American Women’s and Gender History Conference
University of California at Davis
Alumni Center, AGR Room [Google map][Campus map]
November 8-9, 2014
Open to the public
Ellen Hartigan-O’Connor and Lisa G. Materson invite you to join the following scholars as we discuss their contributions to the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of American Women’s and Gender History and engage a broad audience from across multiple disciplines to explore the cutting edge of the field.
Saturday, November 8
9:00 Welcome / Opening Remarks
Lisa Materson and Ellen Hartigan-O’Connor, University of California at Davis
9:30-11:00 Panel 1, Boundary Crossing
Moderator: Cecilia Tsu, University of California at Davis
Gender Frontiers of Early Contact in the Colonial Period
Kathleen Brown, University of Pennsylvania
Immigration, Migration, and Gender
Ana Elizabeth Rosas, University of California at Irvine
Interracial Relationships and Imperial Powers
Jennifer Spear, Simon Fraser University
11:30-1:00 Panel 2, Sex and Sexualities
Moderator: Lisa G. Materson, University of California at Davis
Reproduction, Birth Control, and Motherhood
Rickie Solinger, Independent Scholar
Sexual Identity and Rights
Marcia Gallo, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Interracial Sex, Marriage, and the Nation
Mary Ting Yi Lui, Yale University
2:30-4:00 Panel 3, Workers, Families, Power
Moderator: Stephanie Jones-Rogers, University of California at Berkeley
Women, Power, and Families in Early Modern North America
Sarah M. S. Pearsall, University of Cambridge
Women and Slavery in the Nineteenth Century
Barbara Krauthamer, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Women’s Labors in Industrial and Post-Industrial America
Lara Vapnek, St. John’s University
4:15-5:45 Panel 4, War
Moderator: Rachel St John, New York University
Women, War, and Revolution
Kate Haulman, American University
Women, the Civil War, and Reconstruction
Hannah Rosen, William and Mary
Sunday, November 9
9:00-10:30 Panel 5, The Long View
Moderator: Lorena Oropeza, University of California at Davis
Women, Gender, and Religion
Ann Braude, Harvard University
Masculinity
Toby Ditz, Johns Hopkins University
Sexual Violence
Sharon Block, University of California at Irvine
11:00-12:30 Panel 6, Reform and Rights
Moderator: Sherry Katz, San Francisco State University
Religion, Reform, and Anti-Slavery
Margaret Washington, Cornell University
Women’s Rights, Suffrage, and Citizenship
Ellen DuBois, University of California at Los Angeles
Women and Internationalism in the “Progressive Era”
Kathryn Kish Sklar, State University of New York, Binghamton
2:00-3:30 Panel 7, Activisms
Moderator: Rebecca Kluchin, California State University, Sacramento
U.S. Feminisms and their Global Connections
Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, Ohio State University
Women, Gender, and Conservatism
Michelle Nickerson, Loyola University Chicago
3:45-5:15 Panel 8, Commerce and Cultures
Moderator: Edith Sparks, University of the Pacific
Women and Modern Mass Consumption
Tracey Deutsch, University of Minnesota
Women at Play in Popular Culture
Erin Chapman, George Washington University
Women, Trade, and the Roots of Consumer Societies
Serena Zabin, Carleton College
5:15-5:45 Summing up
Ellen Hartigan-O’Connor and Lisa Materson
5:45 Reception
University of California at Davis
Alumni Center, AGR Room [Google map][Campus map]
November 8-9, 2014
Open to the public
Ellen Hartigan-O’Connor and Lisa G. Materson invite you to join the following scholars as we discuss their contributions to the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of American Women’s and Gender History and engage a broad audience from across multiple disciplines to explore the cutting edge of the field.
Saturday, November 8
9:00 Welcome / Opening Remarks
Lisa Materson and Ellen Hartigan-O’Connor, University of California at Davis
9:30-11:00 Panel 1, Boundary Crossing
Moderator: Cecilia Tsu, University of California at Davis
Gender Frontiers of Early Contact in the Colonial Period
Kathleen Brown, University of Pennsylvania
Immigration, Migration, and Gender
Ana Elizabeth Rosas, University of California at Irvine
Interracial Relationships and Imperial Powers
Jennifer Spear, Simon Fraser University
11:30-1:00 Panel 2, Sex and Sexualities
Moderator: Lisa G. Materson, University of California at Davis
Reproduction, Birth Control, and Motherhood
Rickie Solinger, Independent Scholar
Sexual Identity and Rights
Marcia Gallo, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Interracial Sex, Marriage, and the Nation
Mary Ting Yi Lui, Yale University
2:30-4:00 Panel 3, Workers, Families, Power
Moderator: Stephanie Jones-Rogers, University of California at Berkeley
Women, Power, and Families in Early Modern North America
Sarah M. S. Pearsall, University of Cambridge
Women and Slavery in the Nineteenth Century
Barbara Krauthamer, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Women’s Labors in Industrial and Post-Industrial America
Lara Vapnek, St. John’s University
4:15-5:45 Panel 4, War
Moderator: Rachel St John, New York University
Women, War, and Revolution
Kate Haulman, American University
Women, the Civil War, and Reconstruction
Hannah Rosen, William and Mary
Sunday, November 9
9:00-10:30 Panel 5, The Long View
Moderator: Lorena Oropeza, University of California at Davis
Women, Gender, and Religion
Ann Braude, Harvard University
Masculinity
Toby Ditz, Johns Hopkins University
Sexual Violence
Sharon Block, University of California at Irvine
11:00-12:30 Panel 6, Reform and Rights
Moderator: Sherry Katz, San Francisco State University
Religion, Reform, and Anti-Slavery
Margaret Washington, Cornell University
Women’s Rights, Suffrage, and Citizenship
Ellen DuBois, University of California at Los Angeles
Women and Internationalism in the “Progressive Era”
Kathryn Kish Sklar, State University of New York, Binghamton
2:00-3:30 Panel 7, Activisms
Moderator: Rebecca Kluchin, California State University, Sacramento
U.S. Feminisms and their Global Connections
Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, Ohio State University
Women, Gender, and Conservatism
Michelle Nickerson, Loyola University Chicago
3:45-5:15 Panel 8, Commerce and Cultures
Moderator: Edith Sparks, University of the Pacific
Women and Modern Mass Consumption
Tracey Deutsch, University of Minnesota
Women at Play in Popular Culture
Erin Chapman, George Washington University
Women, Trade, and the Roots of Consumer Societies
Serena Zabin, Carleton College
5:15-5:45 Summing up
Ellen Hartigan-O’Connor and Lisa Materson
5:45 Reception