Women's Studies Events

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2008 Yulee Endowed Lecture

Join us for this special two evening event with acclaimed filmmaker

Kum-Kum Bhavnani

Marvin Center Continental Ballroom

800 21st St. NW

Washington, DC 20052

Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 6 p.m.-8 p.m

Screening and Discussion with Director:

The Shape of Water

In an intimate encounter with five very different women in Brazil, India, Jerusalem, and Senegal (narrated by Susan Sarandon with introductory narration co-written by Edwidge Danticat) The Shape of Water offers a close look at the far reaching and vibrant alternatives crafted by women in response to environmental degradation, archaic traditions, lack of economic independence and war. The documentary weaves together the daily life stories of Khady, Bilkusben, Oraiza, Dona Antonia, and Gila who, through candor and humor, infuse their communities with a passion for change.

By revealing the women’s revolutionary actions The Shape of Water offers a unique view of the complex realities faced by these unsung visionaries creating a more just world.

Marvin Center Room 402

800 21st St. NW

Washington, DC 20052

Wednesday, April 9, 2008, 5-7:30 p.m.

Endowed Lecture with Kum-Kum Bhavnani:

Shaping Transnational Feminism, Shifting Development:

A Women, Culture, Development Approach

Kum-Kum Bhavnani has received a number of scholarly grants as well as critical acclaim for her 2006 documentary The Shape of Water, her first film. Her family migrated to England from India in 1958 where she lived until her 1991 arrival in to the USA. She has worked on anti-racist, international feminist and trade union issues. In England her political and activist interests took her into television, including working for BBC's Education Department and theatre. She is author of Talking Politics and inaugural editor for the journal Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism. Currently she is a professor at University of California Santa Barbara working with a range of media, integrated with her knowledge of the Third World issues.

An endowed lecture sponsored by the

Women’s Studies Program

The George Washington University

202-994-6942, wstu@gwu.edu

www.gwu.edu/~wstu

Women and Aging Conference Proceedings
(September 2000)