A seminar "The History of Feminism in the Academy and the Futures of Gender Studies" [2010-10-05]

5 October 2010 at Vilnius university was orgamized prof. Sidonie Smith, University of Michigan, USA public seminar "The History of Feminism in the Academy and the Futures of Gender Studies". With reference to the field of women's life writing, this presentation briefly surveys the diverse strands of feminist theory from the 1970s to 2000. It then explores recent projects involving women's life writing that point to possible futures for transnational feminist alliances and knowledge production.

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A seminar "The East - Central European Family in Comparative Historical Perspective" [2010-09-14]

14 September 2010 dr. Mikolaj Szoltysek, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany has given a lecture "The East - Central European Family in Comparative Historical Perspective". 

A seminar "The Great Gap: How the World's Textbooks Overlook Over 40 Years of Women's Progress" [2010-07-09]

9 July 2010 prof. Rae Blumberg, University of Virginia, USA has given a lecture "The Great Gap: How the World's Textbooks Overlook Over 40 Years of Women's Progress" at Vilnius university Philosofy faculty. Read more in article The invisible obstacle to educational equality 2009.pdf

A seminar "Family systems and extramarital births: variation across time and space in Europe 1900 - 2000" [2010-05-10]

10 May 2010 dr. Jan Kok, Virtual Knowledge Studio, The Netherlands has given a public lecture "Family systems and extramarital births: variation across time and space in Europe 1900 - 2000" at Vilnius university Library. Read more

A Convening Meeting of the Community of Democracies Working Group on Gender Equality [2010-04-12]

12 April 2010 at Vilnius University Theater Hall was organized a Convening Meeting of the Community of Democracies Working Group on Gender Equality. Round-table discussion "Women and Leadership".

Round-table discussion participants:
Ms. Melanne S. Verveer, US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues
Ms. Jolanta Kwaśniewska, former First Lady of Poland
Ms. Aušrinė Marija Pavilionienė, Member of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
Participants: Gender equality activists from all over Lithuania, journalists, diplomats, up to 200 participants.
Organizers: Center for Gender Studies, Vilnius University, Embassy of the United States in Lithuania,Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, Ministry of Foreign gn Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania. Read more

Melanne S. Verveer