Duke University
Women's Studies Program
http://www.duke.edu/womstud/

Contact Information:

210 East Duke Building
Box 90760
Durham, NC 27708
Dr. Ranjana Khanna, The Margaret Taylor Smith Director of Women's Studies
Lillian P. Spiller, Administrative Coordinator
Phone: 919/684-5683
Fax: 919/684-4652
Email: rkhanna@duke.edu, llps@duke.edu

• FOCUS, a first-year residential program, entitled "Forging Social Ideals."
• WILL, a four-year program linking careers and women's studies (in development).
• Conferences, Lectures, Symposia and Workshops. The Duke University Women's Studies program holds conferences, lectures, symposia and workshops on issues in women's studies and on topics of feminist research.
• Feminist Theory Workshop – Annual spring symposium
• Feminist Studies Across the Discipline lecture series
• Documenting Sexualities: New Titles in Gender and Sexuality film series.
• The Anne Firor Scott Lecture in Women's History, in observance of Women's History month.
• Asylum: A Historical and Comparative Approach. An interdisplinary seminar and class with accompanying lectures and workshops, 2007-08

Science and Technology

• ADVANCE, a retention program for women in the quantitative sciences, funded by the National Science Foundation.

Other Events at Duke

• Duke Women's Health and Wellness Weekend. In October 2007, 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.
• Earth to Table Brown Bag Luncheon Series (East Duke Parlors, Noon): February 22, March 22 and April 13. A new interdisciplinary Duke initiative that responds to current
  global food crises by showcasing scholarship that helps build and understand the importance of sustainable food practices. Monthly lectures by prominent Duke faculty---from earth and health sciences, law, public policy, the humanities, and interpretive social sciences---will examine what and who we eat and why.
• Teach the Bourgeois and Rock the Boulevard: Hip-Hop Studies and the Academy, a Conference sponsored by African and African American Studies, and Women's Studies. This conference will critically examine the emergence of Hi-Hop Studies as a legitimate field of study and will focus on the intersections of sex, race, gender, class and sexual preference in contemporary popular culture.
• Latin American Labor History Conference: Reproductive Labor. Sponsored by the History Department and Women's Studies. Founded in 1984 witht he sponsorship of Yale University's Council on Latin American Studies, since 1993 the Latin American History Conference has taken place annually at Duke University with the sponsorship of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and additional support from the Dean of Arts & Sciences. This year's theme on reproductive labor, including both paid and unpaid household labor, the "caring labors" of childrearing and eldercare, and the community labors of maintaining community organizations and networks.

PUBLICATIONS

Women's Thought and Scholarship
Women's Studies

• Women's Studies Newsletter. Published fall, and spring; each issue includes up to 16 pages of articles.