March 25-27, 2008
Featuring these authors:
Symposium Schedule
Tuesday, March 25
4:00 PM Panel with all Presenters (Bishop
Joseph Johnson Center–BJJC)
5:00 Reception
(Robert Penn Warren Center)
6:00 Reading: Dorothy Allison and Heather
Sellers (All Faith Center–AFC)
7:00 Book Signing & Reception
(AFC lounge)
Wednesday, March 26
6:00 Reading: Joy Castro and Karen
McElmurray (AFC)
7:00 Book Signing & Reception
(AFC Lounge)
Thursday, March 27
6:00 Reading/Performance: Minton Sparks
(AFC)
7:00 Signing and Reception (AFC)
For more information, please contact the English Department at 615-322-2541.
Two awards are given each spring, one for the best undergraduate paper and one for the best graduate paper. The submitted papers must be on a topic concerning women, gender, and/or sexuality and written during the previous calendar year (spring, summer, fall 2007).
The Competition is open to students in all schools and colleges of the University, including graduating seniors.
This paper can be written for any course taught in the University. It can use any methodology or approach. The maximum length is 30 pages.
The Susan Ford Wiltshire Essay Competition, established in 1990, is cosponsored by the Women's and Gender Studies Program and the Women's Faculty Organization.
Papers should be submitted to the Women's and Gender Studies Program office in 220 Garland Hall by March 28, 2008. Prizes are $100 for undergraduate students and $200 for graduate students.
Criteria
Previous Winners
Undergraduate
Amy Roebuck, for "The Controversy Surrounding Surrogate Motherhood" in 2007.
Avani Patel, for "Asylum Rights" in 2006.
Graduate
Alyson Dickson, for "Refocusing the Lens: The Case of Katherine Marbury Scott" in 2007.
Monique Moultrie, for "Black Victorias and the Politics of Respectability: Black Women's Activism in the Late Victorian Era" in 2006.
CASH PRIZES!!!
Deadline: March 28, 2008