Special Events
Women's Studies/IRWG Vivian R. Shaw/Penny W. Stamps Lecture
Jane Evelyn Atwood, Photographer (Lecture)
Thursday, October 23, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty Street
Jane Evelyn Atwood - Haiti (Exhibit)
September 1 - December 15, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. M-F, Lane Hall Exhibit Space,
204 S. State Street
Jane Evelyn Atwood–Too Much Time: Women in Prison (Exhibit)
October 10 - November 7, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. M-F (Saturday, 12:00 - 7:00 p.m.)
Jean Paul Slusser Gallery, School of Art and Design, 2000 Bonisteel Boulevard
Born in New York and living in Paris since 1971, Jane Evelyn Atwood creates photos that reflect a deep involvement with her subjects over long periods of time. Fascinated by people and by the idea of exclusion, she has managed to penetrate worlds that many do not know, or choose to ignore. Ms. Atwood has pursued a number of carefully chosen projects, always with the same personal and passionate approach. Among her projects are an 18-month reportage of one regiment of the Foreign Legion, following the soldiers to Beirut and Chad, and a four-year study of landmine victims that took her to Cambodia, Angola, Kosovo, Mozambique and Afghanistan. Jane E. Atwood is the author of six books, including Too Much Time, her landmark 10-year photographic study of women in prison. She has worked on-assignment for Doctors without Borders, Handicap International, and Action Against Hunger.
These Women's Studies-IRWG events are co-sponsored by Arts at Michigan, the CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund, History of Art Department, Institute for the Humanities, Horace Rackham Graduate School, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Multi-ethnic Student Affairs, and School of Social Work.For additional information regarding these events, please contact Donna Ainsworth at 734-763-2047 or via email at WSPoffice@umich.edu.
WLRC Conference "Connecting the Dots 2008"
Tuesday, October 14, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Michigan League, 911 N. University Avenue
Keynote Presenter: Dr. Al Siebert
The UM Work/Life Resource Center (WLRC) will sponsor its Third Annual Conference, "Connecting the Dots," on October 14th at the Michigan League. This one-day conference will address many areas of work and personal life. Session topics include blended families, work and aging, flexible scheduling and change management. The keynote topic is resiliency. Dr. Al Siebert is an internationally recognized expert in resiliency psychology. He is Director of The Resiliency Center and author of The Resiliency Advantage. Dr. Siebert is an ex-paratrooper with a PhD in psychology from the University of Michigan. For UM staff, faculty and students only. This event is not open to the public. Registration information will be available in September on the WLRC website: http://www.hr.umich.edu/worklife/index.php
IRWG Psychopharmacology and Gender Lecture Series
Giovanna Chesler, Film Producer, G6 Pictures
Wednesday, October 15, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Angell Hall-Auditorium B, 435 S. State Street
Giovanna Chesler is a director and producer of new media projects, documentaries and narrative films addressing themes of the body, sexuality, and gender. Through her work, Chesler explores constructions of gender, the body, sexuality, and women's health. Ms. Chesler received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Cinema from San Francisco State University. She is an Assistant Professor in the Communication Arts Department at Marymount Manhattan College and serves as a Research & Media Fellow at the American University's Center for Social Media.
This IRWG event is co-sponsored by the Department of Women's Studies Program, the Center for the Education of Women, Science Technology and Society, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Global Health Research Training (GHRT), and School of Art & Design. For additional information, please contact the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) at 734-764-9537 or via email at irwg@umich.edu
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