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1996
1996
Susan Douglas talked informally with symposium attendees in the Hamilton Great Hall, a room restored with funding from Julia Boyer Reinstein.
In 1996 the Women's Studies Program brought EC alum Susan Douglas'72 to be the keynote speaker for the 3rd Annual Julia Reinstein Symposium: Women and Popular Culture. She spoke about her book Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media.
EC students and faculty presented papers at the 17tn Annual NWSA conference at Skidmore College in 1996.
1997
1997
Exploring the topic "Women and Work," the 4th Annual Julia Reinstein Symposium included speakers Dr. Lourdes Beneria, Cornell, Dr. Phoebe Jones Schellenburg from the Women Count Network in Philadelphia, and Dr. Randy Albelda, UMass at Boston.
Over 50 people attended the Women and Work symposium held in the Hamilton Great Hall.
1998
1998
The 5th Annual Julia Reinstein Symposium: "Objection Sustained: Reconstructing Barbie" was the first symposium to focus on student research, beginning the tradition of women studies students organizing the future Julia Reinstein Symposia. Pictured here are the organizers and presenters: (l-r) Lauren Katchen, Mariko Kunimoto, Jan Kather, Amanda Wray, Sally Shull, Suzanne Morrison and Geri Britton.
1999
1999
The 6th Annual Julia Reinstein Symposium titled "To Be Real: The Changing Face of Feminism" brought Rebecca Walker, a noted author and contributing editor to Ms. Magazine who founded Third Wave Direct Action Corp., a national non-profit devoted to cultivating young women's leadership and activism. After her talk in Gibson Theatre, students and faculty joined her at a book-signing at Barnes and Noble in Consumer Square, where she signed her new book To Be Real. Sitting next to Ms. Walker is symposium chair, Amanda Wray'99.
2000
2000
Speakers for the 7th Annual Julia Reinstein Symposium's Captive Audience: Violence Against Women included Dr. Robert Heasley, the director of Men's Studies Program at Ithaca College and Dr. Andrea Parrott, Professor of Human Ecology at Cornell University. Singer Lisa Cerbone also performed.
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