Gloria Steinam, shown here during a 1973 new's conference, will headline Ohio Wesleyan's Sagan National Colloquium. (Library of Congress)
Internationally known women’s rights advocate and Ohio native Gloria Steinem will discuss “Women, Activism, and Change on a Global Level” as she headlines Ohio Wesleyan’s University’s 2010 Sagan National Colloquium in Delaware, Ohio.
Steinem will help to lead the OWU campus in a semester-long examination of this year’s theme, “Global Opportunities for Global Citizens.”
Each year, the Colloquium spotlights an issue of international importance and encourages ideas and actions to improve the global situation.
Steinem, a vocal champion of women’s rights since the late 1960s, will speak at 4 p.m. on Monday, October 8, in OWU’s Gray Chapel. The Toledo native has written several books, including the bestsellers Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem, Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, and Moving Beyond Words: Age, Rage, Sex, Power, Money, Muscles: Breaking the Boundaries of Gender.
Steinem co-founded both New York Magazine and Ms. Magazine, and she helped to found the Women’s Action Alliance, the National Women’s Political Caucus, and Choice USA. Steinem also was the founding president of the Ms. Foundation for Women and helped to create “Take Our Daughters to Work Day.” Her most recent projects have focused on issues of sex trafficking and indigenous rights.
Additional 2010 Sagan National Colloquium speakers include the following experts and topics. All events, including Steinem’s afternoon presentation, are free and open to the public. (More presenters are expected to be added to the fall series. Please visit snc.owu.edu for the latest information.)
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- 7 p.m. Sept. 7 – Sheila Croucher, Ph.D., professor of American studies and political science at Miami University, will present “Belonging and Acting in a Global World.” Her most recent book, “Globalization and Belonging: The Politics of Identity in a Changing World,” examines how various forms of political and cultural attachment, such as citizenship, nationhood, ethnicity, and gender, are being reconfigured in the context of global change. Location to be announced.
- 7 p.m. Sept. 20 – David Carruthers, Ph.D., associate professor of political science and Latin American studies at San Diego State University, will discuss environmental justice in Latin America. His research focuses on environmental politics and policy, particularly in Mexico and Latin America. Carruthers will speak in the Benes Rooms, Hamilton-Williams Campus Center.
- 7 p.m. Sept. 27 – Saba Fatima, OWU Class of 2002, will discuss Muslim American political identity. Fatima currently is completing her doctoral degree at the State University of New York (SUNY) Binghamton in social, political, ethical, and legal philosophy. Fatima will speak in the Benes Rooms, Hamilton-Williams Campus Center.
- 7 p.m. Sept. 30 – Patrick Cronin, D.Phil., senior adviser and senior director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program for the Center for a New American Security, will present “Comprehensive Approaches to Global Security.” Previously, Cronin served as director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies at National Defense University and as director of research at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Cronin will speak in the Benes Rooms, Hamilton-Williams Campus Center.
- 7 p.m. Oct. 11 – Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science at the University of San Francisco, will present “The Politics of Gender and Global Philanthropy.” Her research and teaching interests include the politics of gender, global philanthropy, international development, ethnic politics, transitions to democracy, and the role of communication technology in social action. She is the founder and executive director of Akili Dada, an international nonprofit organization working to ensure that the next generation of Kenyan women leaders includes women from disadvantaged economic backgrounds. Kamau-Rutenberg will speak in the Benes Rooms, Hamilton-Williams Campus Center.
- 7 p.m. Oct. 20 – Kennedy Walibora Waliaula, Ph.D., assistant professor of African languages and literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will present “Political Incarceration and the Literature of Postcolonial Disenchantment.” Waliaula is a prolific Kiswahili fiction writer and has won the Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta Literature Prize twice for his Swahili texts. Waliaula will speak in the Benes Rooms, Hamilton-Williams Campus Center.
- 7 p.m. Oct. 27 – Bruce Dickson, Ph.D., professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University, will discuss economic and political change in China. Dickson currently is examining the political consequences of economic reform in China and, in particular, the relationship between private entrepreneurs and the Chinese Communist Party. Dickson will speak in the Benes Rooms, Hamilton-Williams Campus Center.
- 7 p.m. Nov. 4 – Terry Collins, Ph.D., professor of chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University, will present “Green Chemistry: Sustaining a High-Technology Civilization.” His laboratory group’s research focuses on designing environmentally friendly oxidation systems. The group’s discoveries offer promise for improving the environmental performance of the pulp and paper industry as well as impacting water purification, the textile industry, and the laundry and cleaning industries. Collins will speak in the Benes Rooms, Hamilton-Williams Campus Center.
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Another great year for the Sagan National Colloquium in Delaware, Ohio.
