Lebanon Valley College to Host Colloquium Speakers September through November

Speakers bring gender discussions to the classroom

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Tanya Weaver will speak Sept. 30, at 11 a.m., at Lebanon Valley College as part of the Colloquium Series on Gender.

ANNVILLE, PA (09/15/2014)(readMedia)-- Lebanon Valley College's Colloquium Series on Gender has expanded this year to include a new category of speakers, who will bring gender discussions into the classroom. Thanks to a President's Innovation Fund grant obtained by Dr. Bob Valgenti, Colloquium director, five additional speakers will present on this year's topic. Events are free and open to the public.

Tanya Weaver will present "Everyday Stories of African Women I Know" Tuesday, Sept. 30, at 11 a.m., in Zimmerman Recital Hall of the Suzanne H. Arnold Gallery. Weaver's appearance in the Colloquium series is sponsored by the Introduction to Latin American Literature course taught by Dr. Gabriela McEvoy, assistant professor of Spanish.

Dr. Leslie F. Goldstein will present "Sex, Gender, and the U.S. Constitution" Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 12 p.m. Dr. Philip Benesch, associate professor of politics and faculty director of external scholarships and fellowships, will host Goldstein. Dr. Goldstein serves as Judge Hugh M. Morris Professor Emerita of political science and international relations at the University of Delaware.

Mary-Jane Rubenstein will present "What Does it Mean to be a Feminist (Thinker) Today?" Monday, Oct. 27, at 4 p.m., in the Vernon and Doris Bishop Library Atrium. Dr. Rubenstein's appearance in the Colloquium series is sponsored by the LVC Symposium on a Living Philosopher "Law and Love" taught by professors Jeffrey Robbins, Philip Benesch, and Noel Hubler.

Dr. Carole Counihan will present "Does Gender Matter in Italian Food Activism?" Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 6 p.m., in the Bishop Library Atrium. Dr. Counihan's appearance in the Colloquium series is sponsored by the First Year Seminar course Food and Philosophy taught by Dr. Robert Valgenti, associate professor of philosophy.

Aiden James Kosciesza will present "Plastic Boy: Transgender Identity Unpacked" Friday, Nov. 4, at 6 p.m., in Zimmerman Recital Hall of the Suzanne H. Arnold Gallery. Kosciesza's appearance in the Colloquium series is sponsored by the First Year Seminar course Man Up, Act Like a Lady taught by Dr. Catherine Romagnolo and Dr. Marie Bongiovanni, and is supported through funding from the Woomer Endowment.

Gender actively and passively shapes our shared destinies. More than an idea, its practice and performance unfold within the constellations of biology and culture, bodies and institutions. In the face of powerful social conventions and the culturally constructed binaries of "male" and "female," "masculine" and "feminine," the complexities of gender challenge us to think beyond the genus, to reach beyond the type and category, and to step into the spectrum of being and becoming. More information and a complete schedule of Gender Colloquium speakers and films is available at www.lvc.edu/colloquium.