CHSS Workshop Series Grants

The Cooperative for the Humanities and Social Sciences’ Workshop Series Grants are supported by generous donors and the College of Arts and Sciences.  These grants offer funding for faculty and graduate students to create a series of workshops for reading, writing, and discussion of a particular theme across disciplines in the humanities and social sciences.

Session 3: 9:00 – 10:45

Rochelle Davis, Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

"Gendered Vulnerability and Forced Conscription in the War in Syria"

Moderator: Anahid Matossian, Department of Anthropology

Discussants: Diane King and Kristin Monroe, Department of Anthropology

Session 4: 11:00 – 12:30

Concluding Forum and Discussion

Moderator: Srimati Basu, Department of Gender and Women’s Studies

Session 1: 3:30 – 5:15

Purnima Bose, Associate Professor of English, Indiana University

"The Capitalist-Rescue Narrative and the War on Terror"

Moderator:  Amy Murrell Taylor, Department of History

Discussant, Francie Chassen-Lopez, Department of History
 

Session 2:  5:30- 7:15

Sue Grayzel, Professor of History and Director of the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies, University of Mississippi

 "All are Now in the Line of Fire:" Gender and the Defence of Civilian Bodies in the Interwar British Empire

Moderator: Carmen Moreno-Nuño, Department of Hispanic Studies

Discussant: Pearl James, Department of English

Session 3: 9:00 – 10:45

Rochelle Davis, Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

"Gendered Vulnerability and Forced Conscription in the War in Syria"

Moderator: Anahid Matossian, Department of Anthropology

Discussants: Diane King and Kristin Monroe, Department of Anthropology

Session 4: 11:00 – 12:30

Concluding Forum and Discussion

Moderator: Srimati Basu, Department of Gender and Women’s Studies

Session 1: 3:30 – 5:15

Purnima Bose, Associate Professor of English, Indiana University

"The Capitalist-Rescue Narrative and the War on Terror"

Moderator:  Amy Murrell Taylor, Department of History

Discussant, Francie Chassen-Lopez, Department of History
 

Session 2:  5:30- 7:15

Sue Grayzel, Professor of History and Director of the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies, University of Mississippi

 "All are Now in the Line of Fire:" Gender and the Defence of Civilian Bodies in the Interwar British Empire

Moderator: Carmen Moreno-Nuño, Department of Hispanic Studies

Discussant: Pearl James, Department of English

What's New in Science Christia Brown

Part 4 of 4: In the realm of learning, societal and cultural differences are vastly more important to address than the few true gender differences.

What's New in Science Christia Brown

Part 2 of 4: This segment includes a discussion of actual gender differences. We examine 3 of the most common gender difference myths. This is followed by discussion of where true gender differences exist (in terms of biology, behavior, and psychology) and how these differences may vary based on context and experience.

What's New in Science Christia Brown

What's New in Science Christia Brown

Part 1 of 4: This segment includes a description of why it is difficult to examine gender differences in people and what the implications are for getting it wrong. It also provides a primer for what people should know when evaluating research on gender.