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On Tuesday 8th March to help mark the occasion our catering teams will be serving Mimosa cake as the dessert in Colleges and will also have it available in our Retail outlets. Mimosa cake is traditionally served in Italy every year to celebrate International Women’s day. Its name is due to the decoration with cake crumbs, which are reminiscent of the mimosa flower. This plant blooms in early March and has therefore became the symbol of the Women's Day in Italy.
We are marking this notable day by inviting the following two speakers on the theme of ‘breaking the bias’, one from an academic perspective and another from a practitioner’s viewpoint, followed by a joint Q&A.
Sharon Benning-Prince is a Human Rights lawyer and founder of Justice in Fashion Home | Justice in Fashion, who was the first woman and first person of colour to work for her initial employer. Sharon will discuss addressing gender disparity in the workplace, based on her own experience in the legal sector and extensive knowledge of employment law. Inspirational Woman: Sharon Benning-Prince | Human Rights Lawyer (wearethecity.com)
Dr Stephanie Schreven is a Programme Director and EDI researcher at Dundee University Business School, who formerly worked at the University of Glasgow and University of Cambridge. Stephanie’s presentation will refer to Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley’s pioneering works and their continuing impact on equality.
To access the event please click here
Room D104 (Anthropology Seminar Room)
All students and staff invited!
For International Women’s Day, three early career anthropologists who completed/are completing their PhDs in the Department of Anthropology at Durham will speak about what they’ve achieved (and aim to achieve) ‘with and through’ anthropology. This event celebrates and explores the varied careers and experiences of anthropologists who identify as women, but will be of interest to all undergraduates (especially those considering further study in anthropology) and postgraduates. Our speakers are Dr Lauren Houghton, Dr Sarah Rosen and Ms Vicky Bathrelou.
Dr Sarah Rosen wrote her PhD on intersectionality in forensic anthropology. She is now assistant principal at Ustinov College and continues to pursue research in forensic anthropology conducted after political violence.
Ms Vicky Bathrelou studied Archaeology in Athens and is currently doing her PhD in social anthropology on everyday feminisms in Greece. She is leading the theme of gender in the Volos Anthropology field school for Durham undergraduates.
Dr Lauren Houghton’s PhD explored pubertal development and growing up among girls living in Bangladesh and in the UK from a biocultural perspective. She now works as an Assistant Professor in Epidemiology at Columbia University, where she draws on her anthropology training in her research on breast cancer.
Those intending to come in person let us know by emailing Janet Cummings janet.m.cummings@durham.ac.uk in order to manage the room capacity
Zoom link for those needing remote access: Join Zoom Meeting
https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/j/95877710978?pwd=TnhsWkNib2ltbjdiZmtKZjlOWlU4QT09
Meeting ID: 958 7771 0978
Passcode: 441194
Join our Vice-Chancellor and Warden, Professor Karen O’Brien, to Meet the Women Levelling up in the North East. Professor O’Brien will be joined by Professor Claire O’Malley, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Global, Professor Jacqui Ramagge, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science and female leaders from across the region, including Jo Farrell, Chief Constable, Durham Constabulary to discuss the achievements of their organisations across the region as well as their own personal contribution towards levelling up in the North East. This event is being hosted online via a live stream.
Event details: Tuesday 8 March, 5.30pm - Register online for this event.
Tuesday 8th March, - 19:00 - Ustinov Room, Van Mildert College
Join us for a celebration of International Women's Day 2022 as we support #breakthebias. We are delighted to welcome three inspirational speakers to Van Mildert College who will each offer a reflection on their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. A wider facilitated discussion will then follow with contributions from the floor. We encourage attendees to pre-submit questions at the time of sign-up using our online form - the link can be found below along with more information about our speakers.
All members of the University community are very welcome to join us! If you are interested in this event, please fill in the sign-up form
March 8th sees the arrival of International Women’s Day (IWD) 2022 and to mark the occasion, Ustinov College’s Global Citizenship Programme (GCP) and Graduate Common Room (GCR) are hosting a number of events and activities across the whole month of March. The UN Women’s theme for IWD 2022 is ‘Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow’ while InternationalWomensDay.com have a tagline of #breakthebias. We warmly welcome you to join us at these events – look out for upcoming adverts for specific events via College News, emails and social media. Follow us on Twitter (@ustinovcollege), Instagram (@ustinovcollege) or on Facebook to make sure you don’t miss out on these and all other College activities and events
Dr Sarah Rosen, Assistant Principal at Ustinov College – ‘Forging a Career With and Through Anthropology’ (Tuesday 8th March 15:00, Dawson 104, Anthropology/Zoom)
Email m.cummings@durham.ac.uk for Zoom details / to attend in person.
In celebration of International Women's Day, the Durham mathematics department will be hosting an event on the afternoon of Wednesday, 9th of March 2022, in the Mathematics and Computer Science building.
Professor Bethany Marsh from the University of Leeds will be joining us to give a colloquium talk on her work from 2pm to 3pm, as well as to talk about her experiences in mathematics as a transgender woman.
This talk will be followed by a panel discussion from 3.30pm to 4.30pm, where Professor Marsh will be joined by women from our own department to discuss their experiences, and to answer questions pre-submitted by the audience. The panel will consist of Associate Professor Chunrong Feng, Professor Bethany Marsh, Assistant Professor Rachel Oughton, and Professor Anne Taormina. Light refreshments will be available during a short break between the colloquium and the panel discussion.
Professor Marsh has previously given an interview to the Newton Institute about her life and work, which is available as a podcast at the following link - https://www.newton.ac.uk/media/podcasts/post/33-becoming-bethany-marsh-life-as-a-transgender-professor-of-mathematics/.
This event will be taking place in-person for staff and students from Durham University, as well as online via Zoom for those that can't - or would prefer not - to attend in person, or for those wishing to join from other institutions
Thursday 10th March 13:00-17:00
Join Durham University’s Dr Stacey Pope and Rachel Allison (Mississippi State University) for this online event to celebrate International Women’s day. Sign up for free via *this link*
Celebrate women's achievement. Raise awareness against bias. Take action for equality.
This year International Women’s Day lecture will be given by Beth Stump. Beth has a varied career working her way to leading the Global Geological and Geophysical operations for Chevron at their technical centre based in Houston, Texas. Beth is not only a very experienced geologist, especially in geomechanics and pore pressure prediction but is championing Chevron’s low-carbon transition and sustainability.
Women, Craft and the Decorative Arts in Late Victorian Britain
Friday 11 March 2022
The Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies (CNCS) in association with the Centre for Visual Arts and Culture (CVAC) at Durham University are delighted to present a two-part event exploring women's contribution to the Arts and Crafts movement on Friday 11th March 2022. In the morning, there will be an online panel discussion via Zoom from 11-12.30pm showcasing new work by scholars and curators on women's ambiguous place in the movement. This will be followed in the early afternoon by two in-person ceramic handling sessions in Newcastle Upon Tyne hosted by the De Morgan Foundation. This session offers a special opportunity to directly interact with examples of Victorian design and reflect on their making and their interpretation today.
Details of the online and in-person aspects of this event are below. Please note that there are separate registrations for the online and in-person parts of the day – for the ceramics handling session, please choose which session slot you wish to attend.
Image credit: Medusa Roundel by Evelyn De Morgan (probably 1880s) by Evelyn De Morgan (De Morgan Collection P_EDM_0065)
Online discussion panel
11-12.30pm Friday 11 March 2022 via Zoom
Register here: Women, Craft and the Decorative Arts in Late Victorian Britain Tickets, Fri 11 Mar 2022 at 11:00 | Eventbrite
An online discussion panel bringing together academics and museum curators. Chaired by Dr Tom Stammers (Durham University) and Sarah Hardy (Director of the De Morgan Museum).
Speakers and Paper Titles:
De Morgan Ceramics Handling Session
Session 1: 1.30-3.00pm; Session 2 3.15-4.45pm Friday 11 March 2022
Burt Hall, Northumberland Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8JF
Register here: De Morgan Ceramics Handling Session Tickets, Fri 11 Mar 2022 at 13:30 | Eventbrite
William De Morgan was the premier ceramic designer of the Victorian Arts and Crafts Movement. At his peak, he employed around 40 different craftsmen who would paint his designs on to tiles, vases, pots and plates which would then be fired in the kiln. Such tactile objects are difficult to understand from two-dimensional images on screens or from behind a glass barrier in a museum. This handling session will allow participants to glean an understanding of the construction of De Morgan ceramics and provide a rare opportunity to experience a tangible link to our material history. You will be encouraged to improve your analytical skills by looking for physical clues on these objects which might reveal more to our understanding of them than the surface decoration alone could.
Please note that there are 2 sessions available limited to 10 people per session.
Thursday 25 February to Saturday 24 April 2022
First Women comprises a unique collection of 100 portraits capturing women in the UK who were “first” in their field of achievement. The portraits by photographer Anita Corbin provide inspiration and insight for a new generation of women seeking an understanding of their own roles in a rapidly changing world in which equality is still an issue.
First Women, The Collection, is about women’s achievements, and one woman’s exploration through the camera lens that endeavours to answer the question: How will women be remembered over the past 100 years? What have they achieved in the fields of sport, science, politics, the arts and education? And who were these remarkable “first” women, what did they look like?
Further details can be found at Current exhibition (bishopaucklandtownhall.org.uk)
New Webinar Series - How to Enhance Gender Equality Within Your Organisation
To celebrate International Women’s Day, Pearn Kandola’s latest month-long webinar series will be exploring gender equality and how organisations can address issues of gender inequality at work.
Starting from Tuesday 8th March 2022 the series will cover:
Full details and dates of webinars can be found here.
International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is Tuesday 8th March 2022, and HROD would like to highlight a number of resources available to staff via the online e-library, BookBoon, including Self-Advocacy & Confidence for a Fearless Career, Soft Skills: Turning the Invisible into Visible, My Career Guide: Make Your Dreams Come True and Change - One Nibble at a Time.
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