Past Events

PAST EVENTS

2009 Events

January : February : March : April

2008 Events

September : October : November : December

APRIL 2009

Wednesday, 1
“Church, Mosque, Synagogue: Ritual Expression Today”
A multi-faith panel discussion moderated by Rabbi Sharon Anisfeld Cohen, Hebrew College Rabbinical School
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Raytheon Amphitheater, Egan Research Center

Tuesday, 14 Executive Board Meeting
Time: 2:50pm-4:30pm
Location: 333 Curry Student Center

Thursday, 16
The Annual Gender Matters Series in conjunction with Producing Sex: Literary, Legal, and Political Discourses
PANEL DISCUSSION: The future of stuides in sexuality at Northeastern
Moderated by Professor Libby Adler (School of Law), Tom Nakayama (Communication Studies Department), and Laura Green (Department of English)
2:45pm-5:00pm, Location: 333 Curry Student Center

Thursday, 16
The Impact of Conflict and War on Children “I hope that my children will be the last price.”
Presentation by Nobel Prize Nominee Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish
3:00pm-5pm, Sacred Space, 2nd Floor Ell Hall
Refreshments will be served following the lecture.

MARCH 2009

Thursday, 12
Producing Sex: Literary, Legal, and Political Discourses
"Governance Feminism: Which Feminist Ideas are Becoming Common Sense in International Law Today?"
Janet Halley, School of Law, Harvard University
4:00pm in 230 Dockser Hall

Thursday, 12
“Singing Text, Finding Meaning: A Hands-On Approach to Music and Religion”
Workshop with Basya Schechter, Pharaoh's Daughter
3pm-4:30pm
Workshop with Basya Schechter, Pharaoh's Daughter
Location: Sacred Space, 2nd Floor Ell Hall.

Monday and Tuesday 16, 17
Valentine Moghadam, Director of Women’s Studies of Purdue
Tuesday: 12:00-1:30pm - “Political Opportunities & Strategic Choices: Comparing Feminist Activism in Iran and Morocco” in Raytheon
Tuesday: 4:30-6:30pm on Tuesday in 540 Holmes


Thursday-Saturday, 19-21
International Target Workshop
Egan: Raytheon, 340 & 440

Tuesday, 24
“So What's New in an Old Religion? A Pluralist Approach to Jewish Practice”
Lecture by Dr. Arthur Green, Hebrew College Rabbinical School
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Raytheon Amphitheater, Egan Research Center

Wednesday, 25
“Dialogues with World Filmmakers”
Book talk with Liza Bear
90 Snell Library at 12pm LIZA BEAR video work presentation from 2-4 p.m. in 204 Behrakis
Please register with Professor Inez Hedges i.hedges@neu.edu

Thursday, 26
Women's Studies Executive Board Meeting
2:50-4:30pm
Location: 170 West Village F

February 2009

Thursday 5
Executive Board Meeting
Time: 2:50pm-4:30pm
Location: 346 Curry Student Center

Wednesday 11
“Writing as a Spiritual Practice”
Workshop with Merle Feld, Rabbinic Writing Institute
Time: 12-1:30 pm
Location: 340 Egan Research Center
RSVP by February 4 to j.sartori@neu.edu

Thursday 26
Visiting Scholar Lectures: Ann Holder and Lisa Kall
“The Lived Body and Sexual Difference” by Ann Holder; & “Making the Body Politic: Sexuality, Racialization and the Practices of Social Citizenship, 1863-1910” by Lisa Kall
2:50pm-4:30pm
Location: 450 Dodge Hall

Friday, 27
Memorial Service for Kathy Howlett
4-6pm in Sacred Space

January 2009

Tuesday, 6
Producing Sex: Literary, Legal, and Political Discourses
"Trans Politics on a Neoliberal Landscape"
Dean Spade, School of Law, University of Washington
12pm in 230 Dockser Hall

Thursday 29 "The New Jewish Ritual" with the Jewish Studies Program
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Raytheon Amphitheatre, Egan Research Center

DECEMBER 2008

Thursday, 4
Board Meeting during Activities Period
Time: 3:00pm-4:00pm
Location: 210 Behrakis

Thursday, 4
Producing Sex: Literary, Legal, and Political Discourses
"My Old Kentucky Homo: Promises and Perils in Queering Abraham Lincoln"
Charles E. Morris, Communication Department, Boston College
4pm in 403 Robinson Hall

NOVEMBER 2008

Sunday, 9
Boston Jewish Film Festival presents Strangers
With Directors Guy Nattiv and Erez Tadmor
Co-Sponsored by Cinema Studies, Jewish Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies and Women’s Studies
Museum of Fine Arts
Panel of directors from 6pm; film showing at 7:30pm.

Monday, 10
Northeastern University Screening of Strangers
Co-Sponsored by Cinema Studies, Jewish Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies and Women’s Studies
The Directors of the film, Guy Nattiv or Erez Tadmor will be speaking
Cabral Center at 1:30-4:30pm

OCTOBER 2008

Thursday, 2
Board Meeting during Activities Period
Time: 3:00pm-4:30pm
Location: 210 Behrakis

Thursday, 9
Producing Sex: Literary, Legal, and Political Discourses
MEET THE AUTHOR: Stephanie Grant, Duke University
Author of MAP OF IRELAND
4pm in room 450 Dodge

SEPTEMBER 2008

Thursday, 11
Board Meeting during Activities Period
Time: 3:00pm-4:30pm
Location: 210 Behrakis

Wednesday, 24
Producing Sex: Literary, Legal, and Political Discourses
"The Poor Bugger's Tool: Irish Modernism, Queer Labor, and Postcolonial History"
Patick Mullen, Department of English
12pm in the Barrs Room, 472 Holmes Hall