March 26, 2015
Dear CSW Faculty Affiliates,
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Thinking Gender, CSW's annual graduate student research conference, we have added some new features. It will take place over two days, April 23 and 24, in the Grand Horizon Ballroom of Covel Commons and will feature a keynote, a networking luncheon, workshops, and a poster session, as well as panel presentations. On April 23 at 2:45 pm, the conference will open with a keynote address, Body Modifications: Violence, Labor, and the Subject of Feminism, by Rebecca M. Herzig of Bates College. Her new book, Plucked: A History of Hair Removal, has just been published by NYU Press.
More information on the conference is included below. Attached are PDFs of the flyers for the conference, keynote, and workshops. I hope that you will help us to publicize the conference by sharing the information and flyers with your students and colleagues.
Thanks so much for your continued support of CSW.

With all best wishes,

Brenda

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Brenda Johnson-Grau
Managing Editor, Center for the Study of Women
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UCLA CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF WOMEN presents
THINKING GENDER 2015
25th Annual Graduate Student Research Conference
DATES/TIMES: April 23, 11:30 am to 6 pm, April 24, 8 am to 6 pm
PLACE: Grand Horizons Ballroom, Covel Commons, UCLA
COSPONSORS: UCLA Colloquium in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies, History of Women, Men, and Sexuality Emphasis (HWMS), UC Irvine Center for the Biotechnology and Global Health Policy, and Marcus Kowal and System Training Center
HIGHLIGHTS
KEYNOTE: Body Modifications: Violence, Labor, and the Subject of Feminism, Rebecca Herzig, Bates College
Thursday, April 23, 2:00 to 3:15 pm
Rebecca M. Herzig is the Christian A. Johnson Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Chair of the Program in Women  and Gender Studies at Bates College (http://www.bates.edu/gender/faculty/rebecca-m-herzig/). Her latest book, Plucked: A History of Hair Removal, is now available from NYU Press.
From 3 to 4:15 pm, copies of Plucked will be available for purchase. Price is $29.95 plus sales tax.
PANELS/POSTERS
April 24, from 9 to 12:15 and from 2:45 to 6 pm
Panel topics include issues of biomedical body and knowledge production, sexuality in Asian media, feminist inquiry and practices, queer body and sexuality in performance, gendered militarism and social protests, and gendered roles and professionalism. Also featured are discussions exploring identity and culture of movement, contesting anthropocentrism, claiming public visibility and power, challenging stereotypes of body in the arts, locating agency in politics of the body, and contesting marginality.
WORKSHOPS
Fight Like a Woman with Marcus Kowal, April 24, 1:30 to 2:30 pm
Acupressure: Massaging Your Way to Optimal Health with Felicia Yu, April 24, 1:30 to 2:30 pm
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Attendance at conference panels and the keynote address is free and open to all. A registration fee of $35 provides access to the conference workshops, networking lunch, and keynote cocktail reception (and includes a Thinking Gender tote bag and CSW cup). Select PRIME when you visit the registration website.
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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM: http://www.csw.ucla.edu/conferences-1/thinking-gender
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