The Women’s Studies National Women’s History Month lecture series begins with a talk by Africana Studies assistant professor Takkara Brunson, titled “Race and the Women’s Movement in Prerevolutionary Cuba (1902-1958),” at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March. 1, at the Henry Madden Library (Room 3212).

The free, public series is sponsored by the Women’s Studies program.

Full schedule of National Women’s History Month lecture series:

  • “These Boots Are Made for Marching: A History of Gendered Strategic Communications Plus Current Trends and Leaders” by Nancy Van Leuven, Media, Communications & Journalism professor at 12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 6 in Henry Madden Library (Room 3212).
  • “Claiming Home, Shaping Community: Testimonios de Los Valles” a book discussion by Francisco Galarte, Assistant Professor in the department of Gender and Women’s Studies, University of Arizona and Enid Pérez, Lecturer in the Women’s Studies department at Fresno State 12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 13 in Henry Madden Library (Room 3212).
  • “No Entry and No Safe Haven: LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers and Migrants Under Trump” by Katherine Fobear, Women’s Studies assistant professor at 12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m. Thursday, March 15 in Henry Madden Library (Room 3212).
  • “American Indian Women: Revolution as an Act of Love” by Leece Lee-Oliver, Women’s Studies and American Indian Studies assistant professor at 12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 20 in Henry Madden Library (Room 3212).
  • “Women on the Loose: Mobility, Pìcaras and (im) morality in Early Modern Spain’s Female Picaresque Tradition” by Marìa Dolores Morillo, Modern and Classical Languages and Literature at 12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m. Thursday, March 22 in Henry Madden Library (Room 3212).

For more information contact Dr. Kathryn Forbes at kathrynf@csufresno.edu.