 Website image Women’s History programming includes speakers, movies, discussions
The Women’s History Month Colloquium at Indiana State University promises four days of packed programming Feb. 29-March 3 at the university’s Cunningham Memorial Library. The colloquium’s keynote event is a showing of the movie “Suffragette” at 6 p.m. March 2 in the events area of the library. The 2015 film explores the women’s voting rights movement in Great Britain. A discussion will be led by Carly Schmitt, assistant professor of political science at Indiana State. Guest Speaker Kristalyn Shefveland of the University of Southern Indiana will present a lecture, “‘A Loving Remembrance’: The Indian Slave Trade and Constructs of Gendered Power in Anglo-Indian Virginia” at noon March 2in the events area. “Hester Street,” a film about gender roles and immigration at the turn of the century in New York City, is set for 9 a.m. Feb. 29 in the events area and 8 a.m. March 2 in room 28 of the library. Daytime sessions run according to university class times Feb. 29-March 3, and sessions include guest lectures, film screenings and discussions. All events are free and open to the public. The colloquium is sponsored by the following: Indiana State Center for Community Engagement, gender studies in the department of multidisciplinary studies, department of history and African and African-American Studies, American Democracy Project, Cunningham Memorial Library, College of Arts and Sciences, Foundational Studies, Feminist Majority ISU, American Association of University Women, and the Eugene V. Debs Foundation. Visit the website for a full program Comments are closed.
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