Gloria Kaufman Memorial Lecture: Marge Piercy event program, 2012 November 2
Title
Gloria Kaufman Memorial Lecture: Marge Piercy event program, 2012 November 2
Description
This is a program for the 2012 Gloria Kaufman Memorial Lecture held by the Women's & Gender Studies Program. The 2012 lecture featured Marge Piercy and her book, "Sex Wars: A Novel of Gilded Age New York".
The program features an overview of Gloria Kaufman's significance to the IU South Bend community, such as creating the Women's Studies program and establishing a Women's Resource Center on campus.
Some of the sponsors of the lecture include Academic Affairs, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Franklin D. Schurz Library, Honors Program, the Office of the Chancellor, etc.
The program features an overview of Gloria Kaufman's significance to the IU South Bend community, such as creating the Women's Studies program and establishing a Women's Resource Center on campus.
Some of the sponsors of the lecture include Academic Affairs, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Franklin D. Schurz Library, Honors Program, the Office of the Chancellor, etc.
Creator
Women's & Gender Studies Program
Source
Gloria Kaufman Papers, Indiana University South Bend Archives and Special Collections
Date
2012-11-02
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The Women's & Gender Studies Program
is proud to present
the 2012 Gloria Kaufman Memorial Lecture
Marge Piercy
"Sex Wars: A Turbulent Era That Casts a Current Shadow"
November 2, 2012 Indiana University South Bend
Photo of Marge Piercy's book, "Sex Wars"
WHO WAS GLORIA KAUFMAN?
Gloria Kaufman joined the faculty ofIU South Bend in the mid 1960s, when the campus was expanding its reach into the community. In addition to teaching English literature, Kaufinan developed B250, the first Women's Studies course. B250 was a speakers' series open to the public, and brought influential and controversial guest lecturers to campus. It expanded the minds and spurred intellectual curiosity of generations ofIU South Bend students and the South Bend community.
Gloria Kaufman created the Women's Studies program at IU South Bend, which is now Women's & Gender Studies, and has since grown to offer a BA and minor. She established the first Women's Resource Center on the campus and served as affirmative action officer. Besides writing articles in her field-including one on Marge Piercy's use of metaphor -Kaufman edited two anthologies of feminist humor. A filmmaker, she wrote and directed 14 documentaries such as "Women, Ritual, and Religion" and "The Politics of Feminist Humor." Upon retirement, she produced videopoems, short films combining words, music, and images. Gloria Kaufman left a strong, vibrant Women's Studies program at IU South Bend. One of her former students noted that she taught them to "use our power to create kindness." The current Women's & Gender Studies Governing Board embraces the challenge of carrying on her legacy to create kindness and intellectual challenges for present and future IU South Bend students.
Past Kaufman Lecturers
Felicity Nussbaum, English Department at UCLA (2005) Judy Norsigian, Bosron Women's Health Collective; co-author of Our Bodies, Ourselves (2005) Gail Bederman, History Department at the University of Notre Dame (2007)
Janell Hobson, Women's Studies Department at SUNY-Albany (2008)
Ellen Kossek, Michigan State University's Graduate School of Labor & Industrial Relations (2009)
Kathleen Karlyn, direcror of Cinema Studies at the University ofOregon (2010)
Betty Cockrum, President of Planned Parenthood of Indiana (2011)
OUR 2012 SPEAKER: MARGE PIERCY
Marge Piercy is the critically acclaimed author of 17 novels including classics such as Gone to Soldiers, He, She and It, The Longings of Women and Woman on the Edge of Time. Today she will speak about her book Sex Wars: A Novel of Gilded Age New York, a book that mingles fictional characters with notable historical figures like Susan B. Anthony from the period following the U.S. Civil War. The Boston Globe called it "a big American story ... harsh and enthralling". The book has been studied extensively by Women's and Gender Studies students at IU South Bend.
Piercy is a prolific writer, having produced in addition to her novels 18 volumes of poetry including The Moon is Always Female and the memoir Sleeping with Cats. Her poetry and fiction have inspired, encouraged and sustained feminists and social justice activists over the years. She is originally from Detroit and is a University of Michigan graduate. You can learn more about Marge Piercy at her website: www.margepiercy.com.
The presentation today will be followed by a book signing and reception.
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
In addition to the generous community members whose original gifts allowed us to create the Gloria Kaufman Memorial Lecture Series, we also wish to thank the following IU South Bend sponsors for their donations to this year's event:
Academic Affairs Campus Theme Office College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Departments of Criminal Justice, English, History, Political
Science, Psychology, Sociology/ Anthropology Division of Public Affairs and University Advancement Franklin D. Schurz Library Honors Program Leighton School of Business & Economics Masters of Liberal Studies Program Office of the Chancellor University Center for Excellence in Teaching
is proud to present
the 2012 Gloria Kaufman Memorial Lecture
Marge Piercy
"Sex Wars: A Turbulent Era That Casts a Current Shadow"
November 2, 2012 Indiana University South Bend
Photo of Marge Piercy's book, "Sex Wars"
WHO WAS GLORIA KAUFMAN?
Gloria Kaufman joined the faculty ofIU South Bend in the mid 1960s, when the campus was expanding its reach into the community. In addition to teaching English literature, Kaufinan developed B250, the first Women's Studies course. B250 was a speakers' series open to the public, and brought influential and controversial guest lecturers to campus. It expanded the minds and spurred intellectual curiosity of generations ofIU South Bend students and the South Bend community.
Gloria Kaufman created the Women's Studies program at IU South Bend, which is now Women's & Gender Studies, and has since grown to offer a BA and minor. She established the first Women's Resource Center on the campus and served as affirmative action officer. Besides writing articles in her field-including one on Marge Piercy's use of metaphor -Kaufman edited two anthologies of feminist humor. A filmmaker, she wrote and directed 14 documentaries such as "Women, Ritual, and Religion" and "The Politics of Feminist Humor." Upon retirement, she produced videopoems, short films combining words, music, and images. Gloria Kaufman left a strong, vibrant Women's Studies program at IU South Bend. One of her former students noted that she taught them to "use our power to create kindness." The current Women's & Gender Studies Governing Board embraces the challenge of carrying on her legacy to create kindness and intellectual challenges for present and future IU South Bend students.
Past Kaufman Lecturers
Felicity Nussbaum, English Department at UCLA (2005) Judy Norsigian, Bosron Women's Health Collective; co-author of Our Bodies, Ourselves (2005) Gail Bederman, History Department at the University of Notre Dame (2007)
Janell Hobson, Women's Studies Department at SUNY-Albany (2008)
Ellen Kossek, Michigan State University's Graduate School of Labor & Industrial Relations (2009)
Kathleen Karlyn, direcror of Cinema Studies at the University ofOregon (2010)
Betty Cockrum, President of Planned Parenthood of Indiana (2011)
OUR 2012 SPEAKER: MARGE PIERCY
Marge Piercy is the critically acclaimed author of 17 novels including classics such as Gone to Soldiers, He, She and It, The Longings of Women and Woman on the Edge of Time. Today she will speak about her book Sex Wars: A Novel of Gilded Age New York, a book that mingles fictional characters with notable historical figures like Susan B. Anthony from the period following the U.S. Civil War. The Boston Globe called it "a big American story ... harsh and enthralling". The book has been studied extensively by Women's and Gender Studies students at IU South Bend.
Piercy is a prolific writer, having produced in addition to her novels 18 volumes of poetry including The Moon is Always Female and the memoir Sleeping with Cats. Her poetry and fiction have inspired, encouraged and sustained feminists and social justice activists over the years. She is originally from Detroit and is a University of Michigan graduate. You can learn more about Marge Piercy at her website: www.margepiercy.com.
The presentation today will be followed by a book signing and reception.
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
In addition to the generous community members whose original gifts allowed us to create the Gloria Kaufman Memorial Lecture Series, we also wish to thank the following IU South Bend sponsors for their donations to this year's event:
Academic Affairs Campus Theme Office College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Departments of Criminal Justice, English, History, Political
Science, Psychology, Sociology/ Anthropology Division of Public Affairs and University Advancement Franklin D. Schurz Library Honors Program Leighton School of Business & Economics Masters of Liberal Studies Program Office of the Chancellor University Center for Excellence in Teaching
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Women's & Gender Studies Program, “Gloria Kaufman Memorial Lecture: Marge Piercy event program, 2012 November 2,” IU South Bend Archives Digital Collections, accessed April 26, 2024, https://iusbarchives.omeka.net/items/show/152.