Session #1 – Representation of Women in Western Art:

The tradition of the “female nude,” specifically “Venus paintings,” for the “malegaze;” artists that challenge this archetype, including the Guerilla Girls; women ascreators vs. women as subject matter; the representation of women
in contemporary media.
When: Wednesday, June 12, 2013: 12:45-1:45 pm
Location: McGuire Memorial Hall Auditorium, Richmond Art Museum

Session #2 – Suzanne Valadon:
19th Century artist; worked first as a nude model for artists such as Degasbefore she became a notable artist in her own right; one of the first femaleartists to actually work with the artistic convention of the female nude,deflecting and ultimately rejecting “the male gaze;” how her low-classbackground actually ended up helping her artistic production by liberating herfrom the responsibility of keeping up with “bourgeois femininity.”
When: Wednesday, June 26, 2013: 12:45-1:45 pm
Location: McGuire Memorial Hall Auditorium, Richmond Art Museum

The Indiana Supreme Court will visit Indiana University East on Tuesday, April 23, to hear oral argument. The court case will be argued in Vivian Auditorium, located in Whitewater Hall.
The oral argument is open to the media and public, though seating is limited. Vivian Auditorium will open at 11:45 a.m. for people to be seated and the oral argument will begin at 12:45 p.m. Once the oral argument begins further admittance by visitors to Vivian Auditorium will not be permitted.

Following the oral argument, a public reception will be held at 1:45 p.m. in The Gallery, also located in Whitewater Hall.

The oral argument will be streamed live at indiana.edu/~video/stream/liveflash.html?filename=Indiana_Supreme_Court_IUE.

The event is sponsored by the Criminal Justice Program of the IU East School of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Wayne County Bar Association.

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Wazir Mohamed, assistant professor of sociology, will present “The Second Slavery and the Problems of Free (freed slaves) Labor” at 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 28, in the Community Room.

The presentation is free and open to the public

Duane Lundy, associate professor of psychology, will present “Investigating Statistical Markers of Music Evaluator Refinement” at 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 18, in the Community Room.

The presentation is free and open to the public.