Ray Smith Symposium: Rupture, Resistance, and Community: The Crisis of Violence against Women

Symposium Events

Friday, October 18

4-5:30 p.m.
Galleria, Shaffer Art Building

• Reception and viewing of Mithila Women Paint Gender-Based Violence in the 21st Century exhibition in the Art Museum

6-7:30 p.m.
Life Sciences Auditorium (LSB 001)

• Film screening: Sama in the Forest2023/Maithili, English with English subtitles/77 mins

  Directed by Carlos G. Goméz

• Conversation with producer Coralynn Davis,Bucknell University (CART provided)

Saturday, October 19

9:15-9:45 a.m.
220 Eggers Hall, Strasser Legacy Room (SLR), Maxwell School

• Continental Breakfast

10-11:30 a.m.
220 Eggers Hall, Maxwell School

• Webinar Panel Discussion”Why I Paint about Women”

  Shalinee Kumari, Mithila artist

  Mahalakshmi Karn, Mithila artist

  Tula Goenka, Syracuse University

  Susan Wadley, Syracuse University

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11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m.
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building

• Exhibition Viewing: Mithila Women Paint Gender-Based Violence in the 21st Century

1:30-3 p.m.
220 Eggers Hall, Maxwell School

• Keynote Address”Gender-based Violence, Bangladeshi Feminists, and Late 20th Century Transnational Networks”

  Elora Shehabuddin, University of California, Berkeley

3-3:30 p.m.
220 Eggers Hall, Maxwell School

• Tea

3:30-5 p.m.
220 Eggers Hall, Maxwell School

• Panel Discussion”Resistance and Repair: Violence against Women in the United States”

  Sujata Warrier, Battered Women’s Justice Project

  Natasha Senjanovic, Syracuse University

  Kamala Ramadoss, Syracuse University

  Tiffany Brec, Center for Justice Innovation

Sunday, October 20

9:15-9:45 a.m.
220 Eggers Hall, Strasser Legacy Room (SLR), Maxwell School

• Continental Breakfast

10-11:30 a.m.
220 Eggers Hall, Maxwell School

• Art-Making WorkshopShalinee Kumari, Mithila artist