Dear Colleagues,
I hope you will accept my invitation to join us for the second in our (07- 08) Women’s Studies lecture series entitled Gender Matters at Northeastern. This series features some of Northeastern’s new and “cutting edge” gender scholars/performers. Our speaker/performer this fall will be Peggy Seeger. Her lecture/performance: “I Come From Women: Peggy Seeger Sings Traditional and Original Songs” will be presented on Wednesday October 3, 2007 at 4:00PM in the Raytheon Amphitheater at Egan Center with a reception to follow; see www.neu.edu for a campus map.
Legendary activist, singer and songwriter, Peggy Seeger is a visiting scholar in the Department of Music at Northeastern University. Coming from a U.S. family of musicologists, and having spent a good deal of her performing career in Britain, Seeger provides a clear link with the politically progressive folk tradition on both sides of the Atlantic. Her 1998 CD, PERIOD PIECES: WOMEN’S SONGS FOR MEN AND WOMEN, has received major attention and acclaim from various musical sources from around the country.
To whet your appetite here is a short description of the program from Peggy Seeger:
“This will be a program of old and new songs by, for and about women, with the main focus on gender stereotyping and male/female issues (past and present). The old songs were made by generations of mothers and 'village elders' - they were passed down as entertainment and 'education' to generations of daughters. They may come from the past but they are absolutely pertinent to women today. How better to honour them and their makers than by continuing to sing them? The new songs are mostly mine. How better to honour the tradition than by using traditional disciplines to make songs for today? That's the program: old songs mixed in with up-to-date social/political songs (ecology, Bush, peace, men, children, etc). Talk and humour glue it all together. Come prepared to laugh and sing”.
The Women’s Studies Department and the Music Department would be most honored if you were able to join us for this exciting event. If there are other colleagues you feel might be interested in this event, please feel free to share this invitation. Since seating is limited, we would appreciate your response by September 30 to ensure a place for you and any others who might join you.
Sincerely yours,Debra Renee Kaufman, Professor of Sociology, Director of Women's Studies and Matthews Distinguished Professor
RSVP: Dr. Lihua Wang l.wang@neu.edu.
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