Berkshire Conference of Women, Genders and Sexualities, 2023
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Big Berks!
28 June – 2 July 2023, Santa Clara University, California
Oceans, Islands, and Continents:
Reconceptualizing the Spatialization of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Histories
What does it mean to gather on the Ohlone peoples’ ancestral homeland, situated next to the San Francisco Bay, a gateway to the Pacific Ocean and Pacific Islands? What does it mean to convene, craft, share, and celebrate feminist histories in the ongoing contexts of climate change-fueled hurricanes and storm surges, sea level rise and coastal flooding, fires, and marine life extinction? What does it mean to celebrate fifty years of promoting and exploring histories of women, genders, and sexualities when immigrants, refugees, Indigenous and Black people, queer and trans communities are marginalized and subject to violence; political and individual freedoms are eroded; and growing autocratic and totalitarian regimes embolden racial nationalism?
Draft Program
Wednesday 28 June
7:00-8:30 pm Reception for International Participants and other Early Arrivers
Thursday 29 June
12:00-6:00 pm Registration Opens
2:00-3:30 pm NEH/AHA/Sharp Berks Fellows Roundtable
3:30-4:30 pm Graduate Council Meet and Greet
5:30-6:45 pm Opening Presidential Reception (with hearty hors d’oeuvres)
7:00-9:00 pm Opening Celebration
Friday 30 June
7:00-9:00 am Breakfast
8:00-6:00 pm Registration
8:30-10:00 am Sessions
10:00-10:30 am Coffee Break
10:30am-noon Sessions
12:00-2:00 pm Lunch (two seatings)
2:00-3:30 pm Sessions
3:30-4:00 pm Coffee break
4:00-5:30 pm Indigeneity Plenary
5.30-6:45 pm 50th Anniversary Celebration Reception with hearty hors d’oeurves
7:00-9:00 pm 50th Anniversary Celebration, “We Changed History: A Celebration”
Saturday 1 July
7:00-9:00 am Breakfast
8:00-6:00 pm Registration
8:30-10.00 am Sessions
10:00-10.30 am Coffee Break
10:30 am-noon Sessions
12:00-2:00 pm Lunch
2:00-3:30 pm Sessions
3:30-4:00 pm Coffee Break
4:00-5.30 pm Plenary — Oceans, Islands, and Continents
6:00-7:30 pm Southwestern Dinner
7:30-10:30 pm Dance with bar and alternative entertainments
Sunday 2 July
7:00-9:00 am Breakfast
8:00-10.00 am Registration?
8:30-10.00 am Sessions
10:00-10:30 am Coffee
10:30 am-noon Sessions
Conference ends
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We are planning for an in-person meeting.
We also are monitoring the public health situation and will make adjustments accordingly.
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