Date: 13th April 2010 Time: 1215-1345 hours

Venue: S27 Education Faculty

THE WOMEN AND GENDER STUDIES, FACULTY OF ARTS, AND THE EDUCATION FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

The transformation of the academic disciplines by the inclusion of the experiences and perspectives of women, people of color, and working and marginalized people everywhere is an ongoing process which is now over 40 years old. The transformation of the academic disciplines by the inclusion of the experiences and perspectives of women, people of color, and working and marginalized people everywhere is an ongoing process which is now over 40 years old. The inclusion of women’s lives as objects of study, for example, transforms what we know about economic development, social movements, and wars in history, human development in psychology, and the range of genres in literature. Professors Maher and Tetreault will discuss some of the implications of this vast and still growing scholarship for school and university curricula in the social sciences, humanities and sciences, and discuss with the audience the significance of this work for South African universities