Women's Studies at SCSU

Past Conference Schedule:

1997:
Latina Visions for Transforming the Americas/ Perspectivas de la Mujer Latina en la Transformacion de las Americas
The 7th Annual Women's Studies Conference
Friday, October 3 - Sunday, October 5, 2000

Friday, October 3
Registration: 2:00pm-6:00pm
Welcome: 2:30pm-3:00pm
Poetry Reading & Open Microphone: 3:00pm-4:15pm

Concurrent Sessions A: 4:30pm-5:45pm
A1 Poetry Workshop
A2 "Welfare Warriors"
A3 The Politics of Bilingual Education
A4 Fertile Offerings--One Chicana's Journey
A5 Residencies for Writers at Work

Film Screening & Panel Discussion: ¡Palante, Siempre Palante! with Director Iris Morales & community leaders: 6:00pm-7:45pm
Connecticut Latinas In Leadership Award's Ceremony and Reception: 7:45pm-9:30pm
Dance--Music By Ray Gonzalez & His Orchestra, "Versatil": 9:30pm-12:30am

Saturday, October 4

Registration: 8:00am-2:30pm
Women's Fair Exhibits Open: 9:00am-5:30pm

Concurrent Sessions B: 9:30am-10:45am
B1 Artist as Revolutionary
B2 Latina Desires
B3 Aspectos del SIDA en La Población latina femenina
B4 Otredad e Identidad
B5 Brighter Futures Family Centers

Keynote: Edna Acosta-Belén: Charting New Directions in Puerto Rican Women's Research: 11:00am-12:00pm
Lunch: 12:00 pm-1:00pm
Keynote: Ruth Behar Nightgowns from the Past: White "Daughter," Black "Mother" after the Cuban Revolution: 1:15pm-2:15pm

Concurrent Sessions C: 2:30 pm-3:45 pm
C1 Voicing Resistance
C2 Latin American Adoption
C3 El Gusto y La Identidad femenina en la America latina
C4 Identidad, Consumo y Exilio: Algunas Construcciones Paradojicas del Sujeto Femenino en el Caribe Hispanico
C5 Latinas in Higher Education: Issues, Barriers, Recommendations*
C6 Report on Latina Women's Health in Connecticut
C7 Women in Twentieth-Century Latin America

Concurrent Sessions D: 4:00 pm-5:15 pm
D1 Politics of Popular Culture
D2 De Almas Latinas Psychospirituality: Healing Soul Wounds
D3 De madres a/e hijas: Relaciones Maternofiliales es la obra de escritoras puertorriqueñas de aquí y allá
D4 Latina Visions Inside/Out: A Multimedia Presentation & Workshop
D5 Female Status, Sexuality & Culture
D6 Puerto Rican Women's Folkloric Tradition
D7 Women's Writing in Mexico
D8 Sol y Canto Workshop: Music & Cultural Heritage
D9 Puerto Rico en la Encrucijada
D10 Latinas in Higher Education: Issues, Barriers, Recommendations
Keynote: Asunción Lavrin: Latin American Women: Thoughts, Voices, Actions: 5:30pm-6:30pm
Dinner: 6:45pm-7:45pm
Performance by Sol y Canto at Lyman Center--$10, $8, and $6: 8:00pm

Saturday, October 5

Registration: 8:30am-12:00pm
Panel discussion: Edna Acosta-Belén, Ruth Behar, Asunción Lavrin: 10:00am-11:00am

Concurrent Sessions E: 11:15am-12:30pm
E1 Where Medicine & Poetry Intersect: Medicinal and Literary Curanderismo
E2 Taking Literary Risks
E3 Gender & Sexuality
E4 Bodies, Dreams and Everyday Violence: Cuerpos, Sueños y la Violencia en la Vida Cuotidiana
E5 Amanaka'a
E6 Mis pedacitos en venta
E7 Muestra y Discusion de Dos Documentales
E8 Performance: Bailes Folklóricos de Colombia
E9 Dramaturgas latinoamericanas contemporáneas: imágenes y perspectivas

Lunch: 12:30pm-1:30pm
Keynote: Mayra Santos: Women, Literature and Latin America: Reinventing World with Words 1:30pm-2:30pm
Performance: Juan Bobo & the Marriage of his Daughter: 2:45pm-4:00pm