Past Events, UAH Women's Studies Program University of Alabama in Huntsville
Spring 2008 January 2008 The Business of Being Born   January 31, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. at UAH Chan Auditorium in the Business Administration Building (#14 on campus map, facing Sparkman Drive., near Holmes Ave.). The Alabama Birth Coalition is presenting "The Business of Being Born", a documentary film which interlaces intimate birth stories with surprising historical, political and scientific insights and shocking statistics about the current maternity care system.
February 2008 Four Spirits - The UAH Theatre is producing the theatrical adaptation of Sena Jeter Naslund's novel Four Spirits for its world premiere as a fully staged play, February 7-10, 2008, at Chan Auditorium in the Business Administration building at UAH (#14 on campus map, facing Sparkman Drive at Holmes Ave.).  (Note, this is not the location originally advertised.) The play focuses on the lives of educators and students at Miles College in Birmingham, AL, during and after the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in 1963, which killed four children, the "four spirits"  of the title.  Playwrights Sena Jeter Naslund and Elaine Hughes will attend some performances.  Evening performances are 7:30 p.m. February 7, 8, and 9.  Matinees are at 2:30 February 9 and 10.  Tickets go on sale in January, $10 general admission, $5 student (with ID), at UAH (Morton Hall 222 and University Center) and Stearns Coffee 2113 Whitesburg Dr S (near the intersection of Longwood and Whitesburg, behind Steak Out). Group rates and reserved seating are available for purchase of 10 or more tickets.  Call 256-824-6210 and leave a detailed message. See also theatre.uah.edu or call 256-824-6210.
Fall 2007
Tuesday, October 23, 7:30 p.m.  McDonnell Douglas Auditorium, Materials Science Building (Room 100, Materials Science Building), UAH.  Dr. Francille Rusan Wilson will present the keynote lecture for the UAH History Forum, entitled “Carter G. Woodson’s Great Cause: The History of the Black History Movement.”   Wilson is an intellectual and labor historian whose current research examines the intersections between black labor movements, black social scientists, and black women's history during the Jim Crow era. She is the author of The Segregated Scholars: Black Social Scientists and the Creation of Black Labor Studies, 1890-1950.  This event is sponsored by the UAH Department of History, UAH Women’s Studies Program, UAH Office of Multicultural Affairs, UAH Continuing Education, the Bankhead Foundation, and the UAH Humanities Center. For information, call 824-6310.
Change of Heart: Art, Music, Activism, November 8-10
Tuzesday, November 13, 1-4 p.m.,  Arts and Music Festival, UAH Outdoor Stage (next to the University Center).  The Women’s Studies Student Organization, POWER (People Organized for Women’s Equality and Rights) will present an arts and music festival including local and student artists and musicians.  This is one of a full year of planned activities. POWER promotes awareness of oppression through student activities and community service, integrates the contributions of all members, and is open to all UAH students. The officers include President Sarah Ragan, Vice President Heather Harwell, Treasurer Rebecca Purcell, and Secretary Tiffany Schlosser, with faculty sponsor Dr. Angela Balla. For information, email ragans@uah.edu. This event is free and open to the public
Tuesday, November 13, 4 p.m. "With Unflagging Spirit," Woody Blue, fabric artist, lectures on her life as an activist. Her display of flag art will be on display at the Engineering Building Gallery November 8-10.
Wednesday, November 14, 7:30 p.m., Chan Auditorium "Change of Heart: The Art of Activism—A talk with song." For those who have been involved in the women’s movement, the name of Holly Near is symbolic of the type of music and activism that inspired and encouraged us. In her evening lecture at UAH, Near will tell stories and sing songs a cappella that illustrate social change, woven with her amazing voice that has moved us for 40 years. Along with the UAH Women’s Studies Program, this event is sponsored by the UAH Humanities Center, the UAH Departments of English and Sociology, and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Huntsville.  The event is free and open to the public.Admission free.

Spring 2007

Saturday, March 10

March 26-28, Feminism Mini-Conference featuring Manifesta Authors.  Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards, authors of Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism and the Future (2000), will participate in a variety of activities at UAH.
Monday, March 26, 6 pm., Morton Studio 106, Historical Women's Oratory, oral interpretation of historical speeches.
Tuesday, March 27, 4 p.m., Union Grove Gallery and Meeting Hall, Authors Reception and Local Activism Voice Out.
Wednesday, March 28, 7 p.m., Chan Auditorium, Baumgardner and Richards' public lecture.  Drawing for Nurturing Women Quilt.
These events  are free and open to the public, and are sponsored by the UAH Women’s Studies Program, with financial support from the Humanities Center, the Office of Student Affairs, the Departments of Communication Arts and Sociology, and Sigma Tau Delta. For more information or to participate in the conference, contact Dr. Julie Ferris in Communication Arts at (256) 824-2304 (ferrisj@uah.edu).

April 18, 19, 5:30 p.m., Mother Courage and Her Children, UAH Theatre, Chan Auditorium, UAH

 April 20, 21, 7:00 p.m., Mother Courage and Her Children, UAH Theatre, Chan Auditorium, UAH

 April 22, 2:00 p.m., Mother Courage and Her Children, UAH Theatre, Chan Auditorium, UAH

Crimes of the Heart, Beth Henley's Pulitzer prize winning play, UAH Theatre, Morton Studio 106, UAH, students $5, general admission $10.
Feb. 22, 5:30 p.m., Feb. 23, 24, 7:00 p.m., Feb. 25, 2:00 p.m., Feb. 28, 5:30 p.m., March 1, 5:30 p.m., March 2, 3, 7:00 p.m.,

Week of February 26-March 2, feminist scholar Dr. Martha Vicinus, will be in residence at UAH as a Visiting Eminent Scholar.  Dr. Vicinus will deliver a public lecture in the Union Grove Gallery and Meeting Hall at UAH on Wednesday, February 28, at 7 p.m. Her lecture is titled “The Late-Nineteenth Century Free Woman: Defining Sexual and Economic Freedom” and will be followed by a reception and book-signing.  Vicinus will visit classes in English, women’s studies, and history and is especially interested in meeting with students. She will also give an illustrated talk on cross-dressing in the British music halls and theatre for interested students and faculty on Wednesday, February 28, at 12:40 in the NCRH great room. All of these events are free.  Her visit is sponsored by the UAH English Department, with financial support from the Humanities Center, Women’s Studies Program, and the Department of History. For further information, contact Dr. Julie Early in the English Department (earlyj@email.uah.edu).

Thursday, March 1, Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch will offer a real world and motivational seminar at 11:10 a.m. in UAH’s North Campus Residence Hall great room and an empowerment seminar at 7 p.m. in Roberts Recital Hall.  Her presentations are titled “Journey to the Future: A Roadmap for Success.”  Kickbusch is the highest ranking Hispanic woman in the U.S. Army Combat Support Field. She is a renowned charismatic, passionate and influential speaker who carries her powerful message of what it takes to be an effective leader in today's global marketplace. This UAH event is sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs in conjunction with the Honors Program, Minority Graduate Student Association, Office of Student Affairs, and the Women’s Studies Program. Admission is free. For more information, contact the Office of Multicultural Affairs (256) 824-6822.

Fall 2006

Thursday, Oct. 19, 7 pm, Roberts Recital, Dr. Susan Grayzel, "Defining the Civilian in Modern War:  Women and the Invention of the Home Front in the Great War,” History Forum.  Sponsored by the UAH History Dept.   Women's Studies is a co-sponsor.  Contact:  Molly Johnson,  824-2566, johnsomw@uah.edu

 Nov 30-Dec 3, Lysistrata, produced by UAH Theatre, Chan Auditorium.  Contact:  David Harwell, 824-6909, harweld@uah.edu

Spring 2006

Friday, April 21, 2006, 7:30 p.m., Chan Auditorium, award-winning author Dorothy Allison will give a talk entitled “Nothing for Sure, but Everything to Gain: Storytelling in the Southern Tradition.”  Allison will sign books after the lecture, and Charis Books & More, from Atlanta (the closest feminist bookstore to us) will be selling her books. Allison's visit is sponsored by the Women's Studies program, with funding from the UAH Humanities Center, the Huntsville Literary Association, the English honor society Sigma Tau Delta, and the Women’s Studies student organization POWER.  To read more about Allison, see http://www.dorothyallison.net/ . Saturday, April 22, 2006, 7:30 p.m. , Chan Auditorium, Two or Three Things I Know for Sure, a theatrical adaptation of Dorothy Allison's memoir, starring Freda Grant, Molly Pettis Reid, and Bette Yeager.  Tickets are $10 general admission, $5 students (with ID).  This is a fundraiser for Women's Studies.  Advance tickets are available for purchase now at  the UAH Women’s Studies Resource Center (256 Morton Hall); UAH University Center; Shaver’s Bookstore (2362 Whitesburg Dr., 536-1604); and Cosmic Odyssey (2312 South Memorial Parkway, 532-1292).   For more information, call 824-6210.   Saturday, February 25, 2006, "Aint I a Woman," 7:30 p.m., Roberts Recital Hall. This is a chamber music theatre work by the Core Ensemble, honoring four African American women:  minister and political activist Sojourner Truth; author Zora Neale Hurston; painter Clementine Hunter; and Mississippi civil rights worker Fannie Lou Hamer.  The Core Ensemble is the group that did Tres Vidas at UAH in fall 2003.  This is a free event co-sponsored by the The UAH Humanities Center, College of Engineering, Office of the Provost, Office of Student Affairs, Women's Studies Program, and Dr. Fran Johnson.  For information, call 824-6474.

Fannie Lou Hamer	Sojourner Truth	Clementine Hunter	Zora Neale Hurston

 Saturday, March 11, 2006, 7:30 p.m., Roberts Recital Hall, Huntsville Feminist Chorus Spring Concert.  This free concert has been an annual event celebrating Women's History Month at UAH since 1996.  The chorus includes drumming, puppetry, and songs that empower women.  For more information about this concert, call 824-6210.

Fall 2005

Friday, September 16, 2005, Award-Winning Journalist Amy Goodman (7:30 p.m., Chan Auditorium of the Administrative Science Building at UAH).   Goodman hosts the nationally broadcast daily radio/TV news hour Democracy Now! and frequently appears on MSNBC’s Hardball and on CNN.  She will talk about the lies of politicians and the corruption of media monopolies.  A reception to meet Amy Goodman will be held from 6-7 pm at Union Grove Gallery.  The reception requires reservations and costs $30 each.  For reception reservations leave a message at 824-6210 or email Erin Reid at reide@uah.edu . Admission to the talk at 7:30 is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Linda Haynes, 489-3884, or lahaynes@knology.net .

Spring 2004

Wednesday, March 10, 2004, 7:30 p.m., Union Grove Gallery and Meeting Hall, 4th annual Women's Studies Colloquium celebrating winner's of the UAH college essay contest.

Saturday, March 13, 2004, 7:30 p.m., Chan Auditorium.  Ember Swift is a singer/songwriter/musician based out of Toronto, Canada. She describes her independent, corporate-free style of music as “hyphenated”—jazz-rock-punk-funk.  Whatever you call it, it is guaranteed to energize and motivate you to change the world!  On stage since the age of 10, Ember has performed throughout Canada, the United States, and Australia.  She has released seven albums to date and runs her own “Few’ll Ignite Sound” record label.  Don’t miss this rare treat!  Tickets are free to UAH students.  Advance tickets are $5 general admission.  At the door it will be $10 General Admission, $5 students (other than UAH, which are free ).  Advance tickets are available at Shaver’s Bookstore (2362 Whitesburg), The Fret Shop (309 Jordan Lane), or the UAH University Center.  Get more information and a taste of Ember’s music at www.emberswift.com

Ember Swift Photo by Mavreen David

March 1-19,  UAH University Center Gallery, "Buried in Suburbia: Recent Work by Anita Jung."  Monday, March 1, 4 pm, ARTIST'S TALK and RECEPTION in the University Center Gallery at 4 pm.   Anita Jung obtained her MFA at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1990, and is a prolific art maker. She has won numerous fellowships and awards, and her work has been shown around the world.  The series of works on view, subtitled "Secret Histories," and "Domestic  Advice," combine a variety of art and craft techniques.  "I use commercially made print stencils, collage elements, and  appliques to denote a return to craft materials I used while growing up,"  says Jung. Her work is both nostalgic and feminist in its invocation of women's involvement in historical and contemporary craft practices. The show is supported in part by the University of Tennessee,  Knoxville, where Ms. Jung is an assistant professor of art. The University  Center Gallery is open Monday through Friday 8 am to 10:30 pm, Saturday 10 am to 9 pm, and Sunday 10 am to 7 pm. For more information, call the UAH Department of Art and Art History at 824-6114.

Fall 2003

Thursday, September 4, 11:10a.m.-12:15 p.m., "Witch Hunts and Science on the Eve of the Enlightenment," a lecture by Dr. Allison P. Coudert, Arizona State University, Morton Hall, Room 200.  Dr. Coudert discusses the connection between witch hunting, the scientific revolution, and gender issues, arguing that the fact that most people persecuted as witches were women was integral to the scientific revolution.  This is a presentation of the UAH Honors Program, co-sponsored by the Philosophy Department. There is no admission charge.  For further information, contact Dr. Deborah Heikes, 824-2335.  Abstract of the lecture.

Friday, October 10, 7:30 p.m., Tres Vidas (Three Lives), a chamber music theatre work celebrating the lives of three Latin American Women, will come to Roberts Recital Hall.  The legendary Latin American women honored are Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, Argentinean poet Alfonsina Storni, and Salvadoran peasant-activist Rufina Amaya. The evening's performance will include arrangements of popular and folk music from Latin America, music by tango master Astor Piazzola and new music by Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez and Osvaldo Golijov, Jorge Liderman, and Michael DeMurga.  In addition to the performance on Friday night, there will be a one-hour educational program beginning at 11:30 on Friday morning.  This program will consist of an excerpt of Tres Vidas, with verbal introductions to vignettes and a question and answer period with the members of the program.  This event will also take place in Roberts Recital Hall and is open and free to the public.  This is a production of The Core Ensemble, co-sponsored by Women's Studies, the College of Engineering, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, and the Humanities Center.  General admission is $5 at the door. FREE for students.

Fall 2002

Taking Liberties: A Celebration of Women in the Arts
Saturday, November 2, 8 pm, Roberts Recital Hall

Photos from Taking Liberties

Join us for an evening of contemporary dance, puppetry, music and theater by local artists celebrating women who inspired them. This year’s celebration will be staged as a salon hosted by those remarkable progenitors of modern art Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, as interpreted by Anna Sue Courtney and Sylvia "Sycamore" Toffel. Stein and Toklas entertained Hemingway, Picasso, and a host of other greats-before-they-were-great every Saturday night at their Paris home in the early part of the 20^th century. Everyone was welcome, and  those in the know knew that the place to be on Saturdays in Paris was 27 rue de Fleurus. This Saturday, November 2, the place to be for innovative art is Roberts Recital Hall. This is our second annual  celebration of women in the arts, featuring local performers and created by Anna Sue Courtney.  It's free to students, $5 for Friends of Women’s Studies, $10 general admission. This event benefits the Women’s Studies program and is our major fall fundraiser. Advance tickets will be available from None Such Gifts, at their new location, 603 Pratt Ave. (11-3 Mon-Sat). For information, call 824-6210, or Anna Sue Courtney annasu@mindspring.net.  
This event is cosponsored by the UAH Women's Studies program, the UAH University Center and the UAH Humanities Center.

The Women's Movement in the United States Since 1890
Thursday nights, October 10, 17, and 24, 7 pm, Roberts Recital Hall

This year's History Forum features historians from other universities as well as a panel of women leaders from Huntsville that includes Alabama state Representative Laura Hall;  UAH alumnus Kelly Gaston, CEO of Gradkell Systems;  Linda Green, CEO of Colonial Bank Northern Region; Dr. Amanda Goodson, a NASA engineer; and Carolyn Parker, an AAMU history teacher who taught for many years in the Madison County and Huntsville City Schools.  Women's Studies is co-sponsoring this free event with the History Department, several other UAH units, and the Bankhead Foundation.  For further information contact the UAH History Department at (256) 824-6310. See details of the three sessions and a complete list of sponsors here.

Summer 2002

Two or Three Things I Know For Sure, Saturday, 
July 27, 7 pm, Roberts Recital Hall

"Dorothy Allison writes straight from the gut, the brain, and the heart."  (AP)

Don't miss this theatrical adaptation of Dorothy Allison’s memoir of the same name. 
Molly Pettis Reid adapted the show for the stage and will perform it July 27 with two other local actors, Freda Grant and Patsy Hawkins.  Admission charge  will be $10 general admission, $5 Friends of Women's Studies and students.  For further information, call Molly Pettis Reid, 539-0692, or leave voicemail with the UAH Women's Studies program, 824-6210. Proceeds benefit the Women's Studies program.  Advance tickets are available at None Such Gifts at their new location, 603 Pratt Ave. (11-3 Mon-Sat).  This performance is co-sponsored by the UAH Women's Studies Student Organization.
Note: This show is not recommended for children under 16 as it deals with issues of domestic violence and incest. Still, it will make you laugh as well as cry. 

Spring 2002

Saturday, March 16, 2002, Huntsville Feminist Chorus Spring Concert, Roberts Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.   The Chorus is an a cappella group of 40 women who believe that singing, drumming, and dancing for peace and wholeness can change the world. Their concerts of culturally diverse music are always lively, moving and powerful. Come join them at this free concert. A reception follows the concert, sponsored by the UAH Women’s Studies program. Call 539-4903 for information.  

 March 12, 2002, 6 p.m., Union Grove Gallery, celebration of the winners of the Women's History Essay Contest  for middle and high school students in Madison County.

 April 3, 2002, 7 p.m., Union Grove Gallery, Women's Studies Colloquium celebrating winner's of the UAH only college essay contest.)

Feminist Philosopher of Science, Visiting Eminent Scholar, March 4-8, 2002
Women's Studies is pleased to announce that we will be hosting a Distinguished Visiting Professor during the first week of March 2002. Feminist philosopher of science Sandra Harding will be delivering public lectures, speaking to classes, and meeting informally with faculty and students March 4-8, 2002.  Harding is well known as a dynamic and engaging speaker, specializing in how gender expectations affect the making of scientific knowledge. Harding's schedule at UAH  calls for three public lectures:

• Wednesday, March 6, 7 p.m., Roberts Recital Hall: "Gender, Race, and the Production of Knowledge: New Issues" (followed by a reception and book signing)
• Thursday, March 7, 11:10 a.m., Morton Hall 200: "Science and Technology in a Multicultural and Postcolonial World"
• Friday, March 8, 4 p.m., McDonnell-Douglas Auditorium (Materials Science): "Gender, Race, and Science: Why Do These Issues Matter?" (followed by a reception)

Harding's week at UAH is sponsored by the UAH Humanities Center's Visiting Distinguished Professor program. The Humanities Center is also sponsoring the visit of another woman Distinguished Professor in spring 2002. February 18-22, the Philosophy Department will be hosting Catherine Elgin for a series of lectures and informal discussion. Elgin studies the nature of the emotions and their role in understanding, and explores similarities between science and art.

Fall 2001

"Dig it up,                  Shake it up,                                   Lift it up!" A Celebration of Women Artists Sunday, November 11, 2 p.m., Roberts Recital Hall

Spring 2001

March 10, 2001, Huntsville Feminist Chorus, Roberts Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.  Admission is free.

March 12-23, 2001, Clothesline Project Displays. The Clothesline Project memorializes the thousands of women who have suffered from domestic violence.  Building around UAH will display t-shirts painted by abuse survivors and friends. 

Wednesday, April 18, 2001, 7 p.m., Women's Studies Colloquium (place TBA) for prize-winning essays in the college essay contest.  

Fall 2000

An Evening with Nanci Kincaid, Friday, October 20, 2000, 7:30 p.m., Chan Auditorium of the UAH Administrative Science building.  Award-winning poet and fiction writer, Nanci Kincaid, will read from her novels Crossing Blood and Balls and from her short story collection Pretending the Bed is a Raft.  Balls, Kincaid's latest book, is about  football, a subject she learned well when she was married to University of Alabama assistant coach and recruiter Al Kincaid (she is now married to Arizona head coach Dick Tomey).  Birmingham News writer Clyde Bolton called Balls "one of the two or three finest sports novels I've ever read."  Crossing Blood is about race relations in the Jim Crow South.  African American scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., says of it, "Finally, a southern novel that a black person can love, can believe. Crossing Blood signals the arrival of a major talent among American novelists." A reception and book signing will follow the reading. On the following Saturday morning, Kincaid will hold a novel-writing workshop at the Union Grove Gallery next to Morton Hall.  Tickets for the Friday night reading are $10 general admission, $8 HLA members, and $5 students.  The Saturday workshop is free, but seating is limited.  Get advance tickets at Shaver's Book Store, 2362 Whitesburg Dr., or  Fleming Books, 108 Longwood Dr.  This event is sponsored by the Huntsville Literary Association and the UAH English Department.  The reception is sponsored by the UAH Office of Multicultural Affairs.  

Women's Equality Day, August 26, 2000-- Bette Yeager's original play Women Great of Heart nearly filled UAH's Chan Auditorium (401 seats) for this year's Women's Equality Day celebration.  The enthusiastic audience included Governor Don Siegelman and family in a surprise appearance.  Yeager's play brought the audience to its feet in wild applause for this powerful dramatization of the lives of two Alabama women who devoted much of their lives to public service, especially the fight for voting reform.  The evening included suffrage songs sung by Sisters We, a quartet made up of members of the Huntsville Feminist Chorus. The next performance will be at the University of North Alabama (Florence), Thursday, September 21, 7 pm, in the Performance Center at the Guillot University Center. For further information about the UNA performance, contact Dr. Lynne Rieff or Dr. Anna Lott.  For further information about booking the play, contact Dr. Rose Norman. (Photo by Carol Crosslin)

 Research and production of Women Great of Heart was supported by grants from the Alabama State Council on the Arts, the Alabama Humanities Foundation (a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities), the UAH Humanities Center, Alabama  Representative Sue Schmitz, the John Hendricks Fund at UAH, the UAH Office of Governmental Relations, the Ruth Hindman Foundation, and donations from Mevatec, Uwohali, the Women's Economic Development Council, the Madison County Women's Political Caucus, the American Business Women's Association (Ala-Hunt chapter), Alabama Senator Jeff Enfinger, Alabama Representative Jim Haney, and Signature Gallery. For more information, call 890-6210 or email Rose Norman, normanr@email.uah.edu

Women’s Equality Day honors the day that the Woman Suffrage Amendment was signed into law, enfranchising 26 million American women of voting age.  Tennessee was the 36th state to ratify the amendment (49-47, August 18, 1920), and the 19th amendment was signed into law August 26, 1920.

Spring 2000

Saturday, March 18, 2000, Huntsville Feminist Chorus Concert, Roberts Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.  Last year's concert was so packed,  fans had better get their early for this one! Check out the video of last year's concert!  And click here for the 99-00 concert schedule!

April 4, 2000, 7 p.m., University Center, celebration of the winners of this year's Women's History Essay Contest.

Thursday,February 17, 2000, "Emily," one-woman show about Emily Dickinson, 7:30 p.m., Roberts Recital Hall.  $10 general admission, $2 UAH students, $5 all other students and UAH faculty and staff.    Free pre-show lecture, Feb.17, 11 a.m., University Center. Actor/playwright Connie Clark will present Emily, a one-woman show based on the life of American poet Emily Dickinson, as part of a mini-residency at UAH sponsored by the Cultural Entertainment Committee.  Clark's production is acclaimed by Dickinson scholars for its historical accuracy and superb acting. Dickinson biographer Richard Sewall says, "Is it the 'real' Emily? Who knows? But it is hard to see how, with our present knowledge, one could come closer." On the morning of the performance, Clark will give a free public lecture sponsored by the UAH Honors Forum at 11 a.m. in the University Center. Here she will discuss Dickinson's poetic technique, her poetic themes, and family, and will perform several of the poems.  Connie Clark teaches history, poetry, and theatre in Tryon, North Carolina. This will be the 15th state in which she has performed Emily. The performance is part of a brief campus mini-residency, February 17-18.  For further information, call 256/890-6436. 

Fall 1999

Uppity Irish Women!

Zrazy Concert, Saturday, November 13, 7:30 p.m., Chan Auditorium of the Administrative Science Building.

Dubliners Maria Walsh and Carole Nelson are Zrazy, an Irish phenomenon who have established themselves firmly at the forefront of contemporary Irish music. Zrazy integrate a Celtic lyricism, poetic sensibility and traditional instruments with the sounds, rhythms and technology of today. London's Time Out Magazine describes them as "Smooth as silk world-jazz funksters who mightily impressed on their last visit. Although impossible to pin down, their music is creamy and rich, yet studded with nuggets of social conscience."   Come experience this benefit concert for the UAH Women's Studies program.  Tickets are $15 general admission, available in advance at Shaver's books (Whitesburg Dr.) and through Women's Studies (890-6210), and at the door. Discount tickets are available for $10 to people who renew their membership in Friends of Women's Studies (May-May is the membership year). A limited number of $5 student tickets will be available at the door.  It is possible we will get co-sponsorship from ACE and be able to offer free tickets to UAH students.  Check the University Center information desk!

See pictures from UAH Zrazy Concert (and link to their site)

October 25, 7:30 p.m., Morton Hall Room 200

"From Womb to Woman: Developmental Theory and College Women," a lecture by Dr. Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner, assistant professor at Dubuque Theological Seminary, in Iowa.  This lecture interfaces psychology, sociology, spirituality, education and biology as developmental issues of interest to college women.  Dr. Stevenson-Moessner is the editor of two books on pastoral care and is currently writing a book about adoption and editing a volume on women's development and life cycles.  This event is co-sponsored by the UAH Humanities Center and the Huntsville Association for Pastoral Care.  Dr. Stevenson-Moessner will also be speaking to other groups while in Huntsville.  These talks include "Spiritual Care of Women: Connecting Mind-Body-Spirit-Culture," a presentation for Church Women United, Saturday, October 23, 9:00-11:30 a.m.

Spring 1999

Friday, April 9, Take Back the Night!  University Center Exhibit Hall
Noon to 7 pm - silent auction benefitting rape prevention agency
5 p.m. Reception
6 p.m. Guest Lecture on "The Psychology of the Sex Offender"
SPEAKER:
Our guest speaker is Dr. Barry Burkhart, professor of psychology at Auburn
University.  Dr. Burkhart received his B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. Degrees from Florida
State University and has been active in developing effective intervention models for both victims and perpetrators of sexual violence. His research and clinical work have been featured in numerous national publications, and he has appeared on national television several times including an influential ABC news special entitled "Men, Sex, and Rape," hosted by Peter Jennings. **There will be a question and answer session following his presentation.

SILENT AUCTION:  From noon till 7 pm, anyone can participate in a silent auction, the proceeds of which will be donated to Crisis Services of North Alabama for rape prevention.

This event is free and open to the public, and is sponsored by WSSO, the UAH Women's Studies program, Psi Chi, SSA, SGA, & the UAH  Humanities Center.

Tuesday, April 20, 1999, 7 p.m., University Center - Awards Celebration honoring the winners of this year's National Women's History Month Essay Contest.  This contest is sponsored by the UAH Women's Studies Program, the UAH Writing Center, and the Ruth Hindman Foundation.

Tuesday, March 16, 1998, 11:15 a.m., Chan Auditorium.

African-American performance artist Joy Jones presents "She’s Not in Your History Book," sponsored by the UAH Office of Multicultural Affairs. Admission is free.  For further information, call 890-6822.

Saturday, March 20, 1999, 8:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. - "Girls in the New Millenium."  This is a workshop designed for girls ages 8-14 and their parents. Participants will be able to choose two out of about 20 workshops. The subjects of the interactive workshops are diverse--Celebrate Through Music and Movement, Sexuality 101, Stand Your Ground, Flying Solo, Yoga, Single Parenting, Wizardry of Words, etc.  The cost is $7 and includes lunch.  For more information or to register contact Donna Gesner at MHA, 536-9441.  Co-sponsors are Friends of Women's Studies, Girl Scouts of America, and Girls Incorporated.  It will be held at the School of Business at Alabama A & M University.

Thursday, March 4, Susan Herring on "Women Inventors "
11 a.m. -1 p.m., Technology Hall S105  (not S104 as on flyers).

The local Society of Women Engineers is planning to have UAH’s own Susan Herring as a guest speaker on "Women Inventors" for the March meeting.  Only about 3% of the patents issued in the U.S. since 1790 have been to women, but that doesn't mean women aren't prolific inventors. This brief trip through history highlights the innovative and inventive contributions women have made, from food processing to pharmaceuticals, and from railway cars to the space shuttle. Along with some fascinating inventions, we'll discuss some reasons women, historically, have been poorly represented in the history of technology.
     A light lunch will be served at 11, and the talk will begin at 11:30.

Saturday, March 6, 1999, 7:30 p.m.- "The Women United" is the theme for the fourth annual UAH performance of the Huntsville Feminist Chorus, scheduled for Saturday, March 6, 7:30 p.m., at Roberts Recital Hall. The Chorus’s blend of inspiring a capella song, drumming, dance, and puppetry has made this an extremely popular event in past years, so plan to come early to get a seat. Seating at Roberts Recital Hall is limited, and the two previous concerts at that location have been Standing Room Only!  Admission is free, and everyone is welcome. See the video of last year's concert!  View the schedule of the Chorus's other 1998-99 performance dates!

Saturday, February 20, 1999, 7:30 p.m. Saffire, Uppity Blues Women. Chan Auditorium

 This multiracial group of rowdy blueswomen sings humorous, affirming, bawdy lyrics to rollicking acoustic piano, bass, guitar, harmonica, and kazoo accompaniment.   Listen to selections from their album Hot Flash on the Ladyslipper Listen Line: 919/644-1942 (choose 0358; other albums 0163, 0357).  You can also listen to selections from these albums at Amazon.com:   Cleaning House , Hot Flash,  Broadcasting   This concert is sponsored by the UAH Cultural Entertainment Committee.  Admission prices are $9 at the door, or $8 at Shaver's Book Store or the UAH University Center.  UAH students may pick up  two free tickets at the University Center in advance only. UAH faculty, staff and other students may buy tickets for $4 at the University Center in advance only.   For further information, call 890-6133 or email Dr. Royce Boyer at boyerr@email.uah.edu.

Thursday, January 14, 1999, 2 pm, University Center Exhibit Hall, motivational speaker, vocalist and drummer Gaynell Colburn will be the keynote speaker for the UAH annual Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration.  Colburn won a 1998 Essence award and was Miss Wheelchair America in 1984.  Her appearance is sponsored by the UAH Office of Multicultural Affairs. The program is free and open to the public.  For further information, call 890-6822.

Tuesday, February 11, 1999, 11:15 a.m., UC Exhibit Hall, Dr. Janice K. Neal, Storyteller
Dr. Janice K. Neal's one-woman show "People Up and Coming" is aimed at the portrayal of positive African American experiences that speak of human dignity, pride and self-worth.  She says our stories are our survival, and we must not only tell them but we must retain them for present and future generations.  This performance is sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs.  Admission is free.  For further information, call 890-6822.

Fall 1998

Friday, September 4, 1998, feminist philosopher Linda Alcoff, "Where Does Whiteness Fit in the Multicultural Map?" Alcoff is the author of Feminist Epistemologies (Thinking Gender) (Routledge, 1992) and the program is sponsored by the UAH Philosophy Department, funded by the Alabama Humanities Foundation.

Friday, September 18, 1998, feminist philosopher Dr. Sandra Bartky, "Femininity and Domination."  The program is sponsored by the UAH Philosophy Department, funded by the Alabama Humanities Foundation.

Friday, October 2, Dr. Lawrence Levine, "The Search for American Identity." Dr. Levine is the author of The Opening of the American Mind: Canons, Culture, and History (1996), and the event is sponsored by the UAH History Department.

Thursday, November 5, 1998, 7:15 p.m. - Poetry Reading
by Kelly Cherry at the Union Grove Gallery and Meeting Hall (renovated Church Gallery, next door to Morton Hall).  This award-winning poet is a candidate for the rotating position of Eminent Scholar in the Humanities.  Click here for a sample of her poetry.   Admission is free.  For further information, call the English Department at 890-6320.  This reading is co-sponsored by the English Department and the Humanities Center.

Saturday, November 14, 1998, 8 p.m. - Deidre McCalla in concert at Roberts Recital Hall.  This African-American singer songwriter brings a diverse blend of politically sensitive songs.  Listen to selections from her album Everyday Heroes & Heroines on the Ladyslipper website, or call their Listen Line: 919/644-1942 (choose 0271), or download a soundclip here.  This concert is sponsored by the UAH Women's Studies program as a fundraiser.

Fall 1997

Women and Politics Conference, November 14-15

Spring 1997

Saturday, March 1, 1997, 7:30 p.m., Roberts Recital Hall- Huntsville Feminist Chorus

Thursday, March 6, 1997, 2:00 p.m., Morton Hall, room 324 - "The Feminine Side of God," by Sue Barbara, part of the Women's Studies Student Organization Speakers Series.

Friday, March 7, 1997, 7:30 p.m., Mom's, University Center, AND
Saturday, March 8, 1997, 2 p.m., Huntsville Public Library - Woman on Fire and short works by women directors, with special guest, veteran filmmaker Kathleen Laughlin.   This event is co-sponsored by the Film Co-op.

Friday, March 14, 1997, 7:30 p.m., Administrative Science Auditorium - "My Name is Julia," Kathryn Tucker Windham's one-woman show about Julia Tutwiler.   This event is co-sponsored by the Women's Economic Development Council.

Friday, March 21, 1997, 12:30-2:30,  Administrative Science Bldg, room 121, "Gender in Management,"  part of the Women's Studies Student Organization Speaker Series, co-sponsored with the Women's Economic Development Council. .

Monday, April 9, 1997, 8:30 p.m., Morton Hall, room 324, David Young will moderate a discussion of the film Antonia's Line, part of the Women's Studies Student Organization Speaker Series.

Thursday, April 10, 1997, 7:00 p.m., University Center - Awards Celebration honoring the winners of this year's National Women's History Month Essay Contest.  This contest is sponsored by the UAH Women's Studies Program, the UAH Writing Center, and the American Association of University Women.

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Spring 1997

Saturday, March 1, 1997, 7:30 p.m., Roberts Recital Hall- Huntsville Feminist Chorus

Thursday, March 6, 1997, 2:00 p.m., Morton Hall, room 324 - "The Feminine Side of God," by Sue Barbara, part of the Women's Studies Student Organization Speakers Series.

Friday, March 7, 1997, 7:30 p.m., Mom's, University Center, AND
Saturday, March 8, 1997, 2 p.m., Huntsville Public Library - Woman on Fire and short works by women directors, with special guest, veteran filmmaker Kathleen Laughlin.   This event is co-sponsored by the Film Co-op.

Friday, March 14, 1997, 7:30 p.m., Administrative Science Auditorium - "My Name is Julia," Kathryn Tucker Windham's one-woman show about Julia Tutwiler.   This event is co-sponsored by the Women's Economic Development Council.

Friday, March 21, 1997, 12:30-2:30,  Administrative Science Bldg, room 121, "Gender in Management,"  part of the Women's Studies Student Organization Speaker Series, co-sponsored with the Women's Economic Development Council. .

Monday, April 9, 1997, 8:30 p.m., Morton Hall, room 324, David Young will moderate a discussion of the film Antonia's Line, part of the Women's Studies Student Organization Speaker Series.

Thursday, April 10, 1997, 7:00 p.m., University Center - Awards Celebration honoring the winners of this year's National Women's History Month Essay Contest.  This contest is sponsored by the UAH Women's Studies Program, the UAH Writing Center, and the American Association of University Women.

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