LA Femme/Women of Louisiana: A Symposium

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Center for Louisiana Studies observes Women’s History Month with LA Femme / Women of Louisiana: A Symposium on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at the Paul and LuLu Hilliard University Art Museum’s A. Hays Town Building.  The free day-long symposium­­ culminates with an evening book launch of Louisiana Women: Their Lives and Times, Volume Two, co-edited by Dr. Mary Farmer Kaiser, Dean of the Graduate School.

The program includes sessions on the state of women's studies in Louisiana, health accessibility and disparity, intimate partner violence, campus culture and gender issues, and a discussion of defining women and inclusivity.  A Brown Bag Lunch Talk with Dr. Janet Allured will focus on her forthcoming book, Remapping Second-Wave Feminism: The Long Women’s Rights Movement in Louisiana, 1950-1997.  Speakers are drawn from the university community, including faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, as well as the community.

The full day of panel discussions invites scholars, students and the community at large to come together for deep thinking and examination of Louisiana’s treatment of women and women’s issues.

To reserve your seat and see the full program, please visit http://lafemmesymposium.eventbrite.com/.  The Brown Bag Lunch Talk requires separate registration and payment for lunch.  The Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum A. Hays Town Building is located at 710 E. St. Mary Blvd., Lafayette, LA 70503.

For more information about this event and other CLS activities, go to our website, http://louisianastudies.louisiana.edu/, email us at clspresents@louisiana.edu, or call our office at 337.482.6027.