Women’s History Month is underway, with a variety of events across campus celebrating women’s history and honoring the vital role they play in Emory’s past, present and future. Be sure to mark your calendar for art workshops, academic lectures and other can’t-miss events.
Atlanta campus events
Monday, March 4
Book talk: “Caste, Gender and Coming Out as Dalit” with Yashica Dutt
5 p.m., Rose Library, Woodruff Seminar Room
Join award-winning journalist Yashica Dutt and Ruby Lal, Emory professor of South Asian studies, for a book talk and Q&A on Dutt’s book “Coming out as Dalit: A Memoir of Surviving India’s Caste System,” in which she reflects on her childhood living within the caste system and the history of discrimination experienced by Dalits.
This event is open to the public and no registration is required.
Lenaia Student Playwriting Festival
7:30 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Head to the Schwartz Center to watch performances by a cohort of Emory student playwrights, actors, directors and producers during the Lenaia Student Playwriting Festival. This student-written, student-run playwriting festival will conclude with the following performances: an excerpt from “The Better” by Ainsley Powers; “Out of Body” by MJ Brown; an excerpt from “The War on Georgia Becker” by Maya Ashe; and “Hands” by Aaron Selby.
This event is open to everyone, and all attendees can reserve a ticket online.
Wednesday, March 6
AI.Humanity Seminar: “Using Digital Biomarkers to Detect Recent Cannabis Use and Cannabis Impaired Driving” with Julia Wrobel
2 p.m., Convocation Hall, Room 208
In this seminar, Rollins School of Public Health professor Julia Wrobel will discuss statistical and AI models for detecting recent cannabis use, as well as potential ethical implications as part of Emory’s Center for AI Learning Seminar Series. Refreshments will be available before and after the talk, followed by a general reception to allow guests to meet, network and discuss their involvement and interests with AI.
This event is open to the public and registration is requested.
2024 Tenenbaum Family Lecture: “Latinx Jews in Their Adopted Homeland: Constructing New Realities and Claiming New Identities” with Laura Limonic
7 p.m., Convocation Hall
Join Laura Limonic, associate professor and chair of the Sociology Department at SUNY-Old Westbury in Long Island, NY, as she delivers the 27th Tenenbaum Family Lecture in Jewish Studies, exploring questions including how Latinx Jews in the U.S. identify, if they can choose their identity and if their ethnic choices are ever strategic or instrumental.
This event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is requested.
Thursday, March 7
Biochemistry Seminar Series: “The Duality of Oligonucleotide Probes for SARS-CoV-2 Targets” with Valeria Milam
12 p.m., Whitehead Biomedical Research Building, Whitehead Auditorium
Don’t miss Valeria Milam’s session of Emory School of Medicine’s Biochemistry Seminar Series. Milam, an associate professor at both Emory and Georgia Tech, will deliver a lecture about her current research, which focuses on designing and characterizing colloids functionalized with biologically relevant macromolecules such as oligonucleotides and cellular adhesion molecules.
Refreshments will be served 30 minutes before the seminar in the Whitehead Auditorium lobby. This seminar is open to the public and no registration is required.
Women of Excellence Awards and Graduating Women of Promise Pinning
6 p.m., Miller-Ward Alumni House
Join the Center for Women to celebrate the achievements of those who have demonstrated extraordinary dedication to issues affecting women at Emory and in the broader community during the Women of Excellence Awards. Visit the Center for Women’s website to see the full list of this year’s honorees.
This event is open to the public and registration is strongly encouraged.
Tuesday, March 12
Workshop: “Rockstar Women: Tools from Five Unapologetic Female Recording Artists”
12 p.m., Online
This fun and energetic virtual workshop on “Rockstar Women,” led by alumna Annette Blum Pearson, combines popular music with practical tools for leadership development based on lessons from the likes of Madonna, Whitney Houston and others.
This webinar is open to the public and registration is required.
Monday, March 18
JWJI Colloquium: “The Sacred Universe of Hip Hop: Reflections on a Middle Age Phenomenon” with Joycelyn Wilson
12 p.m., Robert W. Woodruff Library, Jones Room
Join Joycelyn Wilson, professor of hip hop studies and digital humanities at Georgia Tech, as she discusses “The Sacred Universe of Hip Hop: Reflections on a Middle Age Phenomenon.” This series is co-sponsored by Emory Libraries and the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library.
This event is open to the public and registration is requested.
Wednesday, March 20
Workshop: Succulent Pot Painting
1 p.m., Cox Hall, Emory’s Center for Women
You’re invited to kick back and relax as Emory’s Center for Women hosts pot painting in honor of the beginning of spring. Attendees will also set intentions for growth and hopes for things to “blossom” this season.
This event is open to all Emory students. Advance registration is not required.
Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture Lunch: “Virtual Spaces and Issues of Identity” with Tanine Allison, Jinsook Kim and Josh Rubin
1 p.m., Psychology and Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, Suite 464
Join Tanine Allison, professor of film and media studies at Emory; Jinsook Kim, professor of film and media studies at Emory; and Josh Rubin, professor of anthropology at Bates College, as they discuss how technologically mediated spaces impact performances of identity, particularly in relation to gender and race. Each scholar will discuss their research and studies in this space.
This event is open to the Emory community and registration is required.
Thursday, March 21
Biology Seminar Series: “Modulating Loop Dynamics and the Evolution of New Enzymes” with Lynn Kamerlin
11:30 a.m., O. Wayne Rollins Research Center, Room 1052
Lynn Kamerlin of Georgia Tech will speak on, “Modulating Loop Dynamics and the Evolution of New Enzymes,” as part of Emory College’s Biology Seminar Series. Kamerlin’s research sits at the intersection of biology and chemistry. Arrive early for refreshments.
This event is open to Emory students, faculty and staff and registration is not required.
Workshop: Sapphic Stitch
3 p.m., Cox Hall, Identity Spaces
Emory’s Center for Women and the Office of LGBT Life are teaming up to celebrate Women’s History Month by hosting a crocheting event for queer women and sapphics, complete with yarn, crochet hooks and food. Student leaders will be available to teach others how to crochet.
This event is open to Emory students. Registration is not required.
Laszlo-Excalibur Lecture: “The Tanagras, Greek Dress and Femininity” with Mireille M. Lee
7:30 p.m., Michael C. Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall
Visit Ackerman Hall for a lecture by Mireille M. Lee, who will discuss the particular importance of dress for women and girls and relate ancient practices to modern fashions of the late 19th century.
This event is open to the public and registration is required.
Friday, March 22
Colloquium: “Classical Drapery and Dress Reform”
9:30 a.m., Michael C. Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall
Head back to Ackerman Hall after the Laszlo-Excalibur Lecture for a morning full of academic exploration into women’s dress. The day begins with coffee, tea and pastries, and moves into a welcome at 10 a.m. from Ruth Allen, Carlos Curator of Greek and Roman Art. Allen will introduce the exhibition “Recasting Antiquity: Whistler, Tangra and the Female Form.” The morning will continue with sessions discussing “Venus’s Waist: Ancient Sculpture and Dress Reform” and “Rosa Genoni’s Tanagra Dress Reframed: A Story of Fashion, Performance and Feminism.”
The colloquium is free and open to the public, but advance registration is recommended.
Dance concert with honors students Madison Lee and Mia Shocket
7:30 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Dance Studio
Support honors students Madison Lee and Mia Shocket as they perform their honors thesis concert. Lee and Shocket will present the show again on Saturday, March 23, at 7:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.
Monday, March 25
La Terraza Embroidery Night
4 p.m., Cox Hall, Identity Spaces
La Terraza is a space designed for Latinx women at Emory to share, unwind and connect. Join the group for a special evening as they prepare for Emory’s annual showcase of Latinx creatives: Diasporartes 2024. Attendees will be guided through traditional Mexican embroidery and stitch pieces together for the exhibit submission. This event is open to Emory students.
Wednesday, March 27
Women’s Wonderful Wednesday
12 p.m., Asbury Circle
Join the Center for Women, Dooley After Dark and Wonderful Wednesday to celebrate the end of Women’s History Month with food, music and games in Asbury Circle.
2024 Pride Awards
6:30 p.m., Miller-Ward Alumni House
Hosted by Emory LGBT Life, the Pride Awards will honor individuals and groups within the Emory community for their exceptional contributions to the LGBTQ+ community. These awards showcase great work, celebrate the steps toward LGBTQ+ equality and highlight graduating LGBTQ+ students during the Lavender Graduation.
Registration is required for attendees.
Thursday, March 28
Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture Lunch: “How Do We Know It’s Music? On Musical Capacities of the Electromagnetic Field” with Ivana Ilic and Jasna Veličković
11:30 a.m., Psychology and Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, Suite 464
Join Ivana Ilic and Jasna Veličković as they explore the musical use of electromagnetism in art. The discussion will focus on two composers: Christina Kubisch and Jasna Veličković, the latter of which will be present at the talk.
This event is open to the Emory community and registration is required.
Oxford campus events
Tuesday, March 5
Concert: The APU INKA Musical Group7 p.m., Williams Hall
Head to Williams Hall at Oxford College for a performance by The APU INKA Musical Group. The group provides authentically traditional musical expression, and will play Peruvian, Latin American and world-popular music with the help of traditional Andean instruments. The show is free and open to the public.
Thursday, March 7
Film Screening: “How I Choose to Spend the Remainder of my Birthing Years” with Sarah Lasley
7 p.m., Humanities Building, Room 202
Join award-winning filmmaker, actor, curator and educator Sarah Lasley for a film screening at Oxford College. Lasley has screened her films nationally and internationally, with her latest solo film, “How I Choose to Spend the Remainder of my Birthing Years,” exploring the relationship between isolation and paracosm through a reenactment of an iconic dance scene from the film “Dirty Dancing.” Lasley’s film even caught the eye of Eleanor Bergstein, writer and producer of “Dirty Dancing,” and is the recipient of multiple awards, including Best Film and Best Female Actor at the Green Screen Film Festival in Perth, Australia.