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From: "Stephanie Rivera" <[log in to unmask]> 
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Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2013 6:18:01 PM 
Subject: MidWest SWIP Final Program 

Hello, 

Below is the finalized program for MidWest SWIP. It includes details on meals, as well, as details for the informal meet & greet on Friday evening. Looking forward to seeing everyone soon! 

Best, 
Stephanie & Jessica 
MidWest SWIP Conference Hosts 




MidWest SWIP 

November 1-3, 2013 

SUNY Buffalo, Park Hall 280 



Friday, November 1 

v 7:00 PM: Informal Meet & Greet @ Brick House Tavern and Tap 

Address: 4120 Maple Rd Amherst, NY 14226 

-Note: This restaurant is within the radius of the conference hotel shuttle, as well as, walking distance from the conference hotel. 



Saturday, November 2 

v 8:30-9:00: Breakfast Catered for Conference Participants 



Fictions and the Self 

9:00-9:50: “Freud on Femininity: Between Theory of Penis Envy and Theory of Identification,” Jingchao Ma, Villanova University 



9:50-10:00 Break 



10:00-10:50: “LOST Stories, Rāmāya ṇ a Stories, and Fan Fiction as Disruptive Genre,” Brooke Schueneman, University of Georgia 



10:50-11:00: Break 



11:00-11:50: “A Roiling Madness: Normalizing the Muddle of Resistant Subjectivity,” Jennifer Benson, Washington College 



11:50-1:50: Lunch Break 

v Lunch will be catered for conference participants. 



Feminist Analysis of Bioethics and Reproduction 

2:00-2:50: “Reasons to Prefer a Consent-as-Relational-Autonomy Model of Informed Consent,” Pamela J. Lomelino, Loyola University Chicago 



2:50-3:00: Break 



3:00-3:50: “Social Reproduction, Economic Value, and Fair Wages in Transnational Gestational Surrogacy,” Gillian Crozier, Laurentian University, Canada 



3:50-4:00: Break 



4:00-4:50: “Disciplined Birth,” Allison B. Wolf, Simpson College 



4:50-5:00 Break 



5:00-6:00: Business Meeting 



v 8:00 PM: Banquet for Conference Participants @ Merge 

Address: 439 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, NY 14202 

-Note: We may have to do some carpooling to get to this location, so we will coordinate after the business meeting. 







Sunday, November 3 

v 8:30-9:00: Breakfast Provided for Conference Participants 



9:00-9:50: “Talking about the Lived Experience of Violence,” Paula Popovici, York University 



9:50-10:00: Break 



10:10-11:00: “Firestonian Futures and Trans Affirming Presents,” Loren Cannon, Humboldt State University 



11:0-11:10 Break 



11:10-12:00 “Theorizing Trans Identities using Lugones’ Logic of Curdling,” Crista Lebens, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 





If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact the conference organizers: 

v Jessica Otto 

Phone: (316) 619-0265 



v Stephanie Rivera Berruz 

Phone: (954) 732-6873 







v A very special thanks to Liz Felmet, Theresa Monacelli, and chair of the philosophy department, Dr. David Hershenov for their generous support in bringing Midwest SWIP to Buffalo. 



v We would also like to extend a warm thank you to Stacy Demott who graciously provided the artwork for the poster. Please feel free to check out her portfolio at stacyjoart.com 











Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, Supported through George F. Hourani Fund 


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