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Gender studies sponsored/co-sponsored events

Fall 2011

Date/Time	Place	Event/Speaker	Title/Details
Friday, September 16, 2011 7:30 pm	Lab Theater	GENDER STUDIES KICK OFF EVENT	Join us for a play of "THE OTHER HALF: True stories of Gender, Sex, & Sexuality" in the Lab Theater. Stay after for discussion, reception, and to hear more about the Gender Studies program.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 7 pm	CFAC Recital Hall	Film & Discussion	Killing us Softly 4: Advertising's Image of Women Co-sponsored by Gender Studies, SAO, Sexual Assault Prevention Team, & Student Life
Friday, September 23, 2011 7:30 pm	Bytwerk Theater, Devos Communication center	French Film Festival	Potiche (Trophy Wife) by François Ozon (2010) Co-sponsored by the Calvin French Department, the Calvin College Film Forum & Gender Studies
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 3:45 pm	HH 316	Elizabeth McLaughlin	"Living the Image-Bearing Life: How the Imago Dei Grounds Women's Identity, Spirituality and Vocation"
Thursday, October 6, 2011 7:00 pm	CFAC Recital Hall	Film & Discussion	"Through My Eyes" Film about experiences of LBGT Christians
Monday, October 24, 2011 3:30 pm	Meeter Center Lecture Hall	Bill Robinson	"Diversity and Leadership"
Monday, November 7, 2011 6:00 pm	Bytwerk Theater	Film	"Iron-Jawed Angels" (Film starring Hillary Swank on the battle for women's suffrage). Co-sponsored by the Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council. Open to the public.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 7 pm	CFAC Auditorium	Jenell Williams Paris	"The End of Sexual Identity"

Spring 2010

Date/Time	Place	Event/Speaker	Title/Details
Thursday, March 11 at 3:30 pm	Meeter Center Lecture Hall	Dr. Martha McCaughey	"The Caveman Mystique: Pop-Darwinism and the Debates over Sex, Violence and Science." Co-sponsored by the biology, communication arts & sciences, philosophy and sociology departments.
Tuesday, March 16 at 3:30 pm	Meeter Center Lecture Hall	Dr. Helen Sterk and Dr. Annelies Knoppers	"Paradoxes and Taboos: Gender, Culture and Physicality."
Monday, March 29 at 3:30 pm	Commons Lecture Hall	Dr. Christiana de Groot	"Come to the Table: a Theologian Looks at Judy Chicago's 'Dinner Party.'" Co-sponsored by the religion and communication arts & sciences departments. Refreshments will be served.
Wednesday, March 31 at 7 pm	Commons Lecture Hall	Faculty and student panel	Book club discussion of Half the Sky: Turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. Refreshments will be served.
Monday, April 5 at 7 pm	Meeter Center Lecture Hall	Dr. Allyson Jule	"Is this the New Girl Order? Represtations of Post-Feminist Identities in Sex and the City." Co-sponsored by the Teaching Fellows, Committee on Gender Equity, and the Ofice of the Provost. Refreshments will be served.
Monday, April 5 at 7 pm	Celebration Cinema North (off campus)	An evening with Judy Chicago	Multimedia presentation to be followed by a reception and book signing. A lecture of the West Michigan Women's Studies Council Nokomis Foundation Lecture Series and co-sponsored by Calvin and other area universities.
April 19, final deadline	N/A	Writing contest Junior & Senior level: top 3 papers - $100 each First-year and sophomore level: top 2 papers - $100 each	Submit a Spring 2009–Spring 2010 course paper that focuses on a gender issue for this campus-wide writing contest. E-mail an electronic copy to kgroenen@calvin.edu and sgoi@calvin.edu. Evaluators will judge papers according to uniqueness of topic, depth and integration of research, strength of argument, clarity, and style.