IRW Distinguished Lecture Series 2006-2007

Thinking About Gender: Health and Bodies

Download the 2006-2007 lecture series poster.

Events are at the Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building on the Douglass campus of Rutgers-New Brunswick.  Receptions at 4:00 p.m., talks at 4:30.  The building is wheelchair accessible and all events are free and open to the public.

Thursday, October 5, 2006

Beyond the Pap Smear: Health Policy Through A Women's Lens

Alina Salganicoff, Vice President and Director, Women's Health Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation

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Thursday, November 9, 2006

Interrogating Health and Bodies: Rutgers Faculty Panel

Janet Golden, History, Rutgers-Camden

Meredeth Turshen, Bloustein School of Public Policy, Rutgers-NB

Ben. Sifuentes Jaregui, American Studies, Rutgers-NB

Thursday, February 1, 2006

Body Biographies, Body Politics: Christian Revolutionaries and Social Justice in Twentieth Century Britain

Seth Koven, History, Rutgers-NB

Thursday, March 1, 2006

Health and Bodies: Latina Cultural Perspectives and Community Responses

Elizabeth Amaya-Fernandez, Director of Health Education, National Latina Health Network

Thursday, April 19, 2006

My Body Politic: Writing Disability in Memoir

Simi Linton, Founder, Disability/Arts