MEDIA CONTACT: Helene Snihur hsnihur@rochester.edu
585.275.7800

March 20, 2007

Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference

TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, March 23, in the Hawkins-Carlson Room in Rush Rhees Library on the University of Rochester's River Campus

ADMISSION: Free and open to the public.

The Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies will present its 14th annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference. The conference starts at 9 a.m. with opening remarks by Susan Gustafson, the Karl F. and Bertha A. Fuchs Professor of German Studies and director of the Susan B. Anthony Institute. The keynote address will be delivered at 4 p.m. by Greta Niu, assistant professor of English.

Morning and afternoon sessions will feature panels of University graduate students discussing topics on gender and the creative process, sexuality and gendered roles, religious and national identities, and representations and the body.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact (585) 275-8318 or go to the Susan B. Anthony Institute website http://www.rochester.edu/College/WST/.

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