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Tuesday October 07, 2008 Events Calendar Archive |
Distinguished Scholar-in-ResidenceProfessor Carol Gilligan to be Inaugural Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence "From In a Different Voice to the Birth of Pleasure": An Intellectual Journey For more information - brochure in pdf format 
Carol Gilligan, internationally acclaimed psychologist, teacher,and author, will be the Inaugural Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the University of North Dakota School of Law from March 22-24, 2006. In keeping with the interdisciplinary nature of her groundbreaking work in gender and relational reasoning, Dr. Gilligan has graciously agreed to participate in several academic forums so that members of the Law School, University, State, and regional communities will have unique and varied opportunities to learn from her. Her participation in a Writers Conference panel discussion on Writing the Threshold: Writing Across Social, Political, and Gendered Borders is one such opportunity, along with a reading she will do later that day from her most recent book, The Birth of Pleasure. On the law side, Dr. Gilligan will hold 'office hours" for informal conversations with interested law students and meet with law faculty in a collaborative session based on her work. In conjunction with Dr. Gilligan's visit, a special symposium issue of the NORTH DAKOTA LAW REVIEW (forthcoming) will honor Dr. Gilligan's influence on legal theory. The symposium will feature, along with pieces by noted legal scholars and jurists, a reflection by Dr. Gilligan about her intellectual journey from her path-blazing 1982 book In a Different Voice to her latest, The Birth of Pleasure. This journey will also be the subject of her keynote address at the law school which we hope will attract a broad array of faculty and students across the disciplines. Carol Gilligan is one of the United States' most distinguished writers and teachers in the field of psychology. She was born and raised in New York City and earned her Ph.D. from Harvard where she was a member of the faculty for 34 years. She initiated the Harvard Project on Women's Psychology and Girls' Development and coauthored or edited 5 books with her students, including Meeting at the Crossroads. Her award winning research led, in 1997, to the creation of Harvard's first professorship in gender studies. Her 1982 book, In a Different Voice, has been translated into 17 languages. Her most recent book is The Birth of Pleasure. Her adaptation of The Scarlet Letter was part of the Women Center Stage festival last summer and will be produced by the Culture Project in NY next fall. Dr. Gilligan, University Professor at New York University, is Affiliated Faculty at NYU School of Law. She leads workshops for faculty in the law school's Lawyering Program, an innovative curriculum designed to encourage first year students to think critically about work in the law. Her pioneering work with gender and relational reasoning has had a profound impact on feminist legal theory. |
