Russian, E. European & Eurasian Center: Co-sponsored Events

International Women's Day 2021: "13 Women Who Changed the World: Untold Stories"

Event Type

Sponsor

REEEC; Women and Gender in Global Perspectives; Humanities Research Institute; Women's Resource Center; Department of Gender and Women's Studies

Date

Mar 8, 2021 3:30 - 5:00 pm

Cost

Free and open to the public.

Registration

Registration

Contact

Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program

E-Mail

wggp@illinois.edu

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International Women's Day is celebrated annually on March 8th.

Mark your calendars for International Women's Day 2021 on March 8, 2021, 3:30-5:00pm, which will be virtual. Please register for the event at http://go.illinois.edu/womensday

The Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program in collaboration with Humanities Research Institute hosts an annual event bringing together faculty, staff, students, and community members to recognize people who have made a difference in academia. Each speaker will have five minutes to tell the story of the woman in his or her discipline that changed the field in important ways.

SPEAKER LIST

U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth

Timothy Killeen
President, University of Illinois System

Steven Anderson
School of Social Work

Maimouna Barro
Center for African Studies

Sulagna Chakraborty
Program in Ecology Evolution & Conservation Biology

Jerry Dávila
Illinois Global Institute

Sean Garrick
Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Harley Johnson
College of Engineering

Maureen Marshall
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center

Susan Martinis
Vice Chancellor for Research

Wendy Rogers
Kinesiology and Community Health

Lila Sharif
Asian American Studies

Rebecca Smith
Department of Pathobiology