The spring-quarter presentations in the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û×ßÊÆͼ Focus on Women and the Environment speaker series are all on the topic of biodiversity and society.
The speaker series is a program of the Consortium for Women and Research at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û×ßÊÆͼ, which is dedicated to the support of research by and on women and on gender in its multiple intersections with race, class, sexual and national identity.
The April events are:
Wednesday, April 12: Workshop: "Understanding Biodiversity: A Cross Disciplinary and Cross Cultural Conversation." Speakers are °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û×ßÊÆͼ professors Sharon Strauss, evolution and ecology; Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, anthropology; Stefano Varese, Native American studies; and Julio Lopez, entomology and Native American studies. University Club Lounge, 4-6 p.m., reception follows.
Tuesday, April 18: Film and brown-bag lunch: "Fear and Fishing in Lake Davis: A Story About People and Government and the Fish That Came Between Them." Speakers are the filmmakers, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û×ßÊÆͼ students Jarrett Byrnes, Population Biology Graduate Group; Liz Chamberlin, Ecology Graduate Group and English; Sarah Elmendorf, Ecology Graduate Group; Ryan Fischer, evolution and ecology; Suzanne Olyarnik, history; and Amber Wright, Population Biology Graduate Group. 3201 Hart Hall, noon to 1:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 27: Seminar: "Insects and Ecology in the New World: How a Woman Naturalist Constructed the Meaning of Biodiversity." Speaker is Kim Todd, author of the book "Tinkering With Eden: A Natural History of Exotics in America," and winner of the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award. 3201 Hart Hall, 4-6 p.m., reception follows.
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