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16-17 JUNE 2006

A Two Day Symposium in Tver
Gender Equality and Gender Research in Sweden and Russia:

Russian organizer:
Centre for Women's History & Gender Studies, Tver State University (Dr.Valentina Uspenskaya)
Swedish organizers:
Södertorns Högskola, BEEGS (Dr. Helene Carlbäck);
Lund University, Dept. of East and Central European Studies (Dr. Karin Sarsenov);
Swedish Institute in Stockholm (Birgitta Tennander, Cecilia Reimers)

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24 FFEBRUARY, 24, 2006 at 4.00 pm.

Seminar:
"Gender and Civic Activism in Post-Soviet Russia"
which is based on the results of sociological research by Suvi Salmenniemi in Tver, 2003-2005.
Also, her colleagues from our Centre, Dmitry Borodin and Anna Borodina, will make their presentations.
Text in Russian (250Kb):

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Since the FEBRUARY, 8 until the APRIL, 27, 2006

Eevery Wednesday, at 6.00 pm.
we have a new (Spring) semestre in the Evening School in Women's and Gender Studies.
Dr. Valentina Uspenskaya's course:
"History and Sociology of Women's Worlds" opens this semestre.

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DECEMBER, 27, 2005

Presentation of book:
"Psichology of Domestic Violence"
by our colleague Svetlana Kalinina

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NOVEMBER - DECEMBER, 2005

Evening School:
"Gender and Army"

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SEPTEMBER - NOVEMBER, 2005

A Fall Semestre at the Evening School:
"Gender and Everyday Life in the Soviet Russia"

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SEPTEMBER 16-25, 2005

Special guest speaker of the Tver Center prof. Florence Howe,
founder and director of "The Feminist Press at the City University of New York" (www.feministpress.org);

"American author, publisher, literary scholar, and historian, Florence Howe is a nationally recognized leader of the contemporary feminist movement"
"As a contributer to the field of women's studies and feminist scholarship, Florence Howe has made a unique and critical voice for the American feminist movement, especially as founder of the Feminist Press".

19.09 - press-conference for Tver' journalists
20.09 - conference presentation: "Women's Studies in the USA: 35 Years of the Feminist Press Experience"
22.09 - meeting with students of the Gender Studies Program at European University, St-Petersburg

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APRIL 06, 2005

Conference "Historizing Women's Voices"

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FEBRUARY 09 - MAY 01, 2005

Spring semestre in the Evening School:
"Gender aspects of European culture in the XXth Century"
"Gender and Army"
"Society and Sexuality"

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OCTOBER 14, 2004

A Fall Semestre at the Evening School Opening

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JUNE 2, 2004

Project seminar ¹ 2: "Men's Responses to the Women's Quiestion" (S.Rassadin, N.Kozlova, V.Uspenskaya, D.Borodin)

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MAY 19, 2004

"Sex and Gender in the Modern Fantastic Literature" ( Conference organized by the students of the Evening School)

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MAY 12, 2004

Meeting with Alexandra Marinina in the centre for Women's History and gender Studies

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MAY 12, 2004

Guest lecture by E.Trofimova "Gender and Mass-media"

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MAY 5, 2004

"The Second Wave of feminism and Its Quiestions" (Together with V.Uspenskaya - her coleagues: N.Kozlova, D.Borodin and our Finnish guest Suvi Salmienniemi)

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APRIL 28, 2004

Project seminar ¹ 1: "Men's Responses to the Women's Quiestion" (I.Frolova, N.Kozlova, V.Uspenskaya)

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APRIL 14, 2004

Guest lecture of Elena Trofimova, Moscow

APRIL 7, 15, 21, 28, 2004

Uspenskaya's course for the srudents of the Evening School "Feminisms: from the Idea of Women's Rights to the Gender Equility Policy"

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MARCH 27-28, 2004

Methodological seminar for the teachers of the secondary shools "What is Gender and Women's Studies?"

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MARCH 12, 2004

City conference "Tver Women's History" in the frame of of the city project "Tver Women's Week"

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MARCH 11, 2004

"What is gender?" - lecture serial of Valentina Uspenskaya for the students and teachers of the Torzhok town (out-reach project of the CWHGS). Classs #1: "Sex, Gender and Society".

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DECEMBER 17, 2003

New Exibition in our Gallery
You can receive one of the most popular articles (in Russian) from the collection
"Marxist Feminism:
Alexandra Kollontai Collection of Texts
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as e-book

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NOVEMBER 5, 2003

A Fall Semestre at the Evening School Opening
as well as our New Project:
"Business Education for Women"

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JULY 7, 2003

Closing of the Spring Semestre at the Evening School. Six students have received their sertificates.

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MAY 27-28, 2003

Project conference "Sex and Gender in Humanities and Social Sciences"

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MARCH 3, 2003

Presentation of the new book of the Centre for Women's History and Gender Studies/Tver State University:
Women.History. Society (ed. by V.Uspenskaya).
The presentation is the part of the activities in the frame of Tver Women's History Week.

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FEBRUARY-MAY, 2003

Anna BORODINA'S evening course:
VISUAL FEMINISM (PHOTO, TV, ADVERTISING)
Natalia KOZLOVA'S evening course:
SOCIETY AND SEXUALITY
Dmitry BORODIN'S evening course:
FAMILY'S HISTORY IN GENDER PERSPECTIVE
Valentina USPENSKAYA'S evening course:
FEMINISMS

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DECEMBER, 2002

WOMEN.HISTORY.SOCIETY
   The book is the second issue of collection of articles devoted to different aspects of women's history and today's life. Composed and edited by V.Uspenskaya.
   Financial support - the Network Women's Program, the "Open Society" Institue (Soros Foundation), Russia

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NOVEMBER-DECEMBER, 2002

Anna BORODINA'S evening course:
VISUAL FEMINISM (PHOTO, TV, ADVERTISING)
Irina FROLOVA'S evening course:
WOMEN IN ORIENTAL CULTURES

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OCTOBER 5-8,

International conference organised by Prof. E.STROGANOVA:
"OTHER" LITERATURE: RUSSIAN WOMEN-WRITERS OF XIX CENTURY

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2002

Project Seminar
Integrating Gender into Curriculum

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2002

Tatiana Grechushnikova:
"Gender Realities in the European Culture of the 20-th century (language, literature, TV/movies)"

Course Presentation for the Evening School.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2002

Suvi Salmenniemi M.Soc.Sc., Researcher
Aleksanteri Institute
Finnish Centre of Russian and East Euopean Studies
University of Helsinki

Lecture in the Centre of Women's History and Gender Studies

WHAT'S GENDER HAS TO DO WITH CITIZENSHIP?
Some observations on women's citizenship in the USSR, Russia and Finland

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JUNE 3, 2002

Project Seminar:
Integrating Gender into Curriculum

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MARCH 11, 2002

Conference devoted to the 130 years of Russian marxist feminist A.Kollontai

ALEXANDRA KOLLONTAI: THEORY OF WOMEN'S EMANCIPATION
IN THE CONTEXT OF RUSSIAN GENDER POLICY

Among the main topics for discussion:

  • À.Êîllontai and feminist tradition in Russia
  • À.Êîllontai and gender policy in the Soviet Russia
  • "New woman" of A. Kollontai
  • À.Kollontai between feminism and communism
  • Opponents and critics of À.Êîllontai
We plan to publish the materials of the conference.
The presentation of the book
"Alexandra Kollontai: Radical Project of Women's Emancipation. Collection of the texts" (ed.by V.Uspenskaya) is on our agenda.
Welcome to Tver - a wonderful and ancient city on the Volga river.


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