News and Events

Women’s Studies at the Day of Dialogue
“Who Are You Calling a Slut?” Controlling Women’s Sexuality through Shame and Violence The panel features organizers and participants of SlutWalk NYC.
Wednesday, October 26
2:55-4:20
Cultural Center Theater

 “Art as Cultural Diplomacy – performance and talk with Heather Raffo”
Wednesday 10/26, 8PM in the Cultural Center Theater
Celebrated actress and Playwright Heather Raffo comes to Hofstra for discussion about the role theater plays in our understanding of contemporary war. Through the performance and discussion of selected monologues from her acclaimed play 9 Parts of Desire about the lives of Iraqi women, Raffo, takes the audience deep into the heart of why theater can best communicate the complex issues still facing Iraq and America today.  

Tuesday, November 8, 8-9 pm, Plaza Room West, Student Center
THE MILITARY, PROSTITUTION, AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN GLOBAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: THE JAPANESE ARMY’S COMFORT WOMEN DURING WWII AND BEYOND
Join history professor yuki terazawa and women of action for a lecture and discussion regarding the objectification of women during wartime. All are welcome!
See Flier

Wednesday, November 9, 3-4:20 pm, Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library.
77 Steps, Film Screening and discussion with director, Ibtisam Mara’ana. The film, a documentary, lasts one hour. The remainder of the time will be spent in question and answer with the director.
At its heart, 77 Steps is a love story between Ibtisam, who is Palestinian-Israeli, and Jonathan, a Jewish Canadian immigrant to Israel. They build a relationship, but one that is constantly subject to the conflict around them.
Unfortunately, love does not conquer all. Jonathan and Ibtisam part ways, but not before they have explored the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in an intensely personal and profound way.

Past Events

Monday, October 17, 2:55-4:20 pm, Spiegel Theater.
"Palestine," written and performed by Najla Said In this one-women, off-Broadway performance, Ms. Said explores her relationship to her famous father, to Palestine and to America in the aftermath of the events of 9/11 through stories about her life.
While many performances about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict seek to lecture or convince, Ms. Said simply tells you her story, inviting you into her experience. The result is by turns humorous and serious, but always moving.