Events & Programming

USM Women and Gender Studies Spring 2013

Visit the Photo Gallery for pictures of past WGS Events.

FMI: (207) 780-4289

ALL EVENTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Saturday, March 2

Scandalous Modernism: Stravinsky and the Armory Show

interdisciplinary symposium

9 a.m.- 4 p.m.

Corthell Hall, USM Gorham campus 

Lectures and discussions examining Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and the New York Armory Show in the context of modernist art of the early 20^th century.

FMI: www.usm.maine.edu/music/scandalous-modernism

Co-sponsored by: USM Art Department, the School of Music, Women and Gender Studies, and the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 
 
 

Wednesday, March 6

Reel Deal: “Miss Representation”

film series hosted by Hardy Girls Healthy Women and Boys to Men 

6 - 8 p.m.

Rines Auditorium, Portland Public Library, Congress St. 

FREE

FMI: 774 -9994 

“Miss Representation” challenges the media's limited and often disparaging portrayals of women and girls. 

Co-sponsored by: USM Women & Gender Studies 
 

Friday, March 8

Women’s History Month Celebration

7pm

Hannaford Hall, Abromson Center, USM Portland

FMI: 780 4289

FREE

In his 2013 inaugural address, President Obama invoked three key events in the struggle for equality and liberation in the U.S.:  Seneca Falls (women’s rights, 1848), Selma, Alabama (racial equality, 1965), and Stonewall, NYC (gay/trans liberation, 1969). Historian Priscilla Murolo, NAACP Portland President Rachel Talbot Ross, and trans activist and author Kate Bornstein discuss the significance of these events.

Co-sponsored by: USM Women & Gender Studies, Office of Undergraduate Programs & Core Curriculum, School of Social Work, Multicultural Student Affairs; and NAACP Portland Branch.
 

Tuesday, March 12

Reel Deal: “Not Just a Game”

film series hosted by Hardy Girls Healthy Women and Boys to Men 

6 – 8 p.m.

Rines Auditorium, Portland Public Library, Congress St. 

FREE

FMI: 774-9994  

“Not Just a Game” exposes how sports culture can promote nationalism, sexism, racism, and homophobia. 

Co-sponsored by: USM Women & Gender Studies 
 

Tuesday, March 19

Dominatrix

lecture by Danielle Lindemann 

6 p.m.

Wishcamper Center, room 102, USM Portland campus 

FREE

In her new book Dominatrix: Gender, Eroticism, and Power, sociologist Danielle Lindemann offers a sophisticated portrait of pro-dommes, their work, and their clients.  

Co-sponsored by: USM Women & Gender Studies, Gender Studies Student Organization, and the Department of Sociology 
 

Wednesday, April 3

Storied Miles

hosted by USM History & Political Science and the SMCC Gender Equity Committee

6:30 p.m. Reception   7 p.m.  Lecture

Wishcamper Center, room 102, USM Portland

FREE

Olympic marathon Gold Medal winner and author Joan Benoit Samuelson speaks about women, sports and her experience as a pathbreaking athlete.

Saturday, April 6

Girls Rock Weekend

hosted by Hardy Girls Healthy Women 

“Building the Global Revolution” public talk by Shelby Knox

4 p.m.

Wishcamper Center, Lee Auditorium, USM Portland campus 

Shelby Knox is the subject of the award-wining film The Education of Shelby Knox focusing on her efforts to secure comprehensive sex education at her conservative high school. Knox currently serves as the Director of Organizing Women’s Rights at Change.org.

FREE 

Co-sponsored by: Hardy Girls Healthy Women and USM Women & Gender Studies 

April 19 - 28

Orlando  

play by Sarah Ruhl; directed by Meghan Brodie 

7:30 p.m.

Russell Hall Theater, USM Gorham campus

Tickets: $8 - $15 available at www.usm.maine.edu/theatre 

Orlando, the title character of Virginia Woolf's novel, travels through six centuries of gender-bending escapades in this adaptation by playwright Sarah Ruhl. 

 Friday, April 26 is Queer Night with Orlando including a post-performance discussion with cast members and the director.  

Co-sponsored by: USM Theatre Department and Women & Gender Studies