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The MOTHER Symposium

Date & time: March 31, 2010 - 10:00am - 5:00pm

Location: CUNY Graduate Center

Women's Studies Quarterly and the Center for the Study of Women and Society present

The Mother Symposium.

A daylong symposium on mothering, motherhood and mothers. Topics include motherhood and work, reflexive and reflective motherhood, mommy lit, motherhood in film, media and art, and queering motherhood. Featuring readings of poetry and fiction as well as panel discussions by contributors to the Mother issue of WSQ. Complimentary lunch will be provided.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010
10am - 5pm
Graduate Center, City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016

Moderated by WSQ General Editors Victoria Pitts-Taylor and Talia Schaffer and the Mother Special Issue Guest Editors Nicole Cooley and Pamela Stone

SPEAKERS
Tamara Mose Brown
Cynthia Edmonds-Cady
Heather Hewett
Caryn Medved
Andrea O'Reilly
Michelle Pridmore-Brown
Brenda Silver
Leah Souffrant

POETRY READINGS BY
Meena Alexander
Stephanie Cleveland
Jennifer Gosetti-Ferencei
Miranda Field

LUNCHTIME SPEAKER AND READING
Amy Sohn, author of the novel Prospect Park West

Registration not required, but to reserve complimentary lunch, please email your name to wsqeditorial@gmail.com

Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Women and Society, the Women's Studies Certificate Program, the Office of the President, the Doctoral Program in Sociology at the Graduate Center, CUNY, and the Feminist Press.

Go to http://mothersymposium.wordpress.com/ for complete schedule information or contact wsqeditorial@gmail.com.

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