A Celebration of Women and Diversity at Washington University in St. Louis
Woman's Club of Washington University Centennial 1910-2010
April 5-10, 2010
A week-long series of events across campus co-sponsored by the Assembly Series, African and African-American Studies, the Association of Women Faculty, the Department of Music, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University Archives, Washington University Libraries, the Association of Black Students, and more.
Additional campus programs and events TBA.
- Women of Accomplishment
- A series of department sponsored events organized by the Association of Women Faculty and the Woman's Club of Washington University
- Women and the Kemper Study Session
- The Influence of the Harlem Renaissance on Romare Bearden
- Monday, April 5, 2010 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Classroom 104
Speaker: Dr. Erica James, Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Department of Art History and Archaeology
Women and the Kemper Host: Adrienne Davis, William M. Van Cleve Professor of Law
This study session is being held in conjunction with Dr. James’s course “The Art of the Harlem Renaissance: Picturing and Performing the Black Modern Subject.” A Bahamian citizen, Dr. James received her BA at Vassar College, an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Chicago, and a PhD in Art History from Duke University. She is a specialist in African diasporic arts, modernism and modernity in “non-western” societies, as well as in representations of trauma in art. She served until December, 2008 as the Director of the National Gallery of the Bahamas, in Nassau.
More information
- Woman's Club Meet the Leaders Breakfast Series
- Women at Washington University Today
- Co-sponsored by Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- April 6, 2010, 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
- Classroom 340, Knight Center
- In-Room Breakfast Buffet included: $20
- Program Co-chairs:
- Mary Ann Dzuback, Chair, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
- Robin Hattori, Gephardt Institute for Public Service
- Click here for reservations (pdf form)
- A Celebration of Women At Washington University in St. Louis
- University Archives Exhibition
- April 7 - May 24, 2010
- Olin Library's Ginkgo Reading Room and Grand Staircase Lobby
- Opening Reception: April 7, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
- Remarks by Dean Shirley Baker
More information (pdf) - A Celebration of Women's History Through Song
- April 10, 2010
8:15 p.m. - E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall
- Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir
- Free and open to the public
More information (pdf) - Centennial Gala Dinner
- Saturday, April 10, 2010, 5:00-8:00 p.m.
- 560 Trinity Music Building Banquet Hall, University City
- Wine Reception at 5:00 p.m. followed by an elegant seated dinner at 6:00 p.m.
- Catering provided by Something Elegant Catering
- Welcome remarks by Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and 2009-10 Woman's Club President Margaret Israel
- Keynote Speaker: Candace O'Connor, "Stories of Women in the History of Washington University" (biography pdf)
Performance following dinner: Celebrating Women's History Through Song, 8:15 pm More information (pdf)
- Women in Leadership Training Institute (WLTI)
- Honoring women student leaders
Panel discussion and luncheon
Date TBD
Women of Color: In Our Own Words — A Celebration of Accomplishments
Sponsored by Women in Leadership Training
Coordinators: Kristen Goehausen, Naomi Darader Sigg (WLTI) and Margaret Israel (Woman's Club)