An AWP off-site reading from Choice Words: Writers on Abortion
Mar
25
8:00 PM20:00

An AWP off-site reading from Choice Words: Writers on Abortion

An AWP off-site reading from Choice Words: Writers on Abortion hosted by editor Annie Finch, in support of the Abortion Liberation Fund of PA

A landmark literary anthology of poems, stories, and essays from Mary Wollstonecraft to Lucille Clifton, Choice Words collects essential voices that renew our courage in the struggle to defend reproductive rights. These essays, poems, and prose are a testament to the profound political power of defying shame.

This event will take place at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building, 128 N. Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19102.

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Virtual ASN Book Panel: Shock Therapy in Historical Perspective
Nov
11
1:00 PM13:00

Virtual ASN Book Panel: Shock Therapy in Historical Perspective

Virtual ASN is pleased to announce its upcoming book panel, Shock Therapy in Historical Perspective. The panel will be held via Zoom on Thursday, November 11th from 1:00-2:30 PM ET (Eastern Time) / 7:00-8:30 PM CET (Central European Time).

In their new book Taking Stock of Shock: Social Consequences of the 1989 Revolutions(Oxford University Press, 2021) Kristen Ghodsee and Mitchell Orenstein examine the results of the transition to capitalism and democracy in post-socialist Europe. They look at the impact of the transition for the inhabitants of the region in all its dimensions: political, economic, social and demographic. Was it, they ask, a “Qualified Success or Utter Catastrophe?”

In this panel they will discuss the findings of their book with Janet Johnson and Peter Rutland. Audience members will also be able to pose questions and comments.

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Oct
20
7:00 PM19:00

Second World, Second Sex. Socialist Women’s Global Solidarity in the Cold War

Lecture

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021, 7:00 PM

Kristen R. Ghodsee, Professor of Russian and East European Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Second World, Second Sex. Socialist Women’s Global Solidarity in the Cold War

Chair: Juliane Fürst, Potsdam

Women from the state socialist countries in Eastern Europe—what used to be called the Second World—once dominated women’s activism at the United Nations, but their contributions have been largely forgotten or deemed insignificant in comparison with those of Western feminists. In this talk, Kristen Ghodsee will seek to rescue some of this lost history by tracing the activism of Eastern European and African women during the 1975 United Nations International Year of Women and the subsequent Decade for Women (1976-1985). Focusing on case studies of state socialist Bulgaria and nonaligned but socialist-leaning Zambia, she will examine the feminist networks that developed between the Second and Third Worlds and show how alliances between socialist women challenged American women’s leadership of the global women’s movement. Drawing on interviews and archival research across three continents, Ghodsee will argue that international ideological competition between capitalism and socialism profoundly shaped the world women inhabit today.

Limited seats. Registration is required: einsteinforum@einsteinforum.de

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