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Events

"Immaculate Conceptions: Making Families in the Age of
Surrogacy and Globalization"

Modhumita Roy   Presented by Modhumita Roy
   (English, Tufts University)
   Monday, October 14
   6:30pm, Harrison 2105

   What is commercial surrogacy? Why have some
   countries banned the practice while others have yet to
   regulate it? What are the moral and ethical implicatoins
   of surrogacy as well as its impact on cultural ideas of
   motherhood and kinship? How do we understand
   surrogacy as a labor issue and unpack the discourse of
   maternal self-sacrifice? What are the dangers of
   applying Western ideas of "choice" to global issues that
   reflect differences in socio-economic and political
                                     situations?

For more information, contact Dr. Mary Thompson (English, JMU) at thompsmx@jmu.edu.

Feminist Film Pioneer: Germaine Dulac (1882-1942)

Presented by: Dr. Tami Williams
Assistant Professor, Film Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
5:30pm, Taylor 306

Dr. Williams, an internationally-recognized expert on Germaine Dulac and on early cinema, is publishing the first monograph on long-neglected French film director Germaine Dulac (1882-1942). Dulac was a socialist and feminist filmmaker, theorist, journalist and critic identified with the early twentieth century Impressionist film movement and with Surrealist film. Her films include: La Souriante Mme Beudet (The Smiling Mme. Beudet} (1922/23); L’Invitation au Voyage (Invitation to Travel) (1927); and the Surrealist classic, La Coquille et le Clergyman (The Seashell and the Clergyman) (1928), which preceded Salvador Dali and Luis Buñuel’s Un Chien Andalou (1929). Dulac also led the Parisian federation of film clubs, which helped promote younger filmmakers, and she taught film courses. View the flyer here.

Announcements

Congratulations to the recipients of the Feminist Scholarship Award:

Dr. Julie Solometo, faculty
Anders Bruce, undergraduate student

Spring 2014 Course Offerings

View the list here. Please check back for updates.

News

In Fall 2010, the program advisory board with the support of students in the minor voted to revise the program name to Women's and Gender Studies.

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