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Women of Distinction Series, 2001 - 2004
EVENT DATE LOCATION

A Woman’s Education: The Road from Coorain Leads to Smith College
Jill Ker Conway, Ph.D.
Former President of Smith College
Visiting Professor, MIT

Dec. 4, 2001
Tuesday
8pm
Books & Books 
265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables
Cookware to Cocktail Shakers:
The American Domestic
Aluminum Object 1900 - 39

Penny Sparke, Dean

Design Faculty at Kingston University, London
January 10, 2002
Thursday

7pm
Wolfsonian Museum
1001 Washington Ave., Miami Beach

Tel: 305-531-1001
Brazilian Women Artists
Carol Damian, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Art and Art History, FIU
March 6, 2002
Wednesday
8pm 
Books & Books 
265 Aragon Ave. 
Coral Gables 
305-448-9599 
Mirror Images
Lynne Barrett, Fiction Writer
Denise Duhamel, Poet

Creative Writing Program, FIU
April 18, 2002
Thursday
7pm
Reading at the
Wolfsonian Museum
1001 Washington Ave., Miami Beach
305-531-1001
The War of the Sexes:
Gender Ideology in Spain after 1939
Aurora Morcillo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Women's Studies & History
Florida International University

Cosponsored by The Wolfsonian-FIU.

Thursday
Nov.14, 2002
7pm
Lecture
8pm Reception

The Wolfsonian-FIU
1001 Washington Avenue,
Miami Beach

Tel: 305-531-1001

Child of My Heart
Alice McDermott
Author of Charming Billy
Winner of the 1998 National Book Award

Wednesday
Jan. 22, 2003
8pm Reading

Books & Books
265 Aragon Avenue
Coral Gables

Jewish Women in America
Deborah Dash Moore, Ph.D.
Professor of Religion
Vassar College
Davidson Professor, FIU, 2003
Paula Hyman, Ph.D.
Professor of History
Yale University

Co-sponsored by:
Davidson Endowment, FIU Religious Studies, and Judaic Studies

Sunday
Feb. 23, 2003
3pm
Kovens Conference Center, FIU Biscayne Bay Campus, 151st St. and Biscayne Blvd.

Black List
Sara Paretsky
Award-Winning Mystery Writer

Oct. 12, 2003
Sunday
2pm Reading
Books & Books
265 Aragon Avenue
Coral Gables

Gendered Patriotism: Mobilizing Men and Women to Support Wars
Karen Garner, Ph.D.
Director, Women's Center, FIU

Co-sponsored by:
The Wolfsonian-FIU

Nov. 6, 2003
Thursday
7pm
The Wolfsonian-FIU, 1001 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach
Tel: 305-531-1001

A Rose Blooms Again: A Survivor's Story (Holocaust)
Rose Rothschild

Nov. 22, 2003
Saturday
8pm Reading
Books & Books
265 Aragon Avenue
Coral Gables

Champions for Peace: Women Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize
Judith Stiehm, Ph.D.
Professor, Political Science, FIU

Feb. 11, 2004
Wednesday
8pm
Books & Books
265 Aragon Avenue
Coral Gables

Keynote for Women in Post-War Reconstruction Conference
The Worldwide Advancement of Women's Issues and the U.S. National Interest in Post Conflict Zones
Charlotte Ponticelli
Senior Coordinator
International Women’s Issues
U.S. Department of State

Co-sponsored by:
The Women's Center

March 12, 2004
Friday
7pm

Graham Center Ballroom, University Park Campus

Admission is free. Open to the public.

WOMEN OF DISTINCTION SERIES
Margaret Bourke-White: Modern Woman, Modern Photographer

Vicki Goldberg
NY Times photography critic

Free Admission.
Co-sponsored by: The Wolfsonian-FIU

Sept. 23, 2004
Thursday
7pm lecture (6-7pm Gallery open)

The Martin Margulies Collection, 591 NW 27th Street, Miami FL 33127

RSVP required: 305 535 2645
Driving Directions: 305 576 1051

WOMEN OF DISTINCTION SERIES
Cross Current

Christine Kling, Author

Oct. 12, 2004
Tuesday
7pm private reception (RSVP: 305 348 2408)
8pm reading
Books & Books
265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables

WOMEN OF DISTINCTION SERIES
Masterful Women:
Slaveholding Southern Women

Kirsten Wood, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
History, FIU

Jan. 21, 2005
Friday
8pm reading
Books & Books
265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables

WOMEN OF DISTINCTION SERIES
Louise Bourgeois: Stitches in Time

Frances Morris, Senior Curator
Tate Modern Museum, London


Image credit:Louise Bourgeois
COUPLE, 2001, Fabric, hanging piece
20 x 6 x 4"; 50.7 x 15.2 x 10.1 cm.
Collection of Joan and Michael Salke, courtesy of Cheim & Reid, New York
Photo: Christopher Burke

 

Feb. 12, 2005 Saturday
2pm Lecture
3pm reception

Museum of Contemporary Art, Joan Lehman Building 770 NE 125th Street, North Miami

RSVP Required. For information and RSVP, contact MOCA: 305-893-6211.

MOCA Map
Driving Directions:
From I-95: Exit I-95 at NE 125 Street (Exit #13).
Head East approximately one mile.
MOCA is located on the right at
770 NE 125 Street--
between NE 7 Court and NE 8 Avenue.

From Biscayne Boulevard:
At NE 125 Street, head West approximately 1.5 miles. MOCA is located on the left between
NE 8 Avenue and NE 7 Court.

 
 
 


 


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