Women in the curriculum lunch series set at UMaine

ORONO – Domestic violence, women’s advocacy and the oral histories of women military veterans will be among the topics discussed during the University of Maine’s Women in the Curriculum and Women’s Studies Program’s brown bag lunch series.

The sessions will be held from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in the Memorial Union’s Bangor Lounge. The series is meant to share the work being done on women’s issues in the community and to interest students in taking women’s studies courses – as well as to encourage faculty to teach such courses.

The schedule is:

. Tuesday, Sept. 16 – Water/Fire, Tea and Bread: Women’s Work and Hospitality in Morocco, Rose-Lynn Fisher, photographer and curator. Co-sponsored by Hudson Museum.

. Tuesday, Sept. 23 – 1-800-COLONIZE: U.S. Corporations Outsource Call Centers to India, Kimberlee Perez, graduate student in communication and women’s studies.

. Tuesday, Sept. 30 – We’re not Feminists, We’re Just Fair!: The Social Construction of Gender and Politics Among Breast Cancer and Anti-Rape Activists, Amy Blackstone, assistant professor of sociology. Preview for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

. Wednesday, Oct. 8 – Understanding and Responding to Perpetrators of Dating Violence in School Settings, Carole Sousa, independent consultant on domestic violence work. Part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Co-sponsored by the UMaine Safe Campus Project.

. Wednesday, Oct. 15 – Town and Gown Connections: Working Together Against Domestic Violence, Carolyn Ball, associate professor of public administration; Naomi Barnum, women’s studies major and Spruce Run volunteer; Susan Iverson, doctoral candidate in education; Renate Klein, assistant professor of human development and family studies, project director of the UMaine Safe Campus Project.

. Wednesday, Oct. 22 – Somali Women Speak Out, Judith Burke, UMaine university studies and women’s studies graduate; Sarah Y. Gure of Lewiston; Hani Mohammed, AmeriCorps volunteer, Somali Assistance Project.

. Wednesday, Oct. 29 – Men and Violence: Why the Denial and Anger?, Myrian Medzian, visiting Libra Professor in Peace Studies. Co-sponsored by Peace Studies, the UMaine Safe Campus Project and Cooperative Extension.

. Tuesday, Nov. 4 – Being and Community in Toni Morrison’s ‘Beloved,’ Ana Luszczynska, lecturer in English.

. Tuesday, Nov. 11 – Common Causes: Two Generations of Maine Women in Progressive Politics, Chellie Pingree, president and chief executive officer of Common Cause; state Rep. Hannah Pingree.

. Tuesday, Nov. 18 – Pallas Athena in Maine: Oral Histories of Women Military Veterans, Davida Kellogg, adjunct professor of military science, and Pauleena MacDougall, associate director of the Maine Folklife Center.

. Wednesday, Dec. 3 – Why Did they Do It? The Women Who Discovered Sex Hormones and Vitamin E at UC Berkeley, 1915-1940, Diana Long, professor of history, University of Southern Maine.

. Wednesday, Dec. 10 – Babies, Babies, Babies!: Faculty, Staff, and Student Mothers Work it Out, Michele Alexander, assistant professor, psychology; Nancy Lewis, Fogler Library; Gary Quimby, director of UMaine’s Children’s Center; Stephanie Strong, nursing and women’s studies major.

To learn more, call 581-1228 or visit www.umaine.edu/wic.