WOMEN IN TODAY'S CULTURE:
Issues We Face & How We Deal with Them
The Theological Opportunities Program
Half-Day Conferences Thursday Mornings at 10AM
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September 18, 2008 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran "THE SECOND SEX: WOMEN AS "OTHER" IN THE MALE WORLD Setting the issue: Kathleen Armstrong* Lecture by Susan Lanser, former chair Women's and Gender Studies, Brandeis September 25, 2008 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran HOW ARE WE WOMEN COMPLICIT IN THE SOCIAL CODE OF MALE SUPERIORITY? Setting the issue: Elizabeth Dodson Gray* Lecture by Judith Jordan, psychotherapist, dir Stone Center, Wellesley College October 2, 2008 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran THE TENSION BETWEEN CARING FOR MYSELF & DOING FOR OTHERS Setting the issue: Pat Morris* Lecture by Susan Bailey, dir Wellesley Centers for Women October 9, 2008 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran THE HIGH COST OF BEING FEMALE IN TODAY'S ECONOMY Setting the issue: Reita Collins Ennis* Lecture by Patricia Deyton, dir Center for Gender in Organizations, Simmons School of Management October 16, 2008 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran THE ECONOMIC DILEMMA: CHOOSING BETWEEN NOW & THE FUTURE Setting the issue: Martha A.L.B. Nielsen* Lecture by Jill Stein, MD, founder Mass. Coalition for Healthy Communities, former Green Party candidate |
October 23, 2008 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran WOMEN'S JUGGLING ACT: CAN WE REALLY "DO IT ALL"? Setting the issue: Sarah O'Gara Lecture by Meredith Michaels, co-author of The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women October 30, 2008 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran HOW CAN WE LOVE, HONOR & RESPECT OUR BODIES IN THIS CULTURE? Setting the issue: Carol Staszewski* Lecture by Sharlene Hesse-Biber, prof Sociology, Boston College; author The Cult of Thinness November 6, 2008 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran AS WE GO THROUGH LIFE: CHANGE THAT HELPS, CHANGE THAT HURTS, & THE NEED FOR RESILIENCE Setting the issue: Susan Brown* Lecture by Linda Weltner, community activist, former Boston Globe columnist November 13, 2008 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran THE MIXED BLESSINGS OF NOT HAVING OR HAVING FAMILY: GIVING VOICE TO THE COMPLEXITIES Panel: Helen Barron,* Charlene Brotman,* Paula Chandoha,* Erica Kenny,* Carol Staszewski,* Joan Yates* November 20, 2008 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran "COME SING A SONG WITH ME": WOMEN'S NEEDS FOR INTIMACY, COMPANIONSHIP & SELF-EXPRESSION Lecture and singing by Carolyn McDade, composer, singer, choral director *- Advisory Committee member |
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Thursdays 10AM-1PM at University Lutheran Church, Cambridge MA - for 18 months while Rockefeller Hall at HDS is being renovated. University Lutheran Church is at 66 Winthrop St, just east of JFK St near the Kennedy School. For more info: TOP, 4 Linden Sq, Wellesley MA 02482 • 781-235-5320 |
| May 2008 • TOP, 4 Linden Sq, Wellesley MA 02482 • 781-235-5320 |