The Cuninggim Center Library
Our library hosts the campus’ only collection of books devoted
entirely to women, gender, feminism and related topics. The library
is a resource room containing over 3000 volumes, subscriptions to
30 journals, and a wealth of unbound material.
Speakers
The Center takes pride each year in sponsoring and co-sponsoring
a series of guest lectures by a wide range of thought leaders and
cultural contributors. In recent years, lecturers have included
Joan Jacobs Brumberg, author of The Body Project and third-wave
feminist Rebecca Walker.
The Margaret Cuninggim Lecture
This endowed lecture on women in culture and society is given by a
distinguished scholar each year and is a part of the Chancellor’s
Lecture Series. Lecturers are invited to address the broad topic from
the perspective of their own discipline. Past
lecturers have included Patricia Hill Collins, the Charles Phelps
Taft Professor of Sociology and Professor of African-American Studies
at the University of Cincinnati and Peggy McIntosh, Associate Director
of the Wellesley College Center for Research on Women, among other
distinguished scholars.
Workshops
Our workshops cover a broad range of financial, health, and personal
and professional development topics, including Understanding &
Dealing with Eating Disorders, The A-B-C’s of Car Maintenance,
and Women and Investing. Our on-going workshop offerings are supplemented
each year with new topics that reflect current campus and community
concerns.
Women’s VU Newsletter
Published monthly, the newsletter covers topics both timely and
central to the pursuit of gender equity and highlights upcoming
Center and Vanderbilt events of special interest. Call 322-4843
to add your name to the mailing list or to suggest an article idea.
(Please make note that the newsletter is published monthly EXCEPT
June and July.)
The
Women’s Center is always proud to co-sponsor
The Antoinette Brown Annual Lecture
Antoinette Brown (1825-1921) was a US abolitionist, feminist,
and was the first woman ordained minister in the U.S. The lectureship
is intended to bring distinguished women theologians and church
leaders to the Divinity School to speak on a variety of concerns
for women in ministry. For more information, call 615-322-2776
Or visit: http://divinity.library.vanderbilt.edu/div/events/brownlectures.html |
