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Category: Events
Race Survey Symposium
On Wednesday, November 6, our department co-sponsored an interesting and important symposium on campus race relations. The event was held from 1:00-4:00pm in Gorgas 205 and was titled “Student Perceptions of Race Relations at the University of Alabama: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives.” The symposium featured several researchers from other universities who are experts on race relations and public opinion. In addition, several UA faculty members participated as well (including members of our department). The symposium was centered around the results […]
Brown Bag Lecture Series
UA Women Leaders in Action
Apply online for the UA Women Leaders in Action at wrc.ua.edu. Applications are due on Friday, February 24, 2012 at noon. For questions, please contact 205-348-5040.
Civil Rights Day Trip
Contact the Women’s Resource Center at 348-5040 if you are interested in participating in the Civil Rights Day Trip on Saturday, February 25, 2012. Transportation and admission are free. Lunch will not be provided.
Valerie Tutson
Join us as Valerie Tutson presents a storytelling performance of “A Celebration of Black Culture, Story, and Song” on February 20, 2012 in Ten Hoor 125 from 7:00-9:00pm.
GRS Annual Research Paper Competition
SPRING 2012 GRS ANNUAL RESEARCH PAPER COMPETITION ELIZABETH MEESE MEMORIAL AWARD IN FEMINIST RESEARCH STEPHEN KARATHEODORIS MEMORIAL AWARD and RHODA E. JOHNSON AWARD Print competition flyer The Gender and Race Studies Department solicits entries for the thirtieth annual Women’s Studies research paper competitions and the second annual African American Studies paper competition. The department will offer three awards. The Elizabeth Meese Memorial Award in Feminist Research and the Stephen Karatheodoris Memorial Award will be awarded to undergraduate or graduate student […]
3rd Annual Recovering Black Women’s Voices and Lives Symposium: Transnational Feminisms and Women in the African Diaspora
October 20, 2011 from 8:00am – 6:00pm in the Heritage Room at the Ferguson Center 3rd Annual Recovering Black Women’s Voices and Lives Symposium: Transnational Feminisms and Women in the African Diaspora
Brown Bag Lecture Series Featuring Dr. Merinda Simmons – Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Join us on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at noon for the second Brown Bag Lecture Series of the Fall semester featuring Dr. Merinda Simmons, Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies, as she presents “The Faux Pas of Feminist Phenomenology: Or, How I Learned to Think About the Personal and the Political in a Whole New Way.” “The personal is political” has become a phrase used by feminists and identity theorists as a rallying cry for bringing personal narratives […]
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2012 Bama Grad Expo
The Bama Grad Expo will bring up to 50 top prospective graduate students from across the country to the University of Alabama campus on January 12-14, 2012. This annual event, hosted by the UA College of Arts and Sciences and the UA Graduate School, gives prospective graduate students the chance to tour the campus, learn about degrees offered, and visit with current graduate students and faculty in their department of interest. Admission to the Bama Grad Expo is competitive and […]