Monday, July 23, 2007

june cohen, ellajune7@aol.com, sends you the enclosed page from PetitionOnline.com:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/iraqoil/petition.html

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

SAVE THE DATE!And please circulate the following widely. THE ALICE PAUL CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNYLVANIA IS PLEASED TO PRESENT:

GENDER, WAR, AND MILITARISMAN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Thursday-Friday, October 25-26, 2007
Benjamin Franklin Room, Houston Hall
University of Pennsylvania
Sponsored by the Alice Paul Center for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality(this conference is open to the public)

CONFERENCE PROGRAM
(FOR DOWNLOADABLE PDF VERSION AND A PRINTABLE FLYER PLEASE VISIT http://www.sas.upenn.edu/wstudies/gwmconference/)
Thursday, October 259-10am: registration, breakfast, welcomeGeneral Welcome: Shannon Lundeen, Associate Director of The Alice Paul Center, UPenn
10am-12pm: Session 1Gender and the Militarization of Society
Chair: Marie Gottschalk, Associate Professor of Political Science, UPenn
“Feminist Critique and the Culture of Militarization: Looking at War,” Caren Kaplan, Professor of Women and Gender Studies and Chair of Cultural Studies Graduate Group, University of California, Davis
“Living Room Terrorists: Military Couples and Domestic Violence,” Catherine Lutz, Professor of Anthropology at the Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University
“Traumatic Brain Injury: An Instance of the Mutual Provocations of Medical Science and Militarism,” Jennifer Terry, Director and Associate Professor of Women’s Studies, University of California, Irvine
Discussant: Inderpal Grewal, Professor of Women’s Studies and Director of Ph.D. program in Culture and Theory, University of California, Irvine
12-1:30pm: Lunch
1:30-3:30pm: Session 2Ideologies of Gender in Times of Conflict
Chair: Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, Associate Professor of History, UPenn
“Iraqi Women and Gender Ideologies: From Dictatorship, Wars & Sanctions to Occupation,” Nadje Al-Ali, Lecturer at the Centre for Gender Studies at the School of Priental and AFrican Studies, University of London
“Gendered Identities, Ideologies, and Practices in the Context of ‘New Wars,’” V. Spike Peterson, Professor of Political Science, University of Arizona
“Gendering the Emperor’s Soldiers: Gender Ideologies, the United States Military, and the ‘War on Terror,’” Laura Sjoberg, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Virginia Tech
Discussant: Raka Ray, Sarah Kailath Chair in Indian Studies, Chair, Center for South Asia Studies, and Associate Professor of Sociology and South and Southeast Asian Studies
3:30-4pm: Tea/Coffee Break
4-6pm: Session 3Gender and Sexuality in the Armed Forces
Chair: Ayako Kano, Associate Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, UPenn
“Sexuality and Military Crime under the Uniform Code of Military Justice,” Elizabeth Hillman, Professor of Law, Rutgers University, Camden, (AY ‘07-’08: Visiting Professor of Law at University of California Hastings College of the Law)
“The Dilemmas of Women in Combat,” Tami A. Jacoby, Associate Professor of Political Studies and Acting Director of the Centre for Defence and Security Studies, University of Manitoba
“Reflections on the Participation of Women and Girls in the Armed Factions of Sierra Leone,” Susan Shepler, Assistant Professor of International Peace and Conflict Resolution, American University
Discussant: Susan Lindee, Professor of History and Sociology of Science, UPenn
6-6:30pm: Cocktails and light refreshments
6:30-7:30pm: Plenary Address
CYNTHIA ENLOEResearch Professor of International Development and Women's Studies, Clark University
Chair: Demie Kurz, Co-Director of Women’s Studies and The Alice Paul Center, UPenn
8-9:30pm: Conference Dinner Buffet, LGBT Center, UPenn
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Friday, October 26
8-8:30am: coffee, conversation, welcomeGeneral Welcome
8:30-10:30am: Session 4Rape, Violence, Torture
Chair: Heather Sharkey, Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, UPenn
“Rape as Marker and Erasure of Difference: Darfur and the Nuba Mountains (Sudan),” Sondra Hale, Professor of Anthropology and Women’s Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
“Wars of Attrition: How Men Get Away with Rape,” Liz Kelly, Professor of Sexualized Violence and Director of the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit, London Metropolitan University
“The Body as Border,” Julie Mostov, Director of International Area Studies, Director of Women's Studies, and Associate Professor of Politics, Drexel University
“Variation in Sexual Violence during War: The Relative Absence of Sexual Violence by some Non-state Actors,” Elisabeth Jean Wood, Professor of Political Science, Yale University and Research Professor at the Santa Fe Institute
10:30am-12:30pm: Session 5Reconstruction, Reconciliation, and Peacemaking
Chair: Ritty Lukose, Assistant Professor of Education, Graduate School of Education, UPenn
“Learning to be Forgiven: Education and Reconciliation,” Sigal R. Ben-Porath, Research Associate, Graduate School of Education, UPenn
“Reparation,” David Eng, Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania
“Stories of Healing and Cleanup from the Destruction of War in El Salvador,” Gwyn Kirk, Women for Genuine Security and East Asia-U.S.-Puerto Rico Women’s Network Against Militarism
"Gender and Reconstruction," Dyan Mazurana, Research Director at the Feinstein International Center, Tufts University
12:30-1:45pm: Lunch
Keynote Lunch Address: AMY GOODMAN, Democracy Now!
2pm-4pm: Session 6Gender, War, Media
Chair: Katherine Sender, Assistant Professor of Communications, Annenberg School, UPenn
“Matters of Life and Death: Debating Militarization and Gender in the New Eritrea,” Victoria Bernal, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine
“Framing ‘Children of the Enemy’: Genocidal Rape, Forced Pregnancy and the Global Media in Bosnia-Herzegovina,” R. Charli Carpenter, Assistant Professor of International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh
“Fireman Fetishes and Drag King Dreams: Queer Responses to September 11,” Deborah Cohler, Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies, San Francisco State University
Discussant: David Kazanjian, Department of English, UPenn
4-4:30pm: Tea/Coffee Break
4:30-6:30pm: Plenary PanelAcademy and Community: Teaching and activism in times of war
Chair: Rita Barnard, Director of Women’s Studies and The Alice Paul Center, Professor of English
Title TBA, Ariane Brunet, Founder, Coalition on Women’s Human Rights in Conflict Situations; Co-founder, Urgent Action Fund; Coordinator, Women’s Rights Program at Rights and Democracy, Montreal; Coordinator of a Coalition project to monitor the work of the International War Crimes Tribunal for Rwanda on gender-based crimes against women.
Title TBA, Charlotte Bunch, Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Women's Global Leadership, Rutgers University
“Teaching Responsibility: Reconstructing the Past,” Da¹a Duhacek, Professor of Philosophy and Coordinator of the Women’s Studies Center, Belgrade University, Serbia
6:30-8pm: Cocktails and Closing ReceptionClosing Remarks

For more information, please visit: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/wstudies/gwmconference/ or contact the Women’s Studies Program office at 215.898.8740.

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Cindy's back! Check it out.

Peace
Z

Monday, July 2, 2007

Coming up this week!

Tuesday - 6 PM Celebrate Peace Parade 2nd & Market Code PINK contingent - Pink slip Casey & Specter

Weds - PHILADELPHIA EMERGENCY ANTI-WAR CONVENTIONPRESS CONFERENCE. NOONCOLLABORATIVE STRATEGY MEETING 1 TO 9 pmINDEPENDENCE VISITOR CENTER 2nd FLOOR BALLROOM - 6 th & MARKET ST. PHILADELPHIA
Code Pink to gather at 11:45 with Honk for Peace signs

Thursday July 5, 6:30 PM Unitarian Church 2125 Chestnut St IMPEACHMENT: Why We Need It NOW and How To Do It! speakers, Q & A, open discussion. Code PINK is one of the sponsors of this event.

Friday - Weekly vigil to end the war at Sen. Casey's office, 5:00 PM 20th & Market Street

Stand up, sit down, walk around, make a fuss for peace this week! Hope to see you there.

Peace
Z