Hello All. I am posting the Midwest SWIP Fall Conference program and Travel/Lodging information.
Midwest SWIP meeting at UW Madison, October 22nd-24th 2010
Friday, October 22
7:00 – 7:30pm
Gather and Welcome
7:30 – 9:00pm
A Feminist Reading of Gay Marriage: Three Ways
Melissa Kozma, University of Wisconsin, Barron County
Jeanine Weekes Schroer, Arkansas State University
Lori Watson, University of San Diego
Saturday, October 23
8:00am – 9:00am Breakfast
Lesbian Caucus
9:10am – 10:10am
Giving Testimony and the Coloniality of Knowledge
Sarah Lucia Hoagland, Northeastern Illinois University
10:20am – 11:20am
Black Feminist Me: Answering the Question ‘Who Do I Think I Am’
Kristie Dotson, Michigan State University
11:30am – 12:30pm
Saying What You Mean: Silence and Unspeakability
Rebecca Mason, Northwestern University
12:30pm – 2:30pm
Lunch
2:30pm – 3:30pm
Subjects of Stalled Revolution: A Theoretical Consideration of Contemporary American Femininity
Jennifer Carlson, University of California, Berkeley
3:40pm – 4:40pm
Troublemaking as a Virtue? Reading the Ethical Significance of Gender Trouble through Aristotle and Foucault
Sara L. Puotinen, University of Minnesota
4:50pm – 5:50pm Refreshments and Business Meeting
Sunday, October 24
8:30am – 9:30am Breakfast
Women of Color Caucus
9:40am – 10:40am
On Tragedy: The Moral Marriage of Care and Community
Kim Garchar, Kent State University
10:50am – 11:50am
Where Did I Go? The Invisible Postpartum Mother
Jennifer Benson, Washington College
Allison Wolf, Simpson College
Location of Meeting Sessions: All meeting sessions will be held in room 7191 Helen C. White Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Helen C. White Hall (College Library) is located at 600 N. Park Street across from the Memorial Union, as shown on the campus map: http://map.wisc.edu/
Reception:
There will be a reception for all conference attendees on Saturday night, October 23rd. Time and location TBA.
LODGING
LOWELL CENTER (1-866-301-1753)
The single rate is $89 per night (exclusive of hotel tax of 13.5%), and includes breakfast and parking. The double rate is $99 (plus tax). The Lowell Center is located about three blocks from Helen C. White Hall. (There are some rooms with a lake view that may be available for an extra charge—ask the reservations agent for details if you are interested.)
DOUBLETREE HOTEL MADISON (608-251-5511)
The rate is $159 per night for either single or double occupancy (exclusive of hotel tax of 13.5%). The hotel operates a free shuttle service to and from the Madison airport. (Call ahead to arrange for shuttle transportation.) The hotel also offers free parking.
THE CAMPUS INN (800-589-6285) The room rate for a budget single is $115/night and for a standard room is $145/night (exclusive of hotel tax of 13.5%). Free breakfast and afternoon hors d’oeuvres are included, as is free parking and free taxi service to and from the Madison airport (call ahead to arrange for cab service).
TRAVEL to Madison:
Madison is serviced by the Dane County/Madison Airport (airport code: MSN). Travel time from the airport to the hotels and Hellen C. White Hall is 10-15 minutes; cab fare will be about $15.
There is frequent bus service from Milwaukee (appx. an hour and a half) via Badger Bus Lines (608-255-6771), and from Chicago (appx. three hours), via Van Galder Bus Lines (800-747-0994). Both buses stop at the Memorial Union (a half-
block from the Pyle Center).
More information on transportation options is available from the UW-Madison page.
If you have further questions about the local arrangements, contact Mavis Biss at [log in to unmask]
If you have further questions about the program, contact Sonya Charles at [log in to unmask]
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