University of Wisconsin–Madison

Agenda

Third Annual 4W Summit on Women, Gender and Well-being and 41st Wisconsin Women and Gender Studies Conference

Our Bodies, Our Earth: Voice, Violence, and Peacemaking

PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE AGENDA

Thursday, April 12, 2018
4:00 * Soffa Lecture and 4W Keynote (Chazen): Our Bodies, Our Earth: Voice, Violence, and Peacemaking by May Sabe Phyu
6:30 * Chazen Evening in the Museum Event in conjunction with the exhibition Ancestral Modern: Australian Aboriginal Art (Will have docent led tours of the works by women in the collection)
Friday, April 13, 2018
8:00-4:00 Conference Registration
9:00-10:15 * Keynote Plenary I (Alumni Lounge): We Need to Talk: Because Silence Is Sabotage by Janine Latus
10:30-11:30 Session 1 (concurrent sessions)
11:45-12:45 Session 2 (concurrent sessions)
1:00-2:00 Lunch and awards
2:15-3:30 * Summit Plenary II (Chazen):  Our Bodies, Our Land: Rainbow Serpent, Dreaming, Corroborree and Aboriginal Feminism
3:45-4:45 Session 3 (Poster Session I) Refreshments (AT&T Lounge)
5:00-5:30 *
Presentation celebrating the launch of the Somos Latinas Digital History Project, through the Wisconsin Historical Society, and the publication of the book Somos Latinas: Voices of Wisconsin Latina Activists.
5:30-6:30 * New Publications Reception and book signings, featuring Somos Latinas: Voices of Wisconsin Latina Activists, and other new books by 4W Summit participants.
Saturday, April 14, 2018
8:00-4:00 Conference Registration
9:00-10:15 * Summit Plenary III (Alumni Lounge): African American Women Beyond the Stereotypes: Mental and Physical Health, Resilience, and Sustainability across the Life Span
10:30-11:30 Session 4 (concurrent sessions)
11:45-12:30 Session 5 (concurrent sessions)
12:45-1:30 Lunch (Lowell Hall Dining Room)
1:45-3:00 * Summit Plenary IV (Alumni Lounge): Social Transformations to End Exploitation and Trafficking for Sex (STREETS): Indigenous Women Confronting Exploitation Locally and Globally
2:45-3:15 Refreshments (AT&T Lounge)
3:15-4:15 Session 6 (concurrent sessions)
4:30-5:30 Session 7 (concurrent sessions)
5:30-6:00 * Brief closing with the Raging Grannies singing us off
  • Also two 4W art exhibitions on the first and second floor.  For more information go here.
(All events in Pyle Center unless otherwise indicated) * Indicates Free and Open to the Public

Conference Co-chairs:

Lori DiPrete Brown, Director, UW-Madison 4W Initiative Helen Klebesadel, Director, UW Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium Special Thanks to the Summit Planning Committee

Summit Contacts:

Helen Klebesadel, Director UW Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium Email: hrklebesadel@wisc.edu, Phone:  608-262-3056 Dace Zeps, Program Administrator Center for Research on Gender and Women, UW-Madison dazeps@wisc.edu, Phone: 608-263-2053 The 4W Summit co-convenors and sponsors are honored to be holding this conference under the auspices of the UNESCO Chair on Gender, Wellbeing, and a Culture of Peace as part of a global United Nations Platform on education, science, and culture.