The event is free and open to the public.
Poet, critic and award-winning columnist Katha Pollitt will deliver the keynote address for the John P. McGovern Annual Award Lecture on Family, Health and Human Values. The topic will be 鈥淲omen and Creativity: Old is the New Young鈥� and will be delivered at 7 p.m., Thursday, in the Rockwell Pavilion.
Other speakers and topics for the three-day conference include:
- Margaret Gullette, Brandeis University鈥斺�淐arolyn Heilbrun鈥檚 Suicide: Women, Aging, Ageism and the Duty-to-Die鈥�
- Joan Engebretson, University of Texas Health Science Center鈥斺�淧ro-active Menopause and Health Management鈥�
- Hilary Waldron鈥斺�淢oney and Mortality: How Class Affects Longevity鈥�
- Sandra Leiblum, director of psychological services at the New Jersey Center for Sexual Wellness鈥斺�淪ex after 60: Love, Lust and Rust鈥�
The conference is made possible by the Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation, Joan Wich, UH Office of the President, Humanities Texas, Carey Shuart, Tenneco Lecture Series, Cecily Horton, Janet and Richard Caldwell, Ann Harithas, University Commission on Women and Continental Airlines.
The UH Women's Studies program is an interdisciplinary academic field that analyzes and investigates gender's functions in society and women's roles, issues, history and contributions to humankind.
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| WHAT: | Gender, Creativity and the New Longevity |
| WHEN: | Nov. 13- 15 Keynote address: 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 13 Symposium times: Friday, 9 a.m. 鈥� 5 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. 鈥� 2 p.m. |
| WHERE: | Rockwell Pavilion in the M.D. Anderson Library For directions and parking information, visit www.uh.edu/campus_map/buildings/L.php |
| WHO: | The 91视频 Women鈥檚 Studies Program |