Feminist Research Speaker Series

The Feminist Research Speaker Series brings speakers from a variety of fields - including Physical Education, Human Ecology, Law, Native Studies, History and Classics, Political Science, English and Film Studies, and Women's Studies - to share their research with members of the extended Women's Studies community at the University of Alberta.

 FEMINIST RESEARCH SPEAKER SERIES 2011-2012 - ON EXPERIENCE

  • "From Firepower to Sexual Power: Disarming the female action hero" presented by Cristina Stasia, Instructor, Women’s Studies Program, University of Alberta, September 23rd, 2011, 3:30-5:00  in The Senate Chamber (Arts 3-26)
  • "Becoming feminist figure girl: Bodybuilding as research", Lianne Mctavish, Professor, Department of Art and Design, University of Alberta, Thursday, October 20th, 2011, 3:30-5:00 in The Senate Chamber (Arts 3-26)
  • "Can queer femmes come out?", Alice Maclachlan, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, York University, Friday, November 4th, 2011, 3:30-5:00 (Reception to Follow) in The Senate Chamber (Arts 3-26), co-sponsored with the Department of Philosophy
  • "Anti-abortion politics and the rhetoric of slavery", Lisa Guenther, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, Thursday, November 24th, 2011, 3:30-5:00 (Reception to Follow) in The Senate Chamber (Arts 3-26), co-sponsored with the Department of Philosophy
  • "(Im)mobile bodies: contemporary dancers’ experiences with injuries", Pirkko Markula, Professor, Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, Thursday, January 26th, 2012, 3:30-5:00 in The Senate Chamber (Arts 3-26)
  • "Historicizing experience: the case of eighteenth-century seduction narratives in Britain", Katherine Binhammer, Professor, Department of English and Film Studies, University of Alberta, Thursday, February 16th, 2012, 3:30-5:00 in The Senate Chamber (Arts 3-26)
  • "Consumer culture goes to war: Canadian feminists experience rationing during World War I", Donica Belisle, Assistant Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies, Athabasca University, Thursday, March 1st, 2012, 3:30-5:00 in The Senate Chamber (Arts 3-26)