• 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13 Judith Halberstam Seminars, Part of the English Department's Distinguished Guest Series, Paradigms of Knowledge. For more information email rebecca.gibson@duke.edu, 317 Allen Bldg., 2 pm.
• 20 Faith Wilding talk, Neither Cyborg nor Goddess: Notes From the Feminist Art Front. Feminist Studies Across the Disciplines Lecture Series. Sponsored by Art, Art History and Visual Studies, the Visiting Artist Series. Nasher Auditorium, Nasher Museum, 5:30 pm.
• 21 Seminar with Faith Wilding, Cyberfeminism Unplugged: subRosa's Site-uational Performances. Free lunch, please RSVP to Pedro Lasch (plasch@duke.edu) by September 19th). Space is limited. Pink Parlor, East Duke Building, 12:00 pm.
• 24 Graduate Scholars Colloquium, 1st meeting of the year. Professor Kathi Weeks, Director of Graduate Studies in Women's Studies will lead a discussion of her recently article in the journal Ephemera, Life within and against Work: Affective Labor, Feminist Critique, and Post-Fordist Politics. Dinner will be served, please contact Erin Norris to reserve a space (erin.norris@duke.edu), 6:30 pm East Duke Parlors.
• 25 Rosalind Morris lecture, Rush/Panic/Rush: Speculations on the Value of Life and Death in the Age of AIDS. Morris is Professor of Anthropology & Associate Director of the Center for Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia University. A scholar of both mainland Southeast Asia and South Africa, she has published widely on topics concerning the politics of representation, the mass media, gender and sexuality, the nature of religious heterodoxy and the changing forms of modernity in the global South. Her recent publications on South Africa include "The Mute and the Unspeakable: Political Subjectivity, Violent Crime, and 'the Sexual Thing' in a South African Mining Community," in Law and Disorder in the Postcolony (2006), edited by Jean and John Comaroff; "Apparitions of Desire: Clive van den Berg and the Art of Historical Unknowability" in Gender and History; and "The Miner's Ear," forthcoming in Transition (Fall 2007). Feminism Across the Disciplines lecture series. East Duke Parlors, 5:00 pm, reception to follow.
• 27-29 Melancholic States Conference, the Institute of Women's Studies at Lancaster University (UK). This conference will explore the ways in which the idea of 'melancholic states' speaks to the complexity of the present and will bring together voices from women's studies, postcolonial and critical race studies, critical psychology, politics, international relations, sociology, anthropology, geography, art and design and queer studies to address our melancholic states. Speakers include Ranji Khanna, Director of Women's Studies.

October 2007

• 2 A screening of the documentary, Zero Degrees of Separation presented by Duke's Program in the Study of Sexualities in collaboration with the UNC-Chapel Hill Program in Sexuality Studies, with the director Elle Flanders for a reception and Q&A. Zero Degrees of Separation looks at the Middle East conflict and the Palestinian Occupation, through the eyes of mixed Palestinian and Israeli gay and lesbian couples. Part of the SXL Transnational Sexuality Series. Co-sponsored by the Robertson Scholars Program, the Center for Jewish Studies (Duke), Center for LGBT Life and the Center for Canadian Studies. At UNC, 104 Howell Building, 7 pm with reception and discussion to follow.
• 3 Contextualizing Representations of Sexual Politics in the Middle East a panel discussion, with Elle Flanders (director, Zero Degrees of Separation); Rebecca Stein (Duke, Anthropology); Negar Mottahedeh (Duke, Literature) and Banu Gokariksel (UNC, Geography). Presented by Duke's Program in the Study of Sexualities in collaboration with the UNC-Chapel Hill Program in Sexuality Studies. Part of the SXL Transnational Sexuality Series. Co-sponsored by the Robertson Scholars Program, the Center for Jewish Studies (Duke), Center for LGBT Life and the Center for Canadian Studies. Light reception. 4:30-6:30, East Duke Parlors.
• 4 Jacqueline Bhabha lecture, Functional Statelessness: The Contemporary Condition of Undocumented Child Mirgrants. Bhabha is the Jeremial Smith Jr. Lecturer in Law at Harvard Law School, the Executive Director of the Harvard University Committee on Human Rights Studies and an Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at the Kennedy School. 5:00 pm, Place TBA.
• 10 David Martin Seminar. David Martin is the Warner-Booker Distinguised Professor of International Law at the University of Virginia. Part of WST 360 Interdisciplinary Debates, Asylum. More information TBA.
• 15 A screening of the documentary, Judith Butler: Philosophical Encounters of the Third Kind by Duke's Screen Society. Author of the best-seller Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity, Butler is one of the world's most influential contemporary thinkers in fields such as continental philosophy, literary theory, feminist and queer theory, and cultural politics. This is the first film profile on this educator and author, staged as an up-close and personal encounter with its subject. Co-sponsored by Women's Studies. Richard White Auditorium, 8:00 pm.
• 19-20 The Future of Feminist Theory Conference, the Department of Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University in conjunction with the Center for Women's Studies at the University of Bergen (Norway). Speakers include Linda Alcoff (Syracuse), Rey Chow (Brown), Avital Ronell (NYU), Ellen Mortensen (University of Bergen), Robyn Wiegman (Duke), Mary Hawkesworth (Rutgers), Ethel Brooks (Rutgers), Elizabeth Grosz (Rutgers). For more information contact Elizabeth Grosz (egrosz@rci.rutgers.edu)
• 21 PREMIERE Screening: Los Suenos de Angelica/ Angelica's Dreams. Angelica's Dreams portrays the drama of an immigrant couple from Latin America, who are discussing whether to return to their home country or stay in the US. A sudden event motivates the couple to stay in the US and try to buy a home. In addition to the educational and entertainment value of this film, viewers will also find opportunities to examine issues about our changing local community, the influence of immigrant cultures, the economic impact of immigrants, political representation and community engagement, interaction between Duke and the Hispanic community in Durham, public policy, community service and public education, the changing roles of immigrant women, and the breaking of stereotypes Latino Community Credit Union (LCCU) produced this film with a grant from the CDFI Fund. Boldly mixing documentary and fiction, telenovela and comedy, director/producer Rodrigo Dorfman shot the film entirely on location in Durham, North Carolina, plunging his main characters deep into the daily life of one of the most vibrant new Latino communities in the United States. View a 3-minute trailer. Tickets will be distributed in advance. For information contact angel@cooperativalatina.org; to become involved in subsequent panel discussions, contact jennysw@duke.edu. Carolina Theatre, 4:00 pm.
• 25 Nancy Fraser lecture, Abnormal Justice. Nancy Fraser is the Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor Political and Social Science at the New School for Social Research. Co-Sponsored by Philosophy. 5:00 pm, 204B East Duke Building, reception to follow in the East Duke Parlors.
• 26-27 Neither Model Nor Muse: Women and Artistic Expression, A Symposium of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture. Learn more about women's involvement in and their unique approach to a wide range of art forms. Explore the ways in which women have expressed themselves through three centuries in visual, literary, and performing arts. Enjoy exhibits, performances, workshops, and other sessions, along with students, faculty, staff, scholars, and artists. Co-sponsored by Women's Studies. All events are free and open to the public. For program details and to register online, visit our website, or contact Kelly Wooten, 919-660-5967 (kelly.wooten@duke.edu)
• 26-27 Duke Women's Health and Wellness Weekend. Hear an update on the Women's Initiative from President Brodhead. A luncheon, reception, dinner and other communal sessions will allow time to talk to students speakers and fellow alumnae. Hosted by the Duke Alumni Association and the Women's Center. Sponsors include the President's Office, Office of the Provost, Duke Medical Center, Duke Academic Program in Women's Health, Student Health/Health Promotion, Women's Studies, Career Center, Office of Student Affairs and Office of University Development. For more information, go to: www.dukealumni.com/alumnae.
• 29 Graduate Scholars Colloquium meeting. Dinner will be served, please contact Erin Norris to reserve a space (ehathaw@duke.edu), 6:30 pm East Duke Parlors.
• 30 Study in Sexualities Seminar with Steven Angelides (Monash University) to discuss his essay, Subjectivity and Power: Notes for a Post-Foucauldian Analytics of Sexuality. Please RSVP to Erin Norris (ehathaw@duke.edu) and to receive a copy of the paper. Steven Angelides is the author of A History of Bisexuality (Chicago, 2001). East Duke Parlors, 4 - 6:00 pm.
• 31 Faye Schulman lecture A View from the Forest, part of the Humanitarian Challenges Focus program. Faye Schulman fought as a Jew among Polish partisans during World War II and, in addition to being an effective fighter she also was a prolific photographer and chronicler of the events she witnessed. Co-sponsored by Wimen's Studies. For more information, contact Claudia Koonz (ckoonz@duke.edu). Richard White Auditorium, 7:30 pm.

November 2007

• 1 Dyan Eliott, Anne Firor Scott Lecture, The Grooming of the Devil: From Incubus Lover to Demonic Husband. Part of the conference Saints, Demonic Husbands, and the Vernacular: New Directions in Medieval History. Professor Eliott is John Evans Professor of History at Northwestern University. Sponsored by the History Department and co-sponsored by Women's Studies and the Nasher Musuem. The Nasher Museum, 5 pm.
• 1 Gendering Islam: Exotic Beauty: (Self) Commodification of Women and Modernization in Central Asia, a lecture by Madina Tlostanova, Visiting Scholar at the Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies (Department of Comparative Politics, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia). Presented by the Duke Islamic Studies Center. Dinner at 7:15 (please contact kimberly.soliman@duke.edu). Lecture in room 028 John Hope Franklin Center, 6 pm.
• 2 Symposium: Reconstructing Womanhood - A Future Beyond Empire in recognition of the twentieth anniversary of the publication of Hazel Carby's seminal text, Reconstructing Womanhood at Columbia University. For more information please contact Tina Campt (tcampt@duke.edu)
• 5 Elizabeth Davis lecture, Cultures of Charisma and Conversation: Moral Tradition and Psychiatric Reform in a Green Borderland. Davis is Assistant Professor in the Cultural Anthropology department. 204 Science Building, 1:30 pm.
• 8 Sister Spit: The Next Generation. Raucous literary performances that explore identity, feminist fashion, sex work, queerness and finding alternative ways to document personal histories. Sponsored by the Program in the Study of Sexualities, DukeOut, The Center for Documentary Studies and Bull City Headquarters. For more information contact Fiona Barnett (fmb2Duke.edu) or Rebekah Meek (rebekah.ann@duke.edu). Wast Duke Parlors, 7 pm.
• 8-9 Conference on Sexuality, Religion and Politics at The Graduate Center/CUNY. This conference is organized by the Center for the Study of Culture, Technology and Work/CUNY, the Center for Research on Women at Barnard College, The Center for the Study of Women and Society/CUNY, the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies/CUNY, and the Women's Studies Program at Duke University. For more information call, 212-817-8895.
• 12 Women's Studies Undergraduate/Faculty Reading Group. This first meeting will focus on a discussion of "Babies by Design," the introductory essay in Sarah Franklin's book Born and Made: an Ethnography of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (2006). For more information contact Lillian Spiller, 684-3770. Lunch will be provided. East Duke Parlors, 12 pm.
• 14 Barbara Hines talk. Barbara Hines is Clinical Professor of Law at the University of Texas at Austin. Part of WST 360 Interdisciplinary Debates, Asylum. Lunch will be provided (RSVP required, contact sarah.lincoln@duke.edu), Noon.
• 15 The Center for Global Studies and the Humanities Presents: Coloniality and Gender with guest speakers Maria Lugones and Madina Tlostanova. The John Hope Franklin Center, room 240, Noon - 2:30 pm.
• 15 Jasbir Puar Faculty Sexuality Studies Seminar to discuss chapters from Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times (Duke Univ Press, 2007). To reserve a place and receive readings, please contact Erin Norris (erin.norris@duke.edu). East Duke Parlors, 4:30 pm.
• 26 The New Eco-Feminism roundtable on Postcolonial Ecotourism, Gender, and the Question of Species with Georgina Montgomery, ( History and Philosophy, Montana State University); Susan Alberts (Biology, Duke and Kathy Rudy (Women's Studies, Duke). East Duke Parlors, Noon.
• 26 Graduate Scholars Colloquium meeting. Britt Rusert (English) will discuss her paper The 'Peculiar Soil' of Slavery: Race, Climate and Plantation Eugenics. Dinner will be served, please contact Erin Norris to reserve a space (ehathaw@duke.edu), 6:30 pm East Duke Parlors.
• 27 Lisa Rofel Faculty Sexuality Studies Seminar to discuss her book, Desiring China. Lisa Rofel is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California at Santa Cruz. To reserve a place and receive readings, please contact Ralph Litzinger (rlitz@duke.edu). Co-sponsored by APSI, AALL, Women's Studies and Cultural Anthropology. East Duke Parlors, 4:00 pm.
• 30 Anita Isaacs lunch talk. Isaacs is an AIDS activist from Namibia who is focused on the intersection of violence against women and HIV transmission. She was recently awarded the World YWCA Leading Change Award. Presented by the Concilium on Souther Africa. For more information contact Katie Joyce (katie.joyce@duke.edu).

December 2007

• 4 Alterity and Alternatives: A conversation on queer theory with Judith Halberstam (English and GenderStudies, USC) and Elizabeth Povinelli (Anthropology and Gender Studies, Columbia). Moderated by Ara Wilson (Women's Studies and Cultural Anthropology and Director, Program in the Study of Sexualities at Duke). Sponsored by Sexualities Studies, The John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, English, and the Center for LGBT Life. Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center, 6:00 pm.
• 6 Holiday Party for all students and faculty in Women's Studies classes. East Duke Parlors, 5 pm.

January 2008

• 9 Simone de Beauvoir 100th Birthday
• 18 In Print: A Celebration of Recent Publications by Duke Professors. Reception and books available for purchase by the Gothic Bookshop. East Duke Parlors, 5:30 pm.
• 22 The Institute for Critical U.S. Studies series: Methodologies on U.S. Studies: A Conversation with Maurice Wallace (English and AAAS) and Adriane Lentz-Smith (History), On Being Objects of Knowledge: Historicizing Black Men and Their Masculinities. For more information contact Caroline Light (clight@duke.edu) Light lunch, Science Building, Room 225, 11:30 am.
• 23 Wednesday @ the Center with Stephanie Grant, Researching the Novel: The Problem of Serendipity. Grant is Visiting Writer, John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute. Franklin Center Room 240, 12 - 1 PM.
• 25 Verónica Cruz Sanchez Luncheon Seminar. Sponsored by Women's Studies. By invitation only. East Duke Parlors, 1 pm.
• 28 Verónica Cruz Sanchez, Mexican human rights activist and 2006 International Human Rights Watch winner, Gender, Rape and Abortion: Working for Reproductive Rights and Dignity for Women in Mexico. Sponsored by the Carolina/Duke Consortium for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Place TBD (East Campus), 6 - 7:30 pm.
• 28 Graduate Scholars Colloquium. By, For and About: The "Real" Problem of the Feminist Film Movement with Shilyh Warren (Literature), response from Jonna Eagle (Women's Studies). Dinner is provided, please RSVP to erin.norris@duke.edu. East Duke Parlors, 6:30 pm.
• 28 The New Eco-Feminism, reading and discussion of Are You Man Enough, Big and Bad Enough? Ecofeminism and Wolf Eradication in the U.S, an article by Jody Emel (Clark University). For a copy of the reading and to reserve lunch please RSVP to Erin Norris (erin.norris@duke.edu). East Duke Parlors, 12:00 pm.
• 28 Linda Zerilli, Toward a Feminist Theory of Judgment. Zerilli is Professor of Political Science at Northwester University. Sponsored by the Duke Political Theory Colloquium. Meeting Room A in the Bryan Center, 4:15 pm.
• 28 Screening of I Shot Andy Warhol, directed by Mary Harron. Harron will be visiting Duke University as the first filmmaker in the Film/Video/Digital Program's new "FVD Filmmaker Residency Program." Harron will introduce each film and follow it with a Q&A. Co-sponsored by Sexuality Studies. Griffith Film Theater, 7:30 pm
• 29 Renata Salecl lecture, Tyranny of Choice: How We Become Who We are. Salecl is Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics and Senior Researcher at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, Solvenia. She is currently Visiting Professor at the Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University. East Duke Parlors, 5:00 pm.
• 29 Screening of American Psycho, directed by Mary Harron. Harron will be visiting Duke University as the first filmmaker in the Film/Video/Digital Program's new "FVD Filmmaker Residency Program." Harron will introduce each film and follow it with a Q&A. Co-sponsored by Sexuality Studies. Griffith Film Theater, 7:30 pm
• 30 Screening of The Notorious Bettie Page, directed by Mary Harron. Harron will be visiting Duke University as the first filmmaker in the Film/Video/Digital Program's new "FVD Filmmaker Residency Program." Harron will introduce each film and follow it with a Q&A. Co-sponsored by Sexuality Studies. Griffith Film Theater, 7:30 pm
• 31 Focus the Nation: Global Warming Solutions for America, a national teach-in. Focus the Nation will be a day to turn our attention to a single issue, when faculty, students and staff put aside business as usual, and focus the full weight of campus engagement on one topic. Sponsored by Students for Sustainable Living. For more information, contact Anna Mazhirov (anna.mazhirov@duke.edu). Women's Studies Associate Professor, Kathy Rudy will be participating in the Panel 2 discussion at 11:30 on Environmental Justice (Sheafer Theater) The full schedule has been posted here.

February 2008

• 3 Sex Workers' Art Show, a caberet-styled show that blends the spoken word, music, burlesque and multimedia performance art. The show is the brainchild of Annie Oakley, editor of Working Sex: Sex Workers Write About a Changing Industry (Seal Press, 2008). Co-sponsored by the Sexuality Studies Program. For more information contact Martha Brucato (mfb3@duke.edu) Reynolds Theater, 7 pm.
• 5 Helen Thomas lecture. Helen Thomas, served for fifty-seven years as a correspondent for United Press International and, as White House bureau chief, covered every president since John F. Kennedy. She was the first woman officer of the National Press Club after it opened its doors to women members, the first woman member and president of the White House Correspondents Association and the first woman member of the Gridiron Club. Sponsored by the Baldwin Scholars Program and Women's Studies. Reynolds Theater, 7:00 pm.
• 8-9 What is the Future of Feminist/Gender History, UNC-Chapel Hill, Institute for the Arts and Humanities. Speakers include Joan Scott (Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton), Sarah Deutsch (Duke), Alice Kessler-Harris (Columbia), Marcus Collins (Emory), Mrinalini Sinha (Penn State), and Claudia Koonz (Duke). Co-sponsored by Women's Studies. For more information contact John McGowan, 919-962-0249.
• 15 Dubravka Zarkov lecture. Zarkov is Associate Professor in Gender, Development and Conflict Studies at the Institute of Social Sciences in The Netherlands. 201 White Lecture Hall, 12:00 PM.
• 18 George Lipsitz lecture, Alternative Knowledges, Social Spaces, and Historical Times: Mind Work as Exercise of Citizenship in celebration of the opening of the new home of the Departments of African & African American Studies and Cultural Anthropology, the Programs in Literature and Latino/a Studies, the Institute for Critical U.S. Studies, and the Duke Human Rights Center. George Lipsitz is Professor of Black Studies and Sociology at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Response from Michael Hardt (Literature) and Wahneema Lubiano (African and African American Studies, Literature and Women's Studies). Following lecture a brief program and reception in the Science Huilding. Nelson Music Room (East Duke Building) 4:00 pm.
• 25 Graduate Scholars Colloquium. Dinner is provided, please RSVP to erin.norris@duke.edu. East Duke Parlors, 6:30 pm.
• 26 Faculty Work In-Progress with Elizabeth Davis, Assistant Professor, Cultural Anthropology (Duke). Lunch Seminar, East Duke Parlors, lunch provided - please RSVP to Erin Norris (erin.norris@duke.edu), 12:30 pm.
• 27 Wednesday @ the Center, Queering Punctuation: Art, Politics and Play with Jennifer Devere Brody (Associate Professor of English, African American Studies and Performance Studies at Northwestern and Spring 2008 Visiting Professor, Department of African and African American Studies, Duke). Sponsored by the Program in Sexuality Studies. Franklin Center Room 240, 12 - 1 PM.
• 29 Matthew Perault (Harvard Law School) lecture, lunch and discussion. Part of the Common Fund Project - Asylum: A Historical and Comparative Approach. Noon, East Duke Parlors. For information please contact Sarah Lincoln (sarah.lincoln@duke.edu).

March 2008

• Women’s History Month
• 3 The New Eco-Feminism, reading and discussion of Pepperoni or Broccoli? On the Cutting Edge of Feminist Environmentalism by Joni Seager, University of Vermont). Lunch is provided please contact Erin Norris to reserve a space and to receive a copy of the article (erin.norris@duke.edu). East Duke Parlors, Noon.
• 17 Michael Warner lecture, Sex and Secularity. Michael Warner is Professor of English and American Studies at Yale University. Sponsored by the Program in the Study of Sexualities and the English Department. Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center, 4:30 pm.
• 20 Jennifer Brody (AAAS) and Judith Halberstam (English, USC) in conversation Adventures in Queer Art. 225 Science Building, 1:00 pm.
• 21-22 2nd Annual Feminist Theory Workshop. Speakers include Elizabeth Wilson (University of South Wales); Ratna Kapur (The Centre for Feminist Legal Research, New Delhi); Joan Copjec (The University of Buffalo); Toril Moi (Duke University); Alys Weinbaum (University of Washington); Kathryn Stockton (The University of Utah). For more information please see the Workshop website or contact Erin Norris (erin.norris@duke.edu). The Sanford Institute for Public Policy.
• 31 Graduate Scholars Colloquium. Dinner is provided, please RSVP to erin.norris@duke.edu. East Duke Parlors, 6:30 pm.

April 2008

• 2 Half Moon (Niwemung) (Bahman Ghobadi, 2006, 107 min, Iran/Iraq, in Kurdish and Persian with English subtitles, Color, 35mm). Screening in conjunction with the Conference Marketing Muslim Women. Griffith Film Theater, 7 pm.
• 3 Queer Careers: Policy Research and Advocacy, a Sexuality Program lunch discussion on research, policy and careers with LGBTQ non-profits with Jaime Grant, director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute. Center for LGBT Life, 12:00 pm.
• 7 The New Eco-Feminism, Say NO to GMO: Seedsaving and Ecofeminism, feturing All Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki. Please RSVP to Erin Norris (erin.norris@duke.edu) and to receive a copy of the reading. Noon, East Duke Parlors.
• 9 Love For Share (Berbagi Suami) (Nia Dinata, 2006, 120 min, Indonesia, Indonesian with English subtitles, Color, DVD) Screening in conjunction with the Conference Marketing Muslim Women. Griffith Film Theater, 7 pm.
• 10-12 Marketing Muslim Women: An International Conference sponsored by the Duke Islamic Studies Center and the Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations (UNC). Co-sponsored by Women's Studies. Please check the Conference website for additional information about the conference and how to register. This event is free but space is limited and registration is required. The John Hope Humanities Center.
• 11 Shirin Ebadi lecture. Ebadi is the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace prize. Presented by the Duke Human Rights Center and co-sponsored by Women's Studies. For more information please contact Robin Kirk (rights@duke.edu).
• 11-12 Duke University Reunions
• 12 Women's Studies Reunion Panel, Women's Studies Today, with current graduate and undergraduate students and faculty. Reception follows. For more information please contact Erin Norris (erin.norris@duke.edu). East Duke Parlors, 9:00 am.
• 12 Drop/Add begins
• 15 Thavolia Glymph (AAAS) and Bayo Holsey (AAAS) discuss their forthcoming books, Out of the House of Bondage: The Transformation of the Plantation Household (Glymph) and Routes of Remembrance: Refashioning the Slave Trade in Ghana (Holsey). 225 Science Building, 1:00 pm.
• 15 Nancy Armstrong lecture, Gender Must Be Defended. Armstrong is the Nancy Duke Lewis Professor of Comparative Literature, English, Modern Culture & Media, and Gender Studies at Brown University. Donovan Lounge, Greenlaw Hall (UNC), 5:00 pm.
• 16 Graduate classes end
• 23 Undergraduate classes end
• 24 Faculty/Student Seminar on the Common Fund Project - Asylum: A Historical and Comparative Approach. Presentation by Ariel Dorfman, Walter Hines Page Research Professor of Literature; Professor of Latin American Studies; Spanish. For information please contact Sarah Lincoln (sarah.lincoln@duke.edu). East Duke Parlors, 6:30 pm.
• 28 - May 3 Final Examinations
• 29 Faculty/Student Seminar on the Common Fund Project - Asylum: A Historical and Comparative Approach. Presentation by Kathy Rudy, Associate Professor in Women's Studies. For information please contact Sarah Lincoln (sarah.lincoln@duke.edu). East Duke Parlors, 6:30 pm.

May 2008

• 9 Women's Studies Commencement Celebration - By Invitation Only - this event is NOT open to the public , Nelson Music Room, 7 pm
• 11 Duke University Commencement

June 2008