Read Up on UR Fall Speakers

Based on preliminary schedule – subject to change.

Jonathan Safran Foer

September 15 @ Orton Center.  ASUR Convocations and Lectures.

 

http://www.eatinganimals.com/site/foer/

 

Books by Jonathan Safran Foer at the Armacost Library

Eating Animals

Everything Is Illuminated: A Novel

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

New American Haggadah

Tree of Codes

 

Items by and about Jonathan Safran Foer via an Armacost Library database

Literature Resource Center

 

Maddalena Bearzi

September 22 @ Casa Loma Room.  Human-Animal Studies.

http://www.dolphinbiology.org/people/maddalena_bearzi.htm

Books by Maddalena Bearzi at the Armacost Library

Beautiful Minds: The Parallel Lives of Great Apes and Dolphins

Dolphin Confidential: Confessions of a Field Biologist

 

Items about dolphins via an Armacost Library database

GreenFILE

 

Katie Hnida

September 23 @ Orton Center.  RAINN Week.

 

 

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/hnida.jpg

Katie Hnida's book at the Armacost Library

Still Kicking: My Journey as the First Woman to Play Division I College Football

 

Items about violence against college women via an Armacost Library database

GenderWatch

 

Loretta Ross

October 1 @ Orton Center.  Women’s and Gender Studies & the Women’s Center.

 

http://www.lorettaross.com/Biography.html

 

Some books about women's reproductive rights at the Armacost Library

Women of Color and the Reproductive Rights Movement

Reproduction, Globalization, and the State

Our Bodies, Our Crimes: The Policing of Women's Reproduction in America

Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice

Items about reproductive rights via an Armacost Library database

Sociological Abstracts

Gay Bradshaw

October 20 @ Orton Center.  Human-Animal Studies.

 

http://www.kerulos.org/about-us/people/

Gay Bradshaw's book at the Armacost Library

Elephants on the Edge: What Animals Teach Us about Humanity

Items about human relationships with animals via an Armacost Library database

Philosopher's Index

Vandana Shiva

October 21 @ the Chapel.  ASUR Convocations and Lectures+.

http://www.navdanya.org/about-us/from-the-founder

Some of the books and videos by Vandana Shiva at the Armacost Library

Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature and Knowledge

Biopolitics: A Feminist and Ecological Reader on Biotechnology

Close to Home: Women Reconnect Ecology, Health, and Development Worldwide

Dirt!: The Movie

Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability and Peace

Ecofeminism

Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply

 

Items about ecofeminism via an Armacost Library database

ProQuest Research Library

 

Gloria Steinem

October 23 @ the Chapel.  ASUR Convocations and Lectures.

http://jewishcurrents.org/march-25-gloria-steinem-15861

 

Some books and a film by or about Gloria Steinem at the Armacost Library

The Education of a Woman: The Life of Gloria Steinem
Gloria Steinem: Her Passions, Politics, and Mystique
Miss Representation
Moving Beyond Words
Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions
Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem

 

Items about Gloria Steinem via an Armacost Library database

OmniFile Full-Text Mega

 

Barbara Ehrenreich

November 5 @ the Chapel.  Center for Diversity and Inclusion, Theater Department, Women’s and Gender Studies.

 

http://barbaraehrenreich.com/

 

Some books by Barbara Ehrenreich at the Armacost Library

Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream
Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy
Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy
Living with a Wild God: A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth about Everything
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America

Items about social inequality via an Armacost Library database

EconLit

 

Tony Silvia

November 12 @ Orton Center.  Annual Pierpoint Lecture.

http://tonysilvia.wordpress.com/

 

Books by Tony Silvia at the Armacost Library

Global News: Perspectives on the Information Age
Power Performance: Multimedia Storytelling for Journalism and Public Relations
Robert Pierpoint: A Life at CBS News

Items about news media via an Armacost Library database

America: History & Life