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.
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| 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.