Center for the Study of Women

A Critical Moment: Sex/Gender Research at the Intersection of Culture, Brain, & Behavior
2015-10-23 - 2015-10-24 | UCLA, 330 De Neve Dr., Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Be there when many of the world’s leading scholars from the Humanities and Sciences discuss and debate issues at the intersection of sex/gender, culture, brain, and behavior. Great minds. Thrilling discussions. New connections.
SOME OF OUR TALKS
KEYNOTE: Anne Fausto-Sterling, Brown University
Recent Discoveries and Opportunities for Improved Understanding of Sex-Biasing Biological Factors * Art Arnold, UCLA
A Life History Theory Perspective on Neural, Hormonal, and Genetic Correlates of Variation in Human Paternal Behavior * James Rilling, Emory University
An Evolutionary Perspective on Sexual Orientation, Same-Sex Attraction, and Affiliation * Daniel Fessler, UCLA
Social Neuroendocrinology and Gender/Sex: Asking Hormonal Questions with Social Construction and Evolution in their Answers * Sari van Anders, University of Michigan
Where Does Sexual Orientation Reside? * Lisa Diamond, University of Utah
Technology and Globalization: Emergent Intersections of Culture, Brain, and Behavior * Tom Boellstorff, UC Irvine
Early Androgen Exposure and Human Gender Development: Outcomes and Mechanisms * Melissa Hines, University of Cambridge
Male Infertility, Assisted Reproductive Technologies, and Emergent Masculinities in the Arab World * Marcia Inhorn, Yale University
Naturalizing Male Violence and Sexuality * Matthew Gutmann, Brown University
…More Titles Coming Soon!
Register Now: http://www.thefpr.org/conference2015/registration.php
EARLY REGISTRATION (Reduced Fees) ENDS June 30, 2015

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Ely Guerra
2015-10-20 16:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Schoenberg Hall and Royce Hall 314
A Concert by the UC Regents Lecturer
Ely Guerra is a composer, lyricist, and musician acclaimed for her artistic activism on behalf of women’s freedom, rights of indigenous people, and environmental issues of communities along the U.S.–Mexico border. She is an artist whose musical compositions celebrate the popular and folkloric traditions of Mexico with contemporary themes.
Public Reception, Royce Hall 314, October 20, 2015
Concert performance, Schoenberg Hall, October 21, 2015
ORGANIZED BY Department of Spanish & Portuguese
COSPONSORED BY Chicano Studies Research Center, Institute of American Cultures, Department of Chicana/o Studies, Herb Alpert School of Music, and Center for the Study of Women
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Personal Safety and Conflict Resolution: An Empowerment Self-Defense Workshop
2015-10-19 17:00 - 20:00 | Kaufman 208
This workshop will introduce participants to Empowerment Self-Defense training methodologies, a feminist, anti-racist, gender-inclusive approach to eradicating violence and fostering equality. Empowerment self-defense is based on the premise that, although only an aggressor is responsible for an assault, a defender has options when reacting to violence. ESD provides training for expanding these options. ESD focuses on critical risk assessment, boundary setting, how to recognize healthy and unhealthy relationships as well as on physical defense techniques.
The workshop will be led by Empowerment Self-Defense instructor Susan Schorn. Participants can be UCLA affiliates of any kind. Come prepared to move.
Susan Schorn is an author, martial artist, and empowerment self-defense instructor. She is the author of a memoir entitled Smile at Strangers: Life Lessons from the Art of Living Fearlessly. She writes a regular column for McSweeney’s Internet Tendency and is a contributor to popular feminist publications such as Jezebel and The Hairpin. She has also written about academic research on the effectiveness of feminist self-defense training.
Organized by: Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance
Cosponsored by: Center for the Study of Women, 7000 in Solidarity, Bruins for Consent, and UCLA Counseling Center

Fall Reception
2015-10-07 16:00 - 18:00 | Rolfe Courtyard
UCLA Center for the Study of Women and the UCLA Department of Gender Studies invite you to join us as we celebrate the start of a new academic year.
All are welcome. Refreshments provided.
