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Honoring Jean O'Barr

All events are free and open to the public, except for the benefit dinner on Friday night. Sessions and speakers listed are subject to change. You may register in advance online or in person on Friday or Saturday at the symposium. Parking will be available in the Bryan Center parking deck. Download a printable version of this schedule (PDF).

Friday, October 30

4:00 p.m. - Keynote Address by Dr. Lisa Yun Lee

White Lecture Hall, East Campus (Parking)

Welcoming remarks by Laura Micham, Director of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture, and introduction of keynote speaker by Cyndi Bunn, MA '95, Former Program Assistant, Women's Studies, Duke University.

Keynote Address by Lisa Yun Lee, Ph.D '99
Director, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Chicago, IL

The combination of research, teaching and activism that Jane Addams embodied more than a century ago is at the heart of contemporary Women’s Studies. Dr. Lee will explore the parallels between her studies as a feminist scholar at Duke and her work as the Museum’s director. Lisa Lee created the Jean Fox O’Barr Professorship at Duke University.

Ann Marie Rasmussen, Associate Professor of Germanic Languages and Literature, Duke University, will moderate.

6:00 p.m. - Benefit Dinner in Honor of Dr. Jean O'Barr

If you are interested in attending the benefit dinner honoring the career of Dr. Jean O'Barr, please request an invitation when you register online or contact cwhc@duke.edu. This program will be held at the Millennium Hotel in Durham, NC. There will be a charge for this event, and proceeds will benefit the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture. More details.

Saturday, October 31

9:00-10:00 a.m.	Coffee and Conversation	Von der Heyden Pavilion
	Opening remarks by Bob Byrd, Associate University Librarian for Collection Services & Director of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library. Welcoming remarks by Sallie Bingham, feminist author, poet and playwright, and Paula Gilbert, Director of Continuing Studies. Continental breakfast sponsored by Continuing Studies
10:00-11:30 a.m.	Plenary on Activism	Perkins Room 217
	Stephanie Sieburth, Moderator Associate Professor of Romance Studies, Duke University Amy McDonald Archives Assistant, Duke University Libraries Miriam Peskowitz, Ph.D. ‘93 Author, Daring Book for Girls Nancy Hogshead Makar, ‘86 Professor of Law, Florida Coastal School of Law Andrea Barnwell, Ph.D. ‘01 (Dr. Barnwell's remarks presented by Lee Wilder) Director, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art	(Overflow seating in Link Classroom 5 and Bostock 023)
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.	Lunch Break Library tours available at 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.	Von der Heyden Pavilion
	Remarks by Ranjana Khanna, Margaret Taylor Smith Director of Women's Studies Box lunches sponsored by the Program in Women's Studies
1:00-2:30 p.m.	Plenary on Scholarship	Perkins Room 217
	Jehanne Gheith, Moderator Associate Professor of Slavic and Eurasian Studies, Duke University Deborah Jakubs Rita DiGiallonardo Holloway University Librarian & Vice Provost for Library Affairs, Duke University Natania Meeker, Ph.D. ‘00 Associate Professor French and Comparative Literature, University of Southern California Alison Meekhof Jenkins, '95 Senior Expert, McKinsey & Company Lynda Sagrestano, ‘88 Director, Center for Research on Women, University of Memphis	(Overflow seating in Link Classroom 5 and Bostock 023)
2:30-3:00 p.m.	Afternoon Break	Outside Perkins Room 217
	Remarks by Donna Lisker, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education and Co-Director of the Baldwin Scholars Program Afternoon break sponsored by the Baldwin Scholars Program
3:00-4:30 p.m.	Plenary on Pedagogy	Perkins Room 217
	Kristen Neuschel, Moderator Associate Professor of History and Director, University Writing Program, Duke University Elizabeth Dunn Research Services Librarian, Duke University Libraries Michael Penn, Ph.D. ‘99 Associate Professor of Religion, Mt. Holyoke College Katherine Tennyson, ‘81 Chief Probate Judge, Oregon's 4th Judicial District Melea Epps Greenfeld, ‘76 Attorney, Federal Trade Commission	(Overflow seating in Link Classroom 5 and Bostock 023)
	Closing Remarks Carolyn J. Stefanco, Ph.D. '87 Founding Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, California State University, Stanislaus First Coordinator of the Women's Studies Program at Duke Deborah Jakubs Rita DiGiallonardo Holloway University Librarian & Vice Provost for Library Affairs, Duke University
4:30-6:00 p.m.	Closing Reception	Perkins Library, 4th Floor Connector
	Sponsored by the Office of the President and the Office of the Provost

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