Women's History Month Events
Bergen Community College is proud to be celebrating the 13th annual commemoration of Women’s History Month and to be presenting a noteworthy program of lectures, exhibitions, performances, and book discussions. Many members of the Bergen Community College community will be sharing their interests and expertise. The College is also honored to welcome many famous guest speakers as well as other distinguished professionals, artists, and performers.
March 8, Wednesday, 1:40 p.m., Anna Maria Ciccone Theatre
Keynote Speaker: Marge Piercy “Owning our Past and Claiming a Feminist Future.”
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This talk by acclaimed author and poet Marge Piercy, will touch on history and contemporary social issues, including gender, sexuality and power, as well as on writing and the creative process. Her newest work, Sex Wars: A Novel of the Turbulent Post-Civil War Period, is set in 19th century NY, and incorporates such historical figures as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Victoria Woodhull and others. This turbulent time could be portrayed as a battleground in which the American dream was being fought over such issues as emerging rights vs renewed repression. Ms Piercy is the author of 16 books of poetry, 17 novels, and a play, as well as numerous essays and an acclaimed memoir.
March 9, Thursday, 3:00 p.m., Room C-313, Mira Schor: Feminist Art and Theories Since 1970
Visiting Scholar Mira Schor, of the Graduate Faculty of Parsons/The New School, is a painter and a writer. She is the author of Wet: On Painting, Feminism, and Art Culture and co-editor of M/E/A/N/I/N/G: An Anthology of Artists’ Writings, Theory, and Criticism. She is the recipient of a 1985 National Endowment for the Arts in Painting; a 1992 Guggenheim Fellowship in Painting; a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in Painting; and the 1999 College Art Association’s Frank Jewett Mather Award in Art Criticism. Presented by the Women’s Studies Interdisciplinary Seminar Series.
March 10, Friday, 7:30 p.m., Anna Maria Ciccone Theatre
Hormonal Imbalance™ with The Four Bitchin’ Babes®
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From the Divas that brought you The Four Bitchin’ Babes®, comes this Mood Swinging Musical Revue. Make it a hot night of music and laughs, while wondering “How can funny sound this pretty?” Start with four richly gifted singer-songwriters, add 3/4 cup married life, four kids, one French boyfriend, four part harmony vocals, one piano, four guitars, one Rockin’ Purple Bass, a dollop of sharp social commentary, cheerleading pom poms, a pinch of PMS, a wardrobe of bling-bling, and you’ve got an Estrogen-fueled hilarious new show that celebrates the best of Babes, Boys, and Botox. After 15 years as a traveling pajama party, six recordings, and one full length concert DVD, this Fabulous Female Folkestra of indestructible Divas are hotter than ever as they examine and ultimately celebrate the lives of today’s men and women as we all search for balance. Tickets: $20; $18 - students & seniors (65+); $16 – Bergen Community College faculty, staff, and students.
March 21, Tuesday, 1:40 p.m., Room C-313
“Iris Murdoch: Romantic Feminist” with Dr. Megan Laverty 
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Iris Murdoch is well known both as one of the 20th century’s great novelists and, tragically, a victim of Alzheimer’s. She was also a brilliant philosopher whose views on moral psychology and ethics have only recently gained the appreciation and respect of philosophers and scholars generally. Dr. Laverty will introduce Murdoch’s moral philosophy and consider some of the historical, academic and philosophical reasons for its neglect, while suggesting that Murdoch’s contribution to feminism was her unique ability to ground Romantic imagination and genius in ordinary, everyday experience. Megan Laverty, of Teacher’s College, Columbia University holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of New South Wales, Australia. Her research interests are in moral philosophy and philosophy and literature. A reception will follow the colloquium. Sponsored by Logos: the Bergen Community College Philosophy Club.
March 23, Thursday, 1:40 p.m., Room S-138
Remaking The Stepford Wives in the Age of The Swan: Beauty, Women, and Power. Note to Editors: A 300 DPI Press Image is available at the following URL: http://www.bergen.edu/pr/gaffney.jpg
Why has the male villain in the original 1970’s Stepford Wives been re-visioned as a female in the 2004 remake? Prof. Karen Gaffney of Raritan Valley Community College attempts to account for this gender shift by examining a popular new phenomenon, the TV reality show, The Swan. Created by a woman, the premise of the show focuses “ugly ducklings’ that are transformed into “swans.” Video clips will enhance this presentation as it explores girls’ and women’s obsession over appearance and the multi-layered relationship between the female body and power. Sponsored by the New Jersey Project.
March 24, Friday 9:30 a.m., Room C-313
Globalization and Women – A Feminist Analysis
Dr. Christiane Warren of the History Department will speak on issues of globalization and their particular impact on women world-wide as well as here in the US, such as the “importing” of domestics, nannies and sex workers, as well as the issue of female slavery. Dr. Warren teaches Women’s History and is actively involved in writing women into the historical narrative through her work at curriculum building within the academy.
March 26, Sunday, 3:00 p.m., Anna Maria Ciccone Theatre
Contrast Quartet – Women Virtuosi
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Aptly named to reflect the contrasting timbres of their instruments - which include clarinet, violin, cello and piano - as well as the variety of their music, the Contrasts Quartet, is widely acclaimed for their exhilarating performances of old and new repertoire. The ensemble of four extraordinary women virtuosi performs a mix of duos, trios, and quartets with innovative programming that appeals to a broad range of audience members. Contrasts has performed across the United States and Europe and appeared on WNYC radio and the syndicated live classical music show St. Paul Sunday. Their second CD, featuring the works of Ned Rorem is due for release in Fall 2005. Tickets: $12.00; $10.00 - students & seniors (65+); $8.00- Bergen Community College faculty, staff, and students.
March 29, Wednesday, 1:00 p.m., Room C-313
Inventing the Rest of Our Lives: Women in Second Adulthood. 
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Author and journalist Suzanne Braun Levine, the first editor of Ms. Magazine, helps women address the three crucial questions of second adulthood: What matters? What works? What’s next? New brain research is proving that women at midlife really do start to see the world differently. Some 37 million women now entering their 50’s & 60’s are refashioning their lives, with dramatic results. They have fulfilled the prescribed roles— daughter, wife, mother, employee, but they’re ready to experience more. Levine’s book provides a fun, smart, and tremendously informative road map through the challenging and uncharted territory that lies ahead.
March 30, Thursday, 10:00 a.m., Room A-104
Barbara Hammer– Filmmaker
Film Screening and Discussion
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World-renowned feminist filmmaker Barbara Hammer will join us to screen her new documentary Resisting Paradise and to participate in a discussion of her work lead by Prof. Sarah Markgraf. Described as “resolutely experimental, yet completely accessible, just like its creator,” this important film features interviews with women Resistance fighters in the South of France who risked their lives to save Jews, foreigners, and political outcasts from deportation to Nazi concentration camps. It also focuses on the lives of French artists such as Matisse, who continued painting while his wife and daughter joined the Resistance. While many films have been made about the holocaust, few have addressed the subject of art making during this calamitous period.
April 6, Wednesday, 11:00 a.m., Anna Maria Ciccone Theatre
Literary Arts Series Speaker – Judith Ortiz Cofer
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Judith Ortiz Cofer, the poet, novelist and essayist who is the 2006 Literary Arts Series visiting author, explores the process of change and assimilation in Latino American culture. She spent her formative years between her native Puerto Rico and Paterson, New Jersey. Currently, she is Franklin Professor of English at the University of Georgia. Cofer has received various awards, including the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for The Latin Deli.
Call the Office of Community & Cultural Affairs, at 201-447-7428, for further information about the Women’s History Month program at Bergen Community College.
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