HIV/AIDS Prevention and Sexed Bodies: Rethinking Abstinence in Light of the African AIDS Pandemic
By: Melissa Browning

April 16, 2009
12-1pm
Piper Hall Room 201

Please feel free to bring a bagged lunch!

Melissa Browning will discuss her research into the consequences of abstinence as a “solution” to the African AIDS pandemic, looking particularly at how abstinence affects women’s agency.

For more information, please e-mail: aeckhardt@luc.edu

We are proud that our website is always evolving. Look for major changes in the year to come as we add new content, including digital image management tools, and new online exhibits.

We welcome comments and suggestions on how to continue to improve the website. Please email: emyers@luc.edu

The photos make up one part of a new display, located on the third floor of Cudahy Library (near the elevators), documenting the history of the house from its construction in 1909 to its stunning renovation in 2005. Check it out!

Thursday, May 1, 2008 from 12-1pm, guest lecturer Ann Shanahan will be speaking in Piper Hall, Room 201 on:

“Blocking” Medea and Hedda: Applying Feminist Dramatic Theory to Staging Two Classic Plays About Women

You are welcomed to bring a bagged lunch. For more information on this event or the WLA Lecture Series, please e-mail: aeckhardt [at] luc.edu

Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz Papers Although the majority of her professional papers are held at the Union Theological Seminary Archives, Dr. Isasi-Diaz has donated some of her second-wave women’s liberation theology material to the Women and Leadership Archives. Dr. Isasi-Diaz was born in Cuba in 1943. She received her Masters of Divinity, Masters in Philosophy, and Doctorate in Theology (Social Ethics) from Union Theological Seminary in New York. She is the author or co-author of nine books and numerous articles, many of which focus on Mujerista Theology.

Phyllis Zagano Papers Now Senior Research Associate-in-Residence at Hofstra University, Dr. Zagano earned a Bachelor’s degree, three Master’s degrees, and a PhD in her long career as a theologian. While Boston University holds a number of her publications, LUC is receiving these plus original manuscripts and unpublished writings and research files. A former visiting professor of Catholic Studies Yale Divinity School and Aquinas Chair of Catholic Studies at St. Thomas Aquinas College, Dr. Zagano is the author or editor of twelve books and several dozen articles. For five years she hosted a monthly talk show on the National Public Radio affiliate WBUR-FM and was a founding co-chair of the Roman Catholic Studies Group of the American Academy of Religion. She has been awarded Fulbright Fellowship to lecture at the Mary Immaculate College of the University of Limerick in Spring 2009.

Massachusetts Women-Church Convergence Records In late January 2008 the WLA received a donation of materials from the Massachusetts Women-Church Convergence. After nearly twenty years of activity, the group dissolved in 2007 and as a consequence decided to donate their organizational records, photographs, and oral interviews to the WLA. The MW-CC held its first meeting in 1988 and was committed to eliminating sexism in the Catholic Church specifically and in society as a whole. MW-CC sponsored many conferences and programs that addressed women’s inequality including The Lost Coin Women’s Fund, to support women in economic need, and Respectful Witnessing, to call for the ordination of women.

The Hoy Papers consist of 49 boxes of research files pertaining to Dr. Hoy’s publications on women religious orders. These files include information on individual religious orders, Catholic schools and churches in Chicago, charitable organizations, immigration of Irish nuns, and social activism. Most of the materials consist of newspaper articles, biographical and organizational records, scholarly articles and theses, and correspondence. The collection also includes a selection of photographs, audio tapes, compact discs, slides, and videocassettes.

http://www.luc.edu/wla/chicagoareawomens_historycouncilproject.shtml

Because of web-use tracking software, we’ve been able to learn that when folks visit our website, they spend the most time in three areas: the main page, the collections page, and the Mundelein College Records page. As such, we’re working on some updates for each of those areas. Already we’ve added the photos of the former presidents of Mundelein College and are working closely with IT for more interactive and graphics-heavy additions. More coming soon!