March 19-20, 2010
Duke University
Keynote Speakers
Ranjana Khanna
Margaret Taylor Smith Director of Women's Studies, Duke University
Catherine Mills
Sesqui Lecturer in the Unit for History and Philosophy of Science; Coordinator of the Sydney Bioethics Program, University of Sydney in Australia
Robyn Wiegman
Professor of Women's Studies and Literature, Duke University
Coco Fusco
Associate Professor and Director of Intermedia Initiatives, Parsons The New School for Design
Rey Chow
Visiting Professor in Literature (Duke University) and Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, Brown University
Duke University Co-Sponsors: The Office of the Dean of Faculty; Asian & Middle Eastern Studies; the English Department; the Literature Program; Duke University Center for International Studies.
Institutional Co-Sponsors: The Department of Women’s Studies at Emory University; Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Miami University of Ohio; Rutgers University Department of Women's and Gender Studies; Yale University; the Alice Paul Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality at the University of Pennsylvania; The Gender Institute at The London School of Economics and Political Science.
We are grateful for the financial assistance provided by the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation, whose support enabled us to bring two international postgraduate scholars to the FTW to enrich the seminar with their unique perspectives.