Sample a Women’s Studies class during the month of March and see what the new Women’s Studies major will be like. Five Women’s Studies faculty members will open the Women’s Studies classes they teach this semester to the University and Chattanooga communities. The schedule of open classes is listed below. Everyone is invited to sample as many of these classes as they wish. For more information, email the Director of Women’s Studies at Marcia-Noe@utc.edu.

Tuesday March 4, 4:30-5:20 p.m.
“Why Gender Is So Troublesome”
Leigh Johnson
Holt 124
Lecture/discussion

Thursday, March 6, 1:40-2:55 p.m.
“The European Witchcraze, Part II”
Michelle White
Brock 406
Seminar/discussion: European Women’s History to 1800

Wednesday, March 19, 2-4:40 p.m.
“The Postmodern Body”
Heather Palmer
Holt 305
Lecture/discussion: Rhetorics of Embodiment

Wednesday, March 26, 11-11:50 a.m.
“Self-Made Women: Cosmetic Surgery Shows and the Construction of Female Pathology”
Elizabeth Gailey
Raccoon Mountain Room, UC
Lecture/discussion: Introduction to Women’s Studies

Thursday March 27, 3-4 p.m.
“The Politics of Fat”
Talia Welsh
Signal Mountain Room, UC
Lecture/discussion: Feminist Theory

Monday, March 31, 2-4:30 p.m.
“Incest, Innuendo and Intrigue: The Secret Life of Edith Wharton”
Marcia Noe
Holt 304
Lecture/discussion: Edith Wharton Seminar

February 29, 2008