Dr. Kaplan's lecture focuses on gender, shame, and historical
memory in Argentina, Chile, and South Africa. She examines the ways
that truth commissions turn female activists into victims by asking
them to publicly describe incidents of torture and sexual abuse
suffered in prison. Using the stories of individual activists,
Kaplan recounts strategies these resourceful women have used to
"reverse the shame," by creating communities, writing about their
experiences, and by demanding the inclusion of their stories in
their nations' history.
This presentation will be of special interests to students and
faculty members concerned with gender, political mobilization, and
social justice. Dr. Kaplan’s talk corresponds with Women’s History
Month—a national educational initiative.
Dr. Temma Kaplan, a distinguished professor of history at
Rutgers University, received her Ph.D. in history at Harvard
University. Her research addresses the comparative history of
movements for social justice in Latin America, Europe, Africa and
the United States. Her many publications include Crazy for
Democracy: Women’s Grassroots Movements (1997) and Taking Back the
Streets: Women, Youth and Direct Democracy (1994). Dr. Kaplan has
been a recipient of fellowships from the American Council of
Learned Societies, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the New York
Institute for the Humanities.
RSVP
for this event.
Sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs, the History
Department and the Women’s Studies Program
Date
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Time
4:30 p.m.
Location
Council Hall, Queens campus