Second Symposium

"Men & Feminism: A conversation about identity, activism and the trouble with gender"

Hosted by the Honors Humanities Gender Caucus

March 27, 2007 @ 5 pm

Anne Arundel Hall, Basement Lounge

Please join us for the second event in the Feminism Now discussion series, hosted by the Honors Humanities Program's Gender Caucus. This event will feature a panel of University of Maryland faculty and graduate students discussing their identification as and relationship with the contested term "feminist." As men committed to social justice and equality, what roles do identity and power play in fostering solidarity and alliances across boundaries of sex, gender and race? How does sexuality complicate identification as a feminist man? How does one "become" a feminist man? How does such an identity change over space and time? Join us for a challenging and exciting conversation -- bring your thoughts, your experiences and your questions. As with all events in this series, we hope to focus less on academic theory and more on practice and activism, especially the ways in which "traditional" academics can find and create outlets for their activist work.

Featuring:

Angel David Nieves, PhD (Assistant Professor, Historic Preservation; Director of Graduate Research and Training, Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity)

Anthony Hatch (Doctoral Candidate, Sociology)

Justin Maher (PhD Student, American Studies)

Moderated by Patrick Grzanka (Co-Director, Honors Humanities and advisor to the Gender Caucus)

Food and refreshments will be served.

More information is available at www.honorshumanities.umd.edu