crisis, Cornelia Butler Flora, Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Sociology, Director of North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Iowa State University, Sims Room, ACES Library, Information, and Alumni Center (1101 S. Goodwin, Urbana). Following her noon talk, Dr. Butler will lead a Workshop on the Community Capitals Framework, 1:30-3:00 pm, Sponsored by WGGP and the Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership. Lunch provided to those who RSVP by Friday, March 6. Space is limited so register early. You are welcome to come to both or either the noon talk and/or the workshop, but please sign up to 333-1994 or kcmartin@illinois.edu.

Tuesday, March 10, 4:00 pm, Irish Everywhere: Irish Americans and the Making of the Multicultural City, Jim Barrett, History, Illinois, Music Room, Levis Faculty Center (919 W. Illinois, Urbana), Comments: Dave Roediger, History, Illinois. Sponsored by Center for Advanced Study, WGGP, and others. This event is part of the Center for Advanced Study Initiative on Immigration: History and Policy.

Monday, March 16, Noon, Immigration and Multi-lingual America, Gillian Stevens, Sociology, Illinois, Center for Advanced Study (912 W. Illinois, Urbana). Bring your lunch; beverages provided. Sponsored by Center for Advanced Study, WGGP, and others. This event is part of the Center for Advanced Study Initiative on Immigration: History and Policy.

Monday, March 30, Noon, World Migration History and the Politics of Newness, Adam McKeown, History, Columbia University, Center for Advanced Study (912 W. Illinois, Urbana), Bring your lunch; beverages provided. Sponsored by Center for Advanced Study, WGGP, and others. This event is part of the Center for Advanced Study Initiative on Immigration: History and Policy.

Monday, April 6, Noon, Global Economic Change and Migration of Asian Women: What Are the Issues? Jean Pyle, Regional Economic and Social Development, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Center for Advanced Study (912 W. Illinois, Urbana), Bring your lunch; beverages provided. Sponsored by Center for Advanced Study, WGGP, and others. This event is part of the Center for Advanced Study Initiative on Immigration: History and Policy.

Friday, April 10, Noon, An Endemic Wild Silkworm: Knowing its ecology for conservation and integrating rural women in riparian forests of Madagascar, Maminirina Randrianandrasana, 2008-09 Goodman Fellow, Department of Entomology, U of I, and May R. Berenbaum, Professor, Department of Entomology, U of I, Illini Union, General Lounge, Room 210 (1401 W. Green St., Urbana). Lunch will be provided with RSVP to kcmartin@illinois.edu or call 333-1994 by Wednesday, April 8. Space is limited so register early. Sponsored by WGGP.

Thursday-Friday, April 16-17, A Hewlett Conference on Sustainable Biofuels and Human Security: A Comparison of Brazil and Southern Africa, Program Details; Levis Faculty Center, Third Floor, (919 W. Illinois St., Urbana). Sponsored by WGGP, IPS and others.

Tuesday, April 21, 4:00 pm, Forum on Immigrants in the Local Community, Moderator: Zsuzsanna Fagyal, French, Illinois,
We Wanted Workers, We Got People: Rural Midwest and Corporate Labor Recruitment Among African and Latino Migrants, Faranak Miraftab, Urban and Regional Planning, Illinois
Parenting Among Chinese Immigrants Living in Central Illinois, Angela Wiley, Human and Community Development, Illinois
Music Room, Levis Faculty Center (919 W. Illinois, Urbana). Sponsored by Center for Advanced Study, WGGP, and others. This event is part of the Center for Advanced Study Initiative on Immigration: History and Policy.

Wednesday, April 22, Noon, Provost's Annual Lecture on Gender Equity: Advancing Faculty Diversity in Science and Engineering, Abigail Stewart, Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies, Diector of U-M Advance Program at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan, Law Auditorium (504 E. Pennsylvania Ave., Champaign), Reception immediately following in the Pavilion. Sponsored by the Office of the Provost, Counci on Gender Equity, Gender and Women's Studies, WGGP, and others.

Thursday, April 30, 4:00 - 6:00 pm, WGGP Spring Reception, honoring GRID graduates and WGGP Award Recipients, Room 101, International Studies Building, (910 South Fifth St.,Champaign).

Friday - Sunday, May 1-3, Conference on Sexual Selves, Keynote Speakers: Martha Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, University of Chicago, and Cressida Heyes, Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Gender and Sexuality, University of Alberta; Program Details TBA, Sponsored by Department of Philosophy, WGGP, and others.

Thursday - Friday, May 7-8, Feminist Futures, Patricia J. Williams, Professor of Law at Columbia, MacArthur Foundation Fellow, and columnist for The Nation, Details TBA, Sponsored by Unit for Criticism, Gender and Womens Studies, and cosponsored by WGGP and others.

Wednesday - Saturday, May 20-23, Fifth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry: Advancing Human Rights Through Qualitative Inquiry, Sponsored by WGGP, College of Communications, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities and others. For more information see http://www.icqi.org/.

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Fall 2008 Past Events

September 11, Thursday, 4 pm, Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana, Migration and National Development: Reconciling Opposite Views, Alejandro Portes, Sociology, Princeton; Opening remarks: Provost Linda Katehi, Illinois,sponsored by Center for Advanced Study, College of Liberal Arts and Science, Department of History, School of Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistis, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program, and others.

September 15 through September 25, the Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations, a Division of Student Affairs, is launching the inaugural celebration of I-Unite: Explore, Engage, Embrace, a campus-wide event encouraging members of the university community to embrace the value of differences in individuals, communities and cultures, while exploring diversity and inclusion through local and global lenses. For complete schedule of activities, see http://www.studentaffairs.illinois.edu/diversity/iunite.html

September 18, Thursday, 12 Noon, Beckman Auditorium, 405 N. Mathews, Urbana, The Provost's Lecture on Gender Equity: Rationales for Diversity in Science and Technology, Evelynn Hammonds, Dean of Harvard College, Harvard University, Reception following in 1005 Beckman, sponsored by The Office of the Provost, Council on Gender Equity, Gender and Women's Studies, and Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program.

September 19, Friday, 6-11 pm, Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody, Champaign, Krannert Art Museum Open House featuring the Pygmalion Music Festival and the movie Persepolis at 7. Sponsored by the Office of Women's Programs.

September 23, Tuesday, 7:30 pm, Pennsylvania Ave Residence Halls, 902 College Court, Urbana, Global Crossroads Guest in Residence Presentation featuring: Nontombi Naomi Tutu, daughter of Archibishop Desmond Tutu and Nomalizo Leah Tutu, and consultant to the Spiritual Alliance to Stop Intimate Violence (SAIV). This event is part of I-Unite celebration.

September 24, Wednesday, 4 pm, Third Floor, Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois, Urbana, Enchiladas, Dim Sum, and Apple Pie: Immigration and Food, Chancellor Richard Herman, Illinois; Jorge Chapa, Sociology, Illinois; Amy Gajda, Journalism, Illinois; and Martin Manalansan, Anthropology, Illinois, Principal cosponsor: Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society. We launch the CAS Campus initiative by probing our understanding and experience of the relationship between immigration and food. Chancellor Herman will address the significance of immigration for our university and for us as individuals. Several scholars will briefly and informally discuss the relationship between Asian, Latina/o, and other migrations and the notion of "ethnic" and "American" food. We will finish up with informal conversation and the experience itself -- a spread of ethnic foods representing a range of immigrant communities. Sponsored by Center for Advanced Study, College of Liberal Arts and Science, Department of History, School of Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistis, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program, and others.

October 7, Tuesday, 4 pm, Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana, What's New About the New Immigrants? Nancy Foner, Sociology, City University of New York, sponsored by Center for Advanced Study, College of Liberal Arts and Science, Department of History, School of Lieteratures, Cultures, and Linguistis, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program, and others.

October 22, Wednesday, 4 pm, Third Floor, Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois, Urbana, Forum on Comparative Immigration Policy Issues, Doug Kibbee, French, Illinois; Alejandro Lugo, Anthropology and Latina/o Studies, Illinois; and Dorothee Schneider, History and Women in Gender and Global Perspectives, Illinois; Moderator, Gale Summerfield, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives and Human and Community Development, Illinois. How are nations around the world dealing with the challenges presented by immigration? How do US policies differ from those in other societies? Are our own national policies addressing the most important issues and how might we reform these policies? Each of our speakers will address the issue of immigration policy from a different point of view -- the European Community nations, Mexico, and the United States in comparative perspective. Then we open the floor for your questions and ideas on the subject. Sponsored by Center for Advanced Study, College of Liberal Arts and Science, Department of History, School of Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistis, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program, and others.

October 24, Friday, 1:30 pm, Room 210 Illini Union, 1401 W. Green, Urbana, The Global Economic Crisis: Gender Implications, Introduction, Mary Arends-Kuenning, Ag and Consumer Economics and WGGP, Illinois; and Noreen Sugrue, WGGP, Illinois; Global Credit Markets, Anne Villamil, Economics, Illinois; Education and Food Security, Mary Arends-Kuenning, Ag and Consumer Economics and WGGP, Illinois; Income and Jobs, Gale Summerfield, WGGP and Human and Community Development, Illinois; Remittances, Jorge Chapa, Center for Democracy in a Multiracial Society and Sociology, Illinois and Noreen Sugrue, WGGP, Illinois. With the world in the midst of a global economic crisis, the forum will examine the situation and explore the differential impacts on women and men. The forum explores the global credit market and how this crisis affects jobs, income, health, education, and remittances -- issues that are central to families. The speakers will talk about the impact the credit crisis is having on each of these areas and how this affects women and families. Cosponsored by Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program, Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Agricultural and Consumer Economics, Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security Program,Center for African Studies, Center for Democracy in a Multiracial Society, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, Center for Global Studies, Center for International Business Education and Research, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, European Union Center, Gender and Women's Studies, Human and Community Development, Latina/o Studies, Russian, East European and Eurasian Center, and Sociology.

October 29, Wednesday, 4 pm, 314A Illini Union, 1401 W. Green, Urbana, Great Leap Forward, Several Steps to Go....Microenterprises, Women, and Growth in India, Dr. Vanita Viswanath, CEO, Udyogini, New Delhi. Vanita Viswanath is the CEO of Udyogini, an organization providing business development services to poor women in the backward and remote regions of India. Prior to joining Udyogini in 2000, she was a consultant to the World Bank and other international agencies. She was a staff member of the World Bank in Washington in the early 1990s. She has several writings to her credit including books and articles on political development, gender, development practice and microenterprise. She has a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. The India growth story has drawn worldwide attention. Reform has allowed companies to flourish and create wealth. The prosperity of the middle classes is there for everyone to see. But India is also witnessing struggle and conflict not seen before. Growth is skewed. Civil society institutions that work with the poor are also challenged in ways not seen before. The poor have to cope with rapid market change, unfamiliar markets, greater capacity constraints, and a crisis of governance in livelihoods as poorly regulated markets threaten the achievement of the triple E, i.e., economically, equitably and environnmentally sustainable development. The experiences of an NGO, Udyogini (http://www.udyogini.org/), working to build capacity of women in disadvantaged locations in India to move up value chains in a market-led economy will be discussed.Sponsored by Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program and the Subsistence Marketplaces Initiative of the Department of Business Administration, College of Business.

October 29, Wednesday, 7:30 pm, Auditorium, Smith Memorial Hall, 805 S. Mathews, Urbana, Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism in Latin America, Naomi Klein, Award-winning journalist, regular columnist, The Nation and The Guardian, and syndicated columnist, The New York Time. This is a CAS/MillerComm event sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and co-sponsored by WGGP and others.

November 3, Monday, 4 pm, Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana, In the Trails of the Historic Diaspora: Africa's New Global Migrations and Diasporas, Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, History, University of Illinois at Chicago. Zeleza's presentation will explore the scale of Africans' contemporary global migrations and how they compare to those from other world regions. What are the forces behind the African migrations and their impact and implications for the region? This presentation interrogates conventional understandings of the intersections between globalization, migration, diasporization, and development for Africa and for the global South more generally. Sponsored by Center for Advanced Study, College of Liberal Arts and Science, Department of History, School of Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistis, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program, and others.

November 5, Wednesday, 4 pm, Third Floor, Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois, Urbana, Human Rights and the Struggle for Global Justice, Geoffrey Robertson, Q.C, Founder and Head, Doughty Street Chambers, London and Distinguished Jurist, UN Internal Justice Council. This is a CAS/MillerComm event sponsored by the Department of English and co-sponsored by WGGP and others.

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Spring 2008

May 12-13, Monday-Tuesday, Workshop on Sustainable Biofuels and Human Security: Critical Issues of Gender, Environment, and Food Workshop, (Program Details), Heritage Room, ACES Library, Information and Alumni Center, 1101 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, sponsored by EBI (Energy Biosciences Institute) at UIUC and UCB; Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program; Center for Advanced Bioenergy Ressearch; Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security; College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences; European Union Center; Human and Community Development; and International Programs and Studies.

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PAST SRING 2008 EVENTS

January 31, Thursday, 11:00 a.m.: WUN Video Seminar on Contemporary China: Theme: Media & Security: The Internet and Mobile Phones in Rural China, Dr. Rachel Murphy, St. Anthony’s College, University of Oxford, Please Note Change of Location to Room 103, 508 S. Sixth St., Champaign, sponsored by World University Network, WGGP, and CEAPS. [For full schedule, see http://www.wun.ac.uk/chinacenter/documents/poster_USletter.pdf ]

February 14, Thursday, 4:00 p.m.: Biofuels and the World Food Situation, Joachim von Braun, Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - a member of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), Washington, DC, Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana, sponsored by ACES Global Connect, WGGP and others.

February 15, Friday, 5:00 p.m.: DEADLINE for Submitting Applications for WGGP Award Opportunities for New and Continuing Graduate Students. For details about $13,000 Goodman Fellowship and other grants, see: lhttp://ips.illinois.edu/wggp/grantfund.shtml

March 6, Thursday, 4:00 p.m., CAS Initiative: Nations of Immigrants, Donna Gabbacia, Director, Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota, Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 South Gregory St., Urbana, sponsored by Center for Advanced Study, WGGP, Dept. of History and others.

April 9, Wednesday, 12 noon: International Migration of Health Care Workers, Noreen Sugrue, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program, UIUC, 326 Lincoln Hall, 702 S. Wright St., Urbana, sponsored by Migration Studies Group.

April 10, Thursday, 12 Noon: Designing Disability Rights: Understanding the Role that Disability Organizations Play in Transforming a Rights-Based Approach to Disability in South Asia, Jennifer Baldwin, 2007-08 Goodman Fellow, Anthropology, UIUC, Room 215, Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana, sponsored by WGGP. Lunch will be provided with RSVP to kcmartin@uiuc.edu or call 217-333-1994 by Friday, April 4. Space is limited so register early.

April 10, Thursday, 4:30 p.m.: "Author's Corner," on Evelyne Accad's writing, with participation by the author, at University of IL Bookstore, 809 S. Wright St., Champaign. Three University of IL alums will present and discuss recent works in English on Dr. Evelyne Accad: Dr. Cheryl Toman (Case Western U.), who edited a volume on Accad's work entitled, On Evelyne Accad: Essays in Literature, Feminism, and Cultural Studies (Summa, 2007, Scholar's Choice Award); Dr. Deirdre Bucher-Heistad (U. of Northern Iowa), who edited another volume of writing about Accad entitled, Explorations: L'Ecriture d'Evelyne Accad, (L'Harmattan, 2006) and Dr. Cynthia Hahn (Prof. of French, Lake Forest College), translator of two of Accad's novels, Wounding Words: A Woman's Journal in Tunisia, and most recently Poppy of the Massacre (Coquelicot du massacre, bilingual format, including preface by Hahn (L'Harmattan, 2006). Also participating will be Dr. Zohreh Sullivan of the English Department, whose essay is included in Toman's volume above. Dr. Evelyne Accad will also speak about her fiction and criticism. These recent works will be available for purchase after discussion of their content. A second session will follow on Francophone topics by current graduate students in French: Arnaud Perret, Nicola Dach, and Dan Maroun. All discussion will end by 6:45 p.m. For more information about Prof. Accad, see http://www.french.uiuc.edu/people/faculty/accad.html

April 10, Thursday, all-day conference: Race, Diversity and Campus Climate: Keynote Speaker, Dr. Arturo Madrid on "Globalism and its Discontents: Old Thoughts for a New Century," at the Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St.,, Urbana, sponsored by Center for Democracy in a Multiracial Society, WGGP and others; For details, see http://cdms.ds.uiuc.edu/pages/Conferences/Index.htm

April 14, Monday, 12 Noon: Energy Conservation in Buildings: A Community-Wide Alternative Approach, William Rose, Research Associate, Architecture, UIUC, Room 101 International Studies Building, 910 South Fifth Street, Champaign, sponsored by WGGP.

April 30, Wednesday, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.: WGGP Spring Reception, honoring GRID graduates and WGGP Award Recipients, Room 101 International Studies Building, 910 S. 5th St., Champaign.

May 7, Wednesday, 12 Noon: Provost's Spring Lecture on Gender Equity: "The Advancement of Women Scholars: The New Female Muslim Thinkers," Souad Halila, 314A Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana.

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PAST FALL 2007 EVENTS

Sept. 5: 4:00 p.m., A CAS/MillerCommm Event: Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law, Emory University, Islam and the Secular State: Negotiating the Future of the Religious Law of Islam, Third Floor, Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana, sponsored by Program for the Study of Religion, Program in South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, WGGP, and others.

Sept. 10: 4:00 p.m., CAS Initiative on Science and Technology in the Pacific Century (STIP):
Philip Yeo, Chairman of the Standards, Productivity and Innovations Board (SPRING Singapore), Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for Economic Development, Building a Knowledge-Based Economy Pyramid, Room 612/614, Institute for Genomic Biology, 1206 W. Gregory, Urbana.

Sept. 13, Thursday, 8:15 a.m - 4:30 p.m., and Sept. 14, Friday. 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.: Conference on Global Perspectives on Women's Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS Medications and Services in Sub-Saharan Africa, 101 International Studies Building, 910 South Fifth Street, Champaign, sponsored by WGGP, Center for African Studies, Department of Geography, and others.

Sept. 18, 3 pm - 5 pm, CAS Initiative on Science and Technology in the Pacific Century (STIP):
Richard Herman, Chancellor, Charles Zukoski, Vice Chancellor for Research, Thomas Ulen, Swanlund Chair and Professor, College of Law, Moderator, The University of Illinois' Place in Asia's Changing Scientific Landscape , Auditorium, Beckman Institute, 405 N. Mathews Ave., Urbana.Sept. 21, 12;00 Noon, Yana Hashamova, The Ohio State University, Trafficking in the Balkans: Screening Imaginary and Real Trauma, Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1st Floor, Foreign Languages Building, sponsored by Comparative Literature, WGGP, and others.

Sept. 21-22, International Conference, Building the Balkans Anew: From Metaphor to Market, Keynote Address by Robert Hayden, Professor of Anthropology, Law and Public and International Affairs, Director, Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Pittsburgh, and Closing Address by Louis Sell, Executive Director, American University in Kosovo Foundation. sponsored by Russian and EastEuropean Center, WGGP, and others. [For program details, see: http://www/reec.uiuc.edu/events/annual.html ]

Sept. 24-26, International Forum on the Diabetes Epidemic: Cultural, Educational and Medical Perspectives on Building Synergies for Mexican and US Populations, sponsored by College of Medicine, College of ACES, Department of Human and Community Development, and WGGP. [For registration and program details, see http://www.ifde.uiuc.edu/ ]

Oct. 4, 11:00 a.m., WUN Teleconference on Contemporary China, Theme: Environment and Sustainability; Stevan Harrell, Professor of Anthropology and Adjunct Professor of Chinese, University of Washington, Seattle, Resources, Development and Environment: a Tangle of Contradictions?, G58 Foreign Languages Bldg., 707 S. Mathews, Urbana. [For full schedule, seehttp://www.wun.ac.uk/chinacenter/documents/poster_USletter.pdf ]Oct. 5, 10:00 a.m., Douglas Massey interview on WILL-AM Radio-Focus 580. He will be on campus for a MillerComm presentation on "Understanding America's Immigration Crisis" on Thursday, Oct. 11. (Please see Oct. 11 listing.)

Oct. 8, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m., Reception in honor of Tsitsi Dangarembga, Zimbabwean playwirght, film maker, and novelist, jointly hosted by WGGP and GWS, Gender and Women's Studies House, 911 S. Sixth St., Champaign. (Please see following two listings.)

Oct. 8, 7:00 p.m., Showing of Dangarembga's Film, Everyone's Child, Studio Theatre, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 500 S. Goodwin, Urbana, sponsored by Department of Theatre, Center for African Studies, WGGP, and others.

Oct. 8, 12:00 noon, Migration Studies Reading Group meeting in preparation for Doug Massey's Oct. 11 visit as a MillerComm speaker. Massey is one of the most prominent sociologists working on U.S. immigration today. We will read selected articles and discuss his work. Ilana Akresh, (Dept. of Sociology), will be the facilitator. Location: Latina/o StudiesConference Room. Please contact Dorothee Schneider (schndr@uiuc.edu) if you are interested. A reading package will be available to all attendees in advance. (Please see Oct. 11 listing below.)

Oct. 9, 4:00 p.m., Public Lecture by Tsitsi Dangarembga, Zimbabwean playwright, film maker, and novelist, An African Woman's Voice in Drama, Film, and Fiction, Studio Theatre, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 500 S. Goodwin, Urbana, sponsored by Department of Theatre, WGGP, and others.

Oct. 11, 4:00 p.m., A CAS/MillerComm Event: Douglas Massey, Professor of Sociology, Princeton University, Understanding America's Immigration Crisis, Knight Auditorium, The Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, sponsored by the Center for Advanced Study, WGGP and others.

By the late 20th century, every developed country had become an immigrant-receiving society, drawing migrants primarily from the developing world. Professor Massey's book, Return to Aztlan: The Social Process of International Migration from Western Mexico (1987) focuses on the social mechanisms promoting and sustaining emigration from Mexico to the United States. Worlds in Motion: Understanding International Migration at the End of the Millennium (1998) develops a theoretical synthesis to account for immigration. Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Mexican Immigration in an Age of Economic Integration (2002) uses the same theoretical framework to analyze the history of Mexico-U.S. migration, offers a critique of past U.S. policies, and suggests avenues for future reform.
African Americans are uniquely segregated in American cities, and since the publication of American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass (1993), Dr. Massey has been working on the consequences of segregation for African Americans and Latinos of African ancestry. Segregation figured prominently in explanations for black underachievement in the Source of the River: The Social Origins of Freshmen at America's Selective Colleges and Universities (2003), and it interacts with shifts in the U.S. income distribution to yield a rising concentration of poverty that, in turn, intensifies social disorder and violence that undermines the health of African Americans, reduces their life expectancy, and impairs their cognitive development.

Oct. 15, 12:00 Noon, Provost's Annual Lecture on Gender Equity: Virginia Valian, Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology, Hunter College, Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women, Auditorium, Beckman Institute, 405 N. Mathews Ave., Urbana, sponsored by the Office of the Provost, WGGP, and others.

Oct. 19, 12:00 Noon, Gale Summerfield, WGGP Director and Associate Professor, Human and Community Development, Immigration and Human Security, Latzer Hall, University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright St., Champaign, sponsored by University YMCA Fall Friday Forum and others.

Oct. 25, 11:00 a.m., WUN Teleconference on Contemporary China, Theme: Governance & Society: Gale Summerfield, Director, Women and Gender in Global Perpsectives Program, Associate Professor, Human and Community Development, UIUC: Gender and Changing Opportunities in China, G58 Foreign Languages Bldg., 707 S. Mathews, Urbana. [For full schedule, see http://www.wun.ac.uk/chinacenter/documents/poster_USletter.pdf ]

Nov. 1, 12:00 Noon to 1:00 p.m., WUN Teleconference on Contemporary China, Theme: Governance & Society: Tom Ginsburg, Professor, Political Science and Law, UIUC: Chinese Administrative Law in Comparative Perspective, G58 Foreign Languages Bldg., 707 S. Mathews, Urbana. [For full schedule, see http://www.wun.ac.uk/chinacenter/documents/poster_USletter.pdf ]

Nov. 2-3, India Sixty: The Critical Questions, Keynote Address: Ambassador Ronen Sen, Indian Ambassador to the US, 210 Illini Union, 1401 W. Green, Urbana.[For additional information, please see http://www.psames.uiuc.edu/India60/ ]

Nov. 6, 7:00 p.m., Salata Baladi, Film by Egyptian Director Nadia Kamel on identity, religion, and nationalism in contemporary Egypt; 223 Gregory Hall, 810 S. Wright St., Urbana, sponsored by Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Department of Human and Community Development, WGGP and others.

Nov. 8, 11:00 a.m., WUN Teleconference on Contemporary China, Theme: Governance & Society: Ed Friedman, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison: China's Economic Rise and the Prospects of Democratization, G58 Foreign Languages Bldg., 707 S. Mathews, Urbana. [For full schedule, see http://www.wun.ac.uk/chinacenter/documents/poster_USletter.pdf ]

Nov. 9-10, Fifth Annual Asian Film Festival: Southeast Asian Popular Cinema, Boardman Theater, 126 W. Church St., Champaign, sponsored by the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, WGGP, and others. [ For the list of films and descriptions, see http://www/aems.uiuc.edu/events/filmfestival/filmfest_2007.html ]

Nov. 15, 11:00 a.m., WUN Teleconference on Contemporary China, Theme: Media & Security: Yingjin Zhang, Professor, University of California, San Diego: Remapping Beijing: Polylocality, Globalization, Cinema, G58 Foreign Languages Bldg., 707 S. Mathews, Urbana. [For full schedule, see http://www.wun.ac.uk/chinacenter/documents/poster_USletter.pdf ]

Dec. 6, 11:00 a.m., WUN Teleconference on Contemporary China, Theme: Governance & Society: Jieyu Liu, White Rose East Asia Centre, University of Leeds: Gender at Work in China's Urban Work Units, G58 Foreign Languages Bldg., 707 S. Mathews, Urbana. [For full schedule, see http://www.wun.ac.uk/chinacenter/documents/poster_USletter.pdf ]

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PAST EVENTS

SPRING 2007

January 29, Monday, 12 noon, WGGP Noon Seminar Series: Christina Jalasi, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, UIUC: "The Gender Dynamics of Charcoal Production in Relationship with Deforestation of the Miombo Woodlands: A Case of Zambia," Room 101, International Studies Building, 910 South Fifth Street.

January 31, Wednesday, 7:30 pm, CAS Initiative on Immigration and ILIR: Eliseo Medina, Vice President, Service Employees International Union, Washington, DC: “The New Immigrant Work Force: Unions, Community and the American Dream,” Levis Faculty Center, Third Floor, 919 West Illinois Street.

February 5, Monday: CAS Initiative on Mega-Disasters: “Solidarities Across Borders: Gender, Race, and Class in Post-Disaster Reconstruction,” Levis Faculty Center, Third Floor, 919 West Illinois Street: Morning Session: 9:30-12: “Tsunami and Hurricanes Andrew and Mitch Reconstruction”: Fatima Burnad (Society for Rural Education and Development, India), Juanita Mainster (Centro Campesino – Farmworker Center, Inc., US), Yamilet Mejia (Women’s Network Against Violence, Nicaragua); Afternoon Session: 1:30 –3:00 pm: “Katrina Reconstruction”: Margaret Prescod (Crossroad’s Women’s Center, US), Curtis Mohammad (Community Labor United and the People’s Hurricane Fund, US), Brenda Robineaux (Principal Chief of the Houma Nation, US), Beverly Wright (Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, Xavier University of Louisiana, US); Roundtable Discussion: 3:00 – 4:00 pm.

February 6, Tuesday, 4 p.m., CAS Initiative on Immigration: Jim Barrett, Professor, History, UIUC, “Global, Local, and Personal: Understanding theHistory of Immigration to the United States in the Twentieth Century,” Comments by Augusto Espiritu, Associate Professor, History, UIUC, LevisFaculty Center, 919 West Illinois Street.

February 12, Monday, 12 noon, WGGP and CDMS Immigration Brown Bag Series: Sylvia Puente, University of Notre Dame: "Perspectives on Illinois Immigrant Integration Policies," Studio Room 1009, Doris Kelley ChristopherHall, 904 W. Nevada Street.

February 19, Monday, 12 noon, Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Seminar and WGGP Noon Seminar Series: Gale Summerfield, Director of WGGP and Associate Professor, Human and Community Development, UIUC: "Social Entrepreneurship, Gender, and Globalization," Room 101, International Studies Building, 910 South Fifth Street.

February 26, Monday, 12 noon, WGGP Noon Seminar Series: Huixia Liu, Freeman Fellow, Northwest University, Xi'an China, “Healthcare Reforms inChina,” Room 101, International Studies Building, 910 South Fifth Street.

March 5, Monday, 12 noon, WGGP and CDMS Immigration Brown Bag Series: Jorge Chapa, Director, Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society, UIUC: " Our Dysfunctional Immigration System at a Breaking Point," Room 210, Illini Union, 1401 West Green Street.

April 2, Monday, 12 noon, WGGP and CDMS Immigration Brown Bag Series: Geoffrey Hewings, Professor, Urban and Regional Planning, Economics, UIUC: "Economic Advances of Immigration," Room 210, Illini Union, 1401 West Green Street.

April 11, Wednesday, 1:30 pm, WGGP Noon Seminar Series: Rose Korang-Okrah, School of Social Work, UIUC, "Risk and Resilience: Perspectives of Ghanaian Widows on Loss of Property Rights," Studio Room 1009, Doris Kelley Christopher Hall, 904 W. Nevada Street.

April 17, Tuesday, 12 noon, WGGP Noon Seminar Series: Russell Horwitz, Post Doc 2006-07 Goodman Fellow, School of Medicine, UIUC, “Examining Community Attitudes towards Consensual and Non-Consensual Sex in Haiti,” Room 403, Illini Union, 1401 West Green Street.

April 23, Monday, 12 noon, WGGP Noon Seminar Series: Paola León, 2005-06 Goodman Fellow, School of Social Work and Latin American and Caribbean Studies, UIUC, Understanding Violence Against Women Within Cultural Context: The Community of Chari in Southern Peru, Room 101 International Studies Building, 910 South Fifth Street.

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SPRING 2006 Seminars, Forums, and Co-sponsorships
January 27, Friday, 4 pm, CAS Forum on Critical Issues: Immigration, Panel Moderator: Noreen Sugrue (Assistant Professor, WGGP), Third Floor, Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois Street, sponsored by Center for Advanced Study

February 13, Monday, 12 noon, Gender Issues in China Since WTO Accession, by Gale Summerfield (Director of WGGP and Associate Professor, Human and Community Development), 101 International Studies Bldg., 910 S. 5th St., sponsored by East Asian and Pacific Studies and WGGP

February 15, Wednesday, 4:00-5:30 pm, CAS initiative on Megacatastrophies: Science, Policy and Human Behavior: The Pakistan Earthquake: A Wake-up Call for Mid-America?, Third Floor, Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., sponsored by Center for Advanced Study

February 17, Friday, 3 pm, Transnational Seminar: Shock and Awe: Women, Garment, Sex, and Domestic Workers: Economical Survival Strategies in Bangladesh, by Kathryn Ward (Professor of Sociology, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale), Room 336 Lincoln Hall, 702 South Wright Street, sponsored by Sociology Dept., WGGP, and others

February 23-25, Thursday-Saturday, Joint Area Centers Symposium on Criminal Trafficking and Slavery: The Dark Side of Global and Regional Migration, MillerComm Keynote on February 23, 7:30 pm, Criminal Trafficking and Slavery: A Global Problem by Susan Forbes Martin (Executive Director, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University) at Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois Street

February 27, Monday, 12 Noon WGGP Seminar: Women’s Share in Cotton Production in Southwest Burkina Faso, by Batamaka Some (PhD Candidate, Anthropology), 101 International Studies Bldg., 910 S. 5th Street

February 27, Monday, 4 pm, MillerComm W.E.B. DuBois Lecture: 21st-Century Color Lines and Other Lines: The Challenge of Pan-Africanism by Bill Fletcher (President, TransAfrica Forum, Washington DC), Levis Faculty Center, 919 West Illinois Street, sponsored by African American Studies and Research Program and Center for African Studies

March 3, Friday, 9 am - 4:30 pm, Rural Health Symposium, Carle Auditorium, Carle Education Center, Urbana sponsored by WGGP

CANCELLED: March 8, Wednesday, International Women’s Day Film Festival: Born into Brothels [India] at 1:00 pm; Sunset Story [US] at 4:00 pm; King of Masks [China] at 7:00 pm. Hosted by C-U film critic, Connie Hosier, all films will be shown in Room 407, Illini Union, 1401 W. Green, sponsored by WGGP, Center for Advanced Study, Gender and Women’s Studies, and International Center for Qualitative Inquiry

March 14, Tuesday, 7:30 pm, MillerComm: The Yalta Conference and Ronin Office Ladies: Two Plays by the Seinendan Japanese Theatre Troupe , directed by Oriza Hirata (Tokyo, Japan), performed in Lincoln Hall, 702 South Wright Street, sponsored by East Asian and Pacific Studies and East Asian Languages and Cultures

March 28, Tuesday, 12 noon, Traditional Discourses on Islamic Law in Palestine, by Lynn Welchman (Director, Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, University of London), Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Bldg., sponsored by South Asian & Middle Eastern Studies and WGGP

April 3, Monday, 12 Noon WGGP Seminar: Women and Islamic Activism in Egypt, by Sahar Tawfiq (Egyptian writer, educator, and activist, Cairo), 101 International Studies Bldg, 910 S. 5th St., sponsored by South Asian & Middle Eastern Studies and WGGP

April 5, Wednesday, 7 pm, WGGP and IGPA Human Security Forum, by Joanne Lin (Senior Staff Attorney, Legal Momentum Immigrant Women Program, Washington, DC), Karen Musalo (Director, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, Hastings College of Law, University of California), and Amy Gajda (Assistant Professor, Journalism and Law, UIUC), Location TBA

April 20, Thursday, 4 pm, Calling Capital to Account: Corporate Gender Responsibility in the Global Era, by Ruth Pearson (Director, Centre of Development Studies, University of Leeds, UK), Room 407, Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois Street, sponsored by WGGP and others

May 3, Wednesday, 4 - 6 pm, WGGP Spring Reception, Room 101 International Studies Bldg., 910 S. 5th Street

May 3-6, Wednesday-Saturday, The Second International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry: Ethics, Politics and Human Subject Research in the New Millennium. Sessions to be held at the Illini Union, 1401 W. Green Street. For information on program and sponsors, go to http://www.qi2006.org

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FALL 2005

Why Justice Is Good For Our Health
Norman Daniels, Harvard University

Monday, October 17th 4 p.m.

Institute of Government and Public Affairs
Conference Room. 1007 W. Nevada

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Noon Seminar

The Aging Population and Social Security:
Women as the Problem and the Solution
November 8, 2005
12-1:00 pm
Fleming Room (204-206)
Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations
504 East Armory, Champaign
Marianne Ferber
Professor Emerita
Department of Economics
University of Illinois
&
Patricia Simpson
Associate Professor
Industrial Relations
Loyola University

In spite of all the attention population aging and the resulting increases in Social Security (SS) payments have been receiving, no consensus has emerged on whether the system will soon be in crisis or how best to deal with the crisis if there is one. There are, in fact, almost as many divergent views as “experts.” One crucial aspect of the complex picture that has, however, all too often been neglected is the extent to which women are a large part both of the problem and of possible solutions. In the hope of shedding light rather than heat on these issues, we discuss the impact of the present SS system on the well-being of women and the effect of the changing role of women on the SS system, as well as some proposals for changes in the SS system as well as their impact on the well-being of women.

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Human Security Policy Forum

an initiative of Women and Gender in Global Perspectives in cooperation with the Institute of Government and Public Affairs

THE FORGOTTEN BENEFICIARIES OF SOCIAL SECURITY: WOMEN AND CHILDREN

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

7 - 9 p.m.

Levis Faculty Center, room 407

919 W. Illinois Street, Urbana