The Department of Economics, Political Science and Sociology at 含羞草社区 is hosting a series of events in March to commemorate Women鈥檚 History Month. All events are free and open to the public and will be held in the Hoff Conference Rooms, Blum Student Union rooms 218-219.

鈥淭his year鈥檚 event series is focused on the theme that 鈥榞ender is inescapable,鈥欌�� said Dr. Melinda Kov谩cs, assistant professor of political science. 鈥淚 chose this emphasis to drive home the point that gender is a feature of every human life. It is a social construction and a collection of social roles and norms and every single one of us comes into contact with those every day.鈥�

The events illustrate some variety of settings in which people 鈥減erform鈥� gender, Dr. Kov谩cs said. Events include a film series showing people in different settings negotiating gender as well as two roundtable discussions that will feature personal narratives from local people about their own journeys. The keynote address this year will be delivered by Dr. Celia Winkler, professor of sociology at the University of Montana. Her talk will focus on how gender is relevant in the area of welfare policy and how in fact welfare policy enforces certain views and norms of gender on individuals.

The series events in chronological order are:

  • 7 p.m. Monday, March 3, Film Series: 鈥淜inky Boots鈥�
  • 7 p.m. Thursday, March 6, Film Series: 鈥淢ust Love Dogs鈥�
  • 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 18, Film Series: The Kids Are All Right鈥�
  • 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, Film Series: 鈥淒allas Buyers Club鈥�
  • 5 p.m. Friday, March 21: Community Roundtable: How do you DO gender?
  • 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 25: Community Roundtable: How do you DO gender?
  • 6 p.m. Thursday, March 27: Film Series: 鈥淗edwig and the Angry Inch鈥�
  • 5 p.m. Friday, March 28: Keynote Speaker Dr. Celia Winkler

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