The Columbia Journal of Gender and Law presents its Triennial Symposium, Gender on the Frontiers: Confronting Intersectionalities, April 10, 2009, 9:30 am- 5:00 pm.
For registration information, please email jrngen[at]law.columbia.edu.
Women Crossing Borders, 9:30 am
* Soraya Fata, Staff Attorney, Legal Momentum
* Sharmila Lodhia, Post-doctoral Fellow, Santa Clara University
* Jenni Milbank, Professor of Law, University of Technology, Sydney (Australia)
* Catherine Dauvergne, Associate Professor of Law, University of British Columbia
Traditional Institutions through a Non-Traditional Lens, 10:40 am
* Angela Irvine, Principal Researcher, Ceres Policy Research
* Eva Ryrstedt, Associate Professor of Law, University of Lund (Sweden)
* Sarah Valentine, Associate Law Library Professor, CUNY School of Law
Real Queer Advocacy: Intersection and Divergence, 11:45 am
* Libby Adler, Professor of Law, Northeastern University
* Tony Varona, Professor of Law, American University
Keynote Address, 12:45 pm (luncheon in Jerome Greene Annex)
* Dean Spade, Assistant Professor of Law, Seattle University
Legally-Constructed Gender and Sexual Identities, 2:30 pm
* Jessie Hill, Associate Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University
* Khiara Bridges, Fellow, Center for Reproductive Rights – Columbia Law School
* Barrak Alzaid , MA Candidate Performance Studies, New York University
* Shankar Prasad, Chief Marketing Officer, AKOS Health Systems, Inc.
* Carrie Nordlund, Assistant Professor of Politics, Lake Forest College
Women Committing Crimes: Gendered Conduct Outside the Law, 4:00 pm
* Rebecca Tushnet, Professor of Law, Georgetown University
* Francesca Coppa, Director of Film Studies, Muhlenberg College
* Linda Fentiman, Professor of Law, Pace University
* Benedetta Faedi, Graduate Fellow and JSD Candidate, Stanford University
Final panel will be followed by a reception in Case Lounge, JG 701, 5:00 pm.
