Annual Susan B. Anthony Institute
Gender and Women's Studies
Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference
17th Annual Gender and Women's Studies Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference: February 25-26, 2010
Governing Gender: Bodies and Boundaries
The Susan B. Anthony Institute at the University of Rochester is pleased
to announce the 17th Annual Gender and Women's Studies Interdisciplinary
Graduate Conference. Each year, the SBAI conference features considerations
of gender and women's studies from varied disciplinary fields, including
but not limited to history, art history, literary studies, music, education,
nursing, philosophy, and linguistics. The conference aims to foster
an interdisciplinary environment for exchanging knowledge and encouraging
communication and collaboration across disciplines. The focus of this
year’s conference is to interrogate the ways in which we construct and
delimit gender-based categorizations in scholarship and praxis.
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Thursday, February 25th
5:00 pm Opening Reception
6:00 pm Opening Remarks
Wendi B. Heinzelman, Dean of Gradute Studies
Honey Meconi , Director Susan B. Anthony Institute for Women's Studies
6:15 pm “Single?” Keynote Address by Dr. Michael Cobb, University of Toronto
Friday, February 26th
9:00 am Coffee & Bagel Breakfast
9:30 am Panel I: “Performance Anxieties”
Moderator:David Bleich, Professor of English, University of Rochester
Becky Burditt, (University of Rochester/Visual & Cultural Studies) untitled abstract on Niagara and the commodification of femininity
Joy Huang, (Louisiana State University/Theater) "The Disruption of Male Sexual Discourse in Paula Vogel’s Hot ‘n’ Throbbing"
11:00 am Panel II: “Perpetuations of Gender Boundaries”
Moderator: Sarah Higley, Professor of English, University of Rochester
Amanda Cannata, (Stanford University/Music) "A Perpetuation of Gender Binarism: The Reception of Ingeborg von Bronsart's Jery und Bätely in the German Press."
Amy Shema, (University of Rochester/Warner School of Education) "Schools as Social Institutions Perpetuating the Status Quo."
Kristi Castleberry, (University of Rochester, English) "Woman in the Wilderness: Locating Genre and Gender in the Digby Mary Magdalene .
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Panel III: “Gendered Bodies/Spaces”
Moderator: Dr Greta Niu, Associate Professor of English, University of Rochester
Amanda Graham, (University of Rochester/Visual & Cultural Studies) "Re-Covering The Hiroshima Maidens."
Tanya Sermer, (University of Rochester/Musicology) "Women's Voices, Gendered Performance, and Public Protest in the Struggle for Jewish Religious Pluralism in Israel and Control of Jerusalem.
3:00 pm Closing Remarks
Honey Meconi , Director Susan B. Anthony Institute for Women's Studies
- Sixteenth Annual: April 17, 2009
- Fifteenth Annual: March 28, 2008
- Fourteenth Annual: March 23, 2007
- Thirteenth Annual: March 24, 2006
- Twelve Annual: March 22, 2005
- Eleventh Annual: March 19, 2004
- Tenth Annual: February 28, 2003
- Ninth Annual: October 19, 2001
- Eighth Annual: March 30, 2001
- Seventh Annual: February 19, 2000
- Sixth Annual: April 17, 1999