Women's Education Symposium Redux: Pedagogy Panel

Date: Friday, 23 April 2010
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Perkins Library Room 118
Contact Information: Kelly Wooten, 919-660-5967 or kelly.wooten(at)duke.edu


Next Friday, join the staff of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture to watch videos from their 30 October 2009 symposium, "What Does It Mean to Be an Educated Woman?"

This month, we'll be watching the "Pedagogy Panel." The full list of speakers, which include RBMSCL Research Services Librarian Elizabeth Dunn, is available on the online symposium schedule. Desserts will be provided!

We'll miss you if you can't attend, but—just in case—videos for all three panels are also available online.

Freedom Politics: From Jim Crow through Civil Rights and Black Power

Date: Wednesday, 14 April 2010
Time: 1:30 PM (please see schedule)
Location: Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center (directions)
Contact Information: fhi(at)duke.edu

"After a cross is burned in front of a freedom house,it is turned into a freedom sign." Photographed by Tamio Wakayama.

2009-2010 Mellon HBCU Fellows Rhonda Jones and Dirk Philipsen will bring together leading African American Studies scholars for the Franklin Humanities Institute's 2nd Annual HBCU Fellowship Program Symposium. The symposium will explore the relationship between education and democracy, from the history of student-led social movements like SNCC to the use of African American oral histories in civic education today.

The symposium is co-sponsored by John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture and the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture.

Please register by e-mailing fhi(at)duke.edu by Friday, 9 April. A light dinner will be provided for participants in the 5:30 PM workshop, so please indicate in your e-mail if you plan to attend that session. Registration is free.

Talking Toward Common Ground

Date: Thursday-Friday, 25-26 March 2010
Time: please see schedule
Location: Friedl Building, East Campus
Contact Information:


This timely conference will bring together the worlds of social sciences and humanities research for a conversation about how the two can mutually benefit in improving our knowledge of race, inequality, and social difference. Speakers include Duke professors Mark Anthony Neal, Wahneema Lubiano, Dante James, Michael Hardt, and Lee Baker.

The conference is free and open to the public, but attendees are asked to register in advance. Public parking information and directions are also available here.

Sponsored by the Center of African American Research in the Department of African and African American Studies. Co-sponsored by the Research Network on Racial and Ethnic Inequality, Sanford School of Public Policy, Mary Lou Williams Center, Department of Sociology, John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture, John Hope Franklin Institute for the Humanities, and the Department of Cultural Anthropology.

Women's Education Symposium Redux: Scholarship Panel

Date: Friday, 26 March 2010
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Perkins Library Room 118
Contact Information: Kelly Wooten, 919-660-5967 or kelly.wooten(at)duke.edu


Bring your bag lunch to the library and join the staff of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture to watch videos from their 30 October 2009 symposium, "What Does It Mean to Be an Educated Woman?"

This month, the "Scholarship and Education" panel will be shown. The full list of speakers, which include University Librarian Deborah Jakubs, is available at the online symposium schedule. Desserts will be provided!

A viewing of the third panel has been scheduled for 23 April. Stop by The Devil's Tale in the coming weeks for reminders and more information.

We'll miss you if you can't attend, but—just in case—the videos are also available online.

Women's Education Symposium Redux: Activism Panel

Date: Friday, 26 February 2010
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Perkins Library Room 118
Contact Information: Kelly Wooten, 919-660-5967 or kelly.wooten(at)duke.edu

Beginning this month, the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture invites you to grab your lunch and watch videos from their 30 October 2009 symposium, "What Does It Mean to Be an Educated Woman?"

This month, the "Activism and Education" panel will be shown. Visit the symposium schedule to see the list of speakers. Desserts will be provided!

Viewings of the second and third panels have been scheduled for 26 March and 23 April, respectively. Stop by The Devil's Tale in the coming weeks for reminders and more information.

If you won't be able to attend the viewings, the videos are also available online.

What Does It Mean to Be an Educated Woman?

Date: Friday-Saturday, 30-31 October, 2009
Time and Location: please see schedule
Contact Information: cwhc(at)duke.edu

What does it mean to be an educated woman? Find out at the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture's 4th Biennial Symposium, held in honor of the 40-year career of Bingham Center co-founder and Duke University professor Jean Fox O’Barr.

Three conversational sessions focused on scholarship, pedagogy, and activism will explore this central question. Speakers will include Dr. O’Barr’s colleagues and former students, as well as librarians whose work relates to women’s education.

Friday evening's keynote address (4:00 PM; White Lecture Hall, Duke University East Campus) will be given by Dr. Lisa Yun Lee, the Director of the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum in Chicago and the creator of the Jean Fox O’Barr Professorship at Duke University. Dr. Lee will explore the parallels between her studies as a feminist scholar at Duke and her work as the museum’s director.

As with the Bingham Center's previous symposia, the theme emanates from a collection strength. The center's holdings—described in this research guide—include printed materials and manuscripts including the papers of professional educators, schoolgirl diaries, and records of women's schools and women's educational organizations.

Information on registration, travel, and the symposium schedule can all be found online.

Post contributed by Rachel Ingold, Bingham Center Intern and Conservation Technician