Dear FEAST, The Feminist Collective at my university has put together a wonderful Fall Conference, "Colonization, Class, and Women." (Keynote: Dr. Andrea Smith). I have pasted the program below. The conference format is innovative in that it pairs faculty with students in collaborative partnerships. Please consider attending the conference (registration is free!) and please let the organizers know if you would like to be a moderator for one of the sessions. For more information and to view the conference website, visit http://www.jcu.edu/appliedethics/index.htm or contact [log in to unmask] All the best, Jen "Colonization, Class and Women" November 5-6, 2010 John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio Hosted by the Feminist Collective of John Carroll University Sponsored by the Mandel Foundation Grant for Conversation and Inclusion, the John Carroll University Program in Applied Ethics, and John Carroll University's Don Shula Program in Philosophy. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2010 12:00- 6:00pm: Registration, Dolan Reading Room (First Floor Dolan Science Center) 12:30- 12:50pm: Welcoming Remarks and Conference Information, Anastasia Mitchell and Kristen Kolenz, Dolan Auditorium 1:00- 3:15pm PANEL I: "Women and War," Dolan A202/203 Moderator: TBA Tasia Karoutsos- Goucher College, Partner/Respondent: Michael Eng "You Can't Go Home, But You Can't Stay Here: War Time Violence Against Aboriginal Women" Libbie Wenick- Goucher College, Partner/Respondent: Jen McWeeny "Healing the Wounds of Colonialism" Julia Purves- Goucher College, Partner/Respondent: Mariah Webbinger "Women's Bodies and Civil War in Central America" Lauren Samuelsen- Goucher College, Partner/Respondent: TBA "The Hijacking of Feminist Ideology as an Apology for Colonialism" 3:30- 5:30 PANEL II "Resisting Colonial Scripts," Dolan A202/203 Moderator: TBA Richelle Schrock- Ohio Wesleyan, Partner/Respondent: Pamela Dimo "To Cover or Not to Cover: Narratives of the Hijab from Somali Muslim Refugees" Saba Fatima- SUNY Binghamton, Partner/Respondent: Bridie Wyrock "A Muslim American Script" Anne Sokolsky- Ohio Wesleyan, Partner/Respondent: Ellen Bauer "Debunking the Myth of the Oriental Women" Shari Stone- Mediatore- Ohio Wesleyan University, Partner/Respondent: Kristen Kolenz "Women's Rights and the New Racism: An Anti- Colonialist Perspective" 5:45- 6:45 Group Discussion of Relevant Reading (Article TBA) 7:00pm: Opening Reception, Dolan Reading Room SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2010 8:00- 9:00am: Registration and Breakfast, Dolan Reading Room 9:15- 10:45am: KEYNOTE ADDRESS, Donahue Auditorium Dr. Andrea Smith, University of California-Riverside, "Gender, Race, and State Violence" 11:00- 12:45pm PANEL III: The Minority Woman and Society, Dolan A202/203 Moderator: TBA Sarah Hoagland- Northeastern Illinois University, Partner/Respondent: Courtney Miller "Giving Testimony and the Coloniality of Knowledge" Stephanie Krusemark- University of Colorado at Boulder, Partner/Respondent: Alix Audi "The Campus Stage: Navigating the Facades and Boundaries of Visibility and Invisibility" Natasha Liebig- University of South Florida, Partner/Respondent: Casey Schroeder "What is colonialism but an assault on identity? A Feminist Perspective on Colonialism, Fragmented Identity, and Trauma" 1:00- 1:45pm LUNCH, Dolan Center Atrium (First Floor of Dolan Center) 2:00- 4:30pm PANEL IV - Through a Literary Lens, Dolan A202/203 Moderator: TBA Elizabeth Vogtsberger, Partner/Respondent: Kara Lamb "Speaking Desire, Autonomy, and Resistance in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus" Kara Krawiec and Taylor Nagy- John Carroll University, Partner/Respondent: TBA "Woman on Woman: Take a Closer Look" Ariel Johnson- John Carroll University, Partner/Respondent: Katie Horowitz "Ignorance: The Economical and Social Mistreatment of the Minority Woman" Ciara Mastin- John Carroll University, Partner/Respondent: John McBratney "The African-American-Slave-Woman in Literature: Identity Formation, Cyclic Oppression, and Mother-Role Resistance" 4:45- 7:00pm PANEL V- Feminism in a Racist World, Dolan A202/203 Moderator: TBA Qiyamah Rahman- Meadville Lombard Theological School, Partner/Respondent: Jeffrey Boudon "Francis Ellen Watkins Harper and Fannie Barrier Williams: Interrogating the Religious Transformation of 19th Century Black Female Religious Renegades" Robinder Kaur Sehdev, Partner/Respondent: Brenda Wirkus "Recentering Anti-rascist feminism" Phillip Emerson- John Carroll University, Partner/Respondent: Natalie Talis "The Corruption of America: Black and White in Ann Petry's Novels" Janine Jones-The University of North Carolina, Partner/Respondent: Christopher Guerrier "Trust" 7:00 Closing Remarks _________________________ Jen McWeeny, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Philosophy John Carroll University 20700 North Park Blvd. University Heights, OH 44118 Phone: (216) 397-4783 Fax: (216) 397-1819 E-mail: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]