Susan Bordo is a professor in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies at UK. On March 20th, 2012, professor Bordo will present a lecture, “The Queen with Six Fingers: Origins of Popular Myths about Anne Boleyn.” The lecture will be at 4pm in the president’s room at the UK Singletary Center for the Arts, and will address popular myths about Anne Boleyn, one of the wives of Henry XIII.
Rusty Barrett is an assistant professor in the Linguistics program. On February 16th, 2012, Barrett will present a lecture, “Sickening Queens: Ethnic and Class Difference in Drag.” The lecture is at 4pm in the President’s Room at the Singletary Center for the Arts, and will address ways in which drag performances reflect social and cultural differences related to class and ethnicity.
GWS Symposium:
A gathering of people from the university and the community who will speak to various issues with regard to motherhood, including but not limited to: Mothering the elderly
Queer Parenting
Mothering while in the academy
Mothering, class, and reproduction
Tamara Mose Brown, author of Raising Brooklyn: Nannies, Childcare, and Carribeans Creating Community, will lead the discussion around the idea of "Building a Community of Mothers: Under the Watchful Eye".
18th Floor of Patterson Office Tower, 1:00pm
Tamara Mose Brown, author of Raising Brooklyn: Nannies, Childcare, and Caribbeans Creating Community, will be presenting a talk titled "Nanny Networks: A Discussion about Raising Brooklyn".
4:00pm in the President's Room of the Singletary Center.
Sponsored by the Department of Gender and Women's Studies.
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