Women in Political Studies (WIPS)
Graduate Faculty
New School for Social Research
present the
2nd Interdisciplinary Conference
Celebrating
International Women’s Day
March 8, 2002
10:00-12:00: Women, Culture and Identity
Bettina Spencer, Department of Psychology, New School University:
The Implicit Effects of Gender Stereotypical and Counter-Stereotypical Images in the Media
Malini Cadambi, Social Science Department, San Francisco State University:
The Cultural Middlewomen: Asian Indian Ethnic Entrepreneurship and Identity
Maria V. Perera, Department of Sociology, New School University:
Empowerment for Whom? An Enquiry into Gender Politics, Social Change and Neoliberal Globalization
Commentator: Ellen Freeberg, Department of Political Science, New School University
1:00-3:00: Feminism and Difference: Philosophical Reflections
Sabine Hikel, Department of Political Science, York University/Canada:
The Metaphor of Body Politic: Plato and Leviathan
Lisa N. Gurley, Department of Political Science, New School University:
Dualism, Difference, and Plurality: A Presocratic Contribution
Laura Balbuena-Gonzalez, Department of Political Science, New School University:
(Abuse the Cholas!) A Buberian Analysis of the Status of Female Domestic Servants in Peru
Commentator: Claudia Leeb, Department of Political Science, New School University/Philosophy of Science Department, University of Vienna
3:30-5:30: Women, Injustice and International Affairs
Shubb Mathur, Department of Anthropology, New School University:
Genocide and Silence in the Postmodernist Spring: Women and Children in Iraq
Dena Kristine Montague, World Policy Institute/Department of Political Science, New School University:
Women and the Political Eco0nomy of War in Sierra Leone
Randa Serhan, Center for Behavioral Research, American University of Beirut:
Honor Crimes in Lebanon: The Significance of a Change in Legal Stipulations
Commentator: Elzbieta Matynia, Transregional Center for Democratic Studies/Liberal Studies Department, New School University
KEYNOTE ADDRESS, 6:00-7:00
Dasa Silovic, Gender Advisor, UNDP/Columbia University
“Women in Afghanistan: the Latest Challenge for Women’s Human Rights”
A reception with food and drinks will follow the keynote address from 7:00-8:00 in the Wolff Conference Room