G+JI Annual Report 2020-2021
Girlhood (It’s Complicated) – A ConversationBehindthe Curators of the National Museum of Americanwithexhibition explores the history of girlhood in the United States and it’slargeThe curators took us on a private tour and explained the complexcomplicated!behind the various themes, stories and artifacts. This event received overchoicesRSVP and attracted over 100 attendees. The feedback from the audience was200positive. This discussion was moderated by Marcia Chatelain,overwhelminglyof History and African American Studies. The speakers included MireyaProfessorCurator and Associate Professor of History; Kathleen Franz, Curator DivisionLoza,Work and Industry, NMAH; Nancy Bercaw, Curator and Chair of the PoliticalofDivision, NMAH; Sam Vong, Curator of Asian Pacific American History,HistoryNMAH.Flower – Race, Gender, and the SuffrageBitterMovementhosted a screening and conversation about Bitter Flower, a play by JenniferWeFink, and that explores the relationship between two major figures of theNatalyamovement, Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Jane Addams. The powerful dialoguesuffragethe racism of the white suffrage movement and the undervalued workexaminesHaffaf, G JI Program Director. The panelists included the playwriphe,MelyssaNatalya Fink, Author and English Professor; Marcia Chatelain, HistoryJenniferIII and Ryan Pagels.The play was part of the Burning Coal Theatre’s 19thCarlisleProject a collection of short plays written on the passage of the 19thAmendment+G JI and the Arts+its inception, the G JI has held conversations about how theaterSinceand art exhibitions center and explore issues of race,performancesgender, class, and sexuality.April 22, 2021History Exhibitionhad the privilege to host four curators of the Girlhood (It’s Complicated)Weshown at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian. Thisexhibition,Co-sponsored by the Women’s and Gender Studies Program.October 22, 2020and erasure of Black suffragists. A post-screening conversation on past andpresent intersectional feminism followed. The conversation was moderated by+Professor; and Victoria Nourse, Law Professor.Bitter Flower was written by Jennifer Natalya Fink and directed by LawrenceAmendment 100 years ago and its ongoing impact.28
JI 2021 Fellow and Director of Medical Advancement CommunicationsGVarner Malhotra (G’21), introduces these trailblazers in her shortJaneMore to the Story. Many people are surprised to learn thatdocumentaryfirst two women to enroll at Georgetown did so in 1880 in the medicaltheyears before the School of Nursing opened. Theschool–twentystudents were Annie E. Rice and Jeannette J. Sumner,groundbreakingspent one year at Georgetown’s school of medicine. Thewhois available on our website.documentaryevent was co-sponsored by Georgetown Women in Medicine andThisWISE.Georgetowntells the story of how Judy’s disability community cameRevolution,fought for change, and transformed the world as we know it.together,organized by two Doyle Seminars, Disability Narratives andJointlyFilm: History and Theory, the conversation considered theDocumentaryand importance of disability narratives, and will exploreimpactaround the ethical demands of documentary filmmaking.questionsby Georgetown University’s Doyle Engaging DifferenceCo-sponsoredthe Film and Media Studies Program; Program in DisabilityProgram,the Women’s and Gender Studies Program, and theStudies,of English.DepartmentFilm ScreeningsNovember 16, 2021Documenting the Lives of the First Known Women Students atGeorgetown, Dr. Annie E. Rice and Dr. Jeannette J. SumnerMore to the Story: A Short Documentary+November 11, 2021Disability Narratives in Documentary Filmprogram was a student-led conversation with Judith (Judy)Thisan internationally recognized leader in the disability rightsHeumann,2020 documentary Crip Camp: A Disabilitycommunity.The29
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Girlhood (It’s Complicated) – A Conversation
Behind
the Curators of the National Museum of American
with
exhibition explores the history of girlhood in the United States and it’s
large
The curators took us on a private tour and explained the complex
complicated!
behind the various themes, stories and artifacts. This event received over
choices
RSVP and attracted over 100 attendees. The feedback from the audience was
200
positive. This discussion was moderated by Marcia Chatelain,
overwhelmingly
of History and African American Studies. The speakers included Mireya
Professor
Curator and Associate Professor of History; Kathleen Franz, Curator Division
Loza,
Work and Industry, NMAH; Nancy Bercaw, Curator and Chair of the Political
of
Division, NMAH; Sam Vong, Curator of Asian Pacific American History,
History
NMAH.
Flower – Race, Gender, and the Suffrage
Bitter
Movement
hosted a screening and conversation about Bitter Flower, a play by Jennifer
We
Fink, and that explores the relationship between two major figures of the
Natalya
movement, Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Jane Addams. The powerful dialogue
suffrage
the racism of the white suffrage movement and the undervalued work
examines
Haffaf, G JI Program Director. The panelists included the playwriphe,
Melyssa
Natalya Fink, Author and English Professor; Marcia Chatelain, History
Jennifer
III and Ryan Pagels.The play was part of the Burning Coal Theatre’s 19th
Carlisle
Project a collection of short plays written on the passage of the 19th
Amendment
+
G JI and the Arts
+
its inception, the G JI has held conversations about how theater
Since
and art exhibitions center and explore issues of race,
performances
gender, class, and sexuality.
April 22, 2021
History Exhibition
had the privilege to host four curators of the Girlhood (It’s Complicated)
We
shown at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian. This
exhibition,
Co-sponsored by the Women’s and Gender Studies Program.
October 22, 2020
and erasure of Black suffragists. A post-screening conversation on past and
present intersectional feminism followed. The conversation was moderated by
+
Professor; and Victoria Nourse, Law Professor.
Bitter Flower was written by Jennifer Natalya Fink and directed by Lawrence
Amendment 100 years ago and its ongoing impact.
28
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