October 28, 2009

TOMORROW! OCTOBER 29

Learning to produce, see,
and say the (ab)normal
Professional vision in ultrasound scanning
during pregnancy
organized by the Department of Women's Studies

Kerstin Sandell
Associate Professor, Dept of Gender Studies,
Lund University, Sweden

This paper deals with midwives learning to do ultrasound scans in week 17 of pregnancy and a central aspect of that learning: seeing and communicating the (ab)normal. It is an investigation into acquiring what Charles Goodwin refers to as a 'professional vision' (1994) and into what that vision entails. One of my startingpoints is Donna Harawa's insight that "Struggles over what will count as rational accounts of the world are struggles over how to see." (Haraway 1991:194) The focus is on 'what we learn how to see' (Haraway 1991:190), or the structuring of seeing in a medical practice.

THURSDAY
October 29
1301 Rolfe Hall
4 to 6 pm

For info, visit http://www.womensstudies.ucla.edu

TOMORROW! OCTOBER 29

UNDERSTANDING and ADDRESSING LGBT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
organized by the Williams Institute

This training program kicks off the Williams Institute’s new initiative to train judges and other professionals on how to improve the legal system’s response to domestic violence in LGBT relationships. The two-hour training, intended for practicing attorneys, law students, judges, and other professionals, will help participants to recognize the unique obstacles that LGBT survivors confront when they turn to the legal system for assistance. National experts on LGBT domestic violence will provide participants with practical information to better understand the experience of LGBT domestic violence survivors, to assess when a person is exercising systematic power and control in a relationship, and to use domestic violence restraining orders and other forms of legal relief to help survivors achieve safety, autonomy, and justice.

MODERATOR: Darren Mitchell, Williams Institute Judicial Training Consultant

SPEAKERS: Terra Slavin, Staff Attorney, L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center

Sharon Stapel, Executive Director, New York City Anti-Violence Projec

Kristin Tucker, Program Manager, Northwest Network of LGBT Survivors of Abuse in Seattle

*2 units of CLE credit available

PLEASE RSVP: email williamsinstitute@law.ucla.edu or call (310) 267-4382

PARKING: available in Lot 2 for $10 per car (enter UCLA campus at Westholme & Hilgard)

THURSDAY
October 29
UCLA School of Law, Room 1447
6:30 to 8:30pm

NEXT WEEK! NOVEMBER 5

BUILDIN BRIDGES and STIRRIN WATERS
Women of Color Feminism and Activism
organized by the Asian American Center

Ericka Huggins
Professor of Women’s Studies, CSU East Bay

Former Black Panther Party member Ericka Huggins will speak about her work with noted Asian American human rights activist Yuri Kochiyama. Their lives and work illustrate the important role that women have and continue to play in building connections between social justice movements, the history of connections between the African American and Asian American communities, and what women of color feminism means.

FRIDAY
November 5
UCLA Powell Library Rotunda
5:30 to 7:30 pm

INFORMATION: http://www.aasc.ucla.edu/default.asp

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Other Items of Interest

For more information about upcoming Women's Studies events at the Huntington Library, visit http://huntingtonwomensstudies.blogspot.com/

CALL FOR PAPERS: SPRING and SUMMER issues

Asian Women, an interdisciplinary journal covering various Women’s Studies, Men’s Studies, and Gender Studies themes, seeks submissions for recent gender issues such as women and welfare, women’s rights, eco-feminism, health, women and bio-technology, women and history, men’s studies and other relevant themes in gender studies, slated for publication in 2010 issues. For more information, contact the Managing Editor, Research Institute of Asian Women, Sookmyung Women’s University, 52 Hyochangwon-gil, Youngsan-ku, Seoul, Korea 140-742 or e-mail at asianfem@sm.ac.kr. URL: http://riaw.sookmyung.ac.kr/

UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures presents
VESTIGES OF CREATION: A theater and dance work by Michael Sakamoto

FRIDAY/SATURDAY
November 20 to 21, 2009
Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater
8pm

Info: www.wac.ucla.edu
Tix: www.cto.ucla.edu

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Woodhull Institute Presents
WOMEN'S ETHICAL LEADERSHIP RETREAT
Only a Few Spots Left -- Register Today!

A team of Woodhull Professionals present basic empowerment skills that prepare young women for leadership roles in their communities and workplaces. The three-day retreat includes our core program modules: Leadership Development and Ethics, Public Speaking, Negotiation, Financial Literacy, Advocacy and Identity/Voice workshops. Ethical leadership retreats may also include additional modules such as ethical and effective writing, mentoring/networking and civic education. Meditation, hiking, journaling and group discussions are encouraged.

FRIDAY to SUNDAY
November 6 to 8th, 2009
Woodhull Retreat Center, Ancramdale, NY

For more information, visit http://www.woodhull.org

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CALL FOR PAPERS

POPULAR MUSIC AND SOCIETY announces two special issues: The first on Michael Jackson: Musical Subjectivities. Address all communications to: Susan Fast (McMaster University, Canada) fastfs@mcmaster.ca or Stan Hawkins (University of Oslo) e.s.hawkins@imv.uio.no; The second on Popular Music and Marketing. Address inquiries to Bethany Klein, b.klein@leeds.ac.uk

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