Gender on Ice November 20, 2008

The Virginia C. Gildersleeve Conference GENDER ON ICE
November 20, 2008 from: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: 202 Altschul
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Contact: 212.854.2067

The Virginia C. Gildersleeve Conference
GENDER ON ICE
Featuring filmmaker Isaac Julien With Roslyn Silver ’27
Science Lecture by Gabrielle Walker
Thursday and Friday, 11/20–11/21
Register in Barnard Hall Lobby

Screening of True North
Conference kick-off featuring Isaac Julien
Thursday, 11/20 7:30 PM
202 Altschul

Drawing on the natural sciences, the social sciences, history, literature and the arts, this two-day interdisciplinary conference focuses on the intersection of science, policy, race and gender in the way the Arctic and Antarctic are studied, represented, inhabited and imagined. The conference opens with a presentation by award-winning filmmaker Isaac Julien of his short film True North, based on the story of Matthew Henson, the first African- American to explore the Arctic with Robert Peary in 1909. Lisa Bloom, author of Gender on Ice, and Monica Miller, assistant professor of English at Barnard, join Isaac Julien in conversation immediately following the screening.

Official Website: http://barnard.edu/bcrw