The Mother Symposium

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2010, 10 am to 5 pm

Martin E. Segal Theater, Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 5th Ave, NY NY

The Mother Symposium is a day-long conference at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York featuring scholarship, poetry and prose on mothers, mothering and motherhood. Featuring authors from WSQ (Women’s Studies Quarterly). This symposium on motherhood features poetry readings, prose readings, discussions with authors, scholarly panels, book display and sales by Mobile Libris, and a complimentary lunch. No pre-registration is required; however, to reserve your complimentary lunch please email your name to wsqeditorial@gmail.com.

The ORGANIZING COMMITTEE of the Mother Symposium is comprised of Guest Editors of the WSQ Mother special issue, Nicole Cooley and Pamela Stone, and WSQ General Editors Talia Schaffer and Victoria Pitts-Taylor. SPECIAL THANKS TO: Elizabeth Small, Zoe Meleo-Erwin, Jennifer Sugg and Stacie McCormick, and the WSQ Advisory Board. Our SPONSORS are: The Center for the Study of Women and Society at the Graduate Center, CUNY, The Office of the President of the Graduate Center, CUNY, the CUNY Doctoral Program in Sociology,  the Women’s Studies Doctoral Certificate Program and the Feminist Press.