Office of Strategic Planning & Institutional Diversity

Williams Reads 2012 Events

The following Williams Reads events have been scheduled…with more to come!

Wednesday, January 4, 4:00 PM
KICKING OFF WILLIAMS READS 2012!
Student/Faculty Panel Discussion
Brooks Rogers

Tuesday, January 10, 6:00 PM
The Role “Coming Out” Plays in Fun Home
Join us for a discussion about the difference between sexual acts and identity in the real lives of people who engage in non-heterosexual acts.
Hardy House/Gender and Sexuality Resource Center (FREE PIZZA!)

Wednesday, January 11, 12:00 noon
…But is it Art? How to Read Fun Home
Bring your book, your ideas, and a brown bag lunch to this discussion led by Christopher Bolton, associate professor of comparative and Japanese literature and chair of the comparative literature program.
Paresky Center 2nd Floor, Henze Fireplace Lounge

Thursday, January 12, 8:00 PM
“Making the Boys”
Come watch this new documentary about the 1970 film “The Boys in the Band,” released a year after the Stonewall riots referred to on Fun Home page 104.
Hardy House/Gender and Sexuality Resource Center (FREE POPCORN!)

Wednesday, January 18, 12:00 noon
Faculty Club Luncheon for Staff
Discussion of Fun Home with Christopher Bolton, associate professor of comparative and Japanese literature and chair of the comparative literature program.
Faculty Club Lower Level
RSVP to Terry Waryjasz

Monday, January 23, 7:00 pm
Join Justin Adkins, director of gender, sexuality and activism, and Mercedea Shriver, reference and web development librarian, for a discussion about the role of gender expression in Fun Home.
Paresky Center 2nd Floor, Henze Fireplace Lounge

Tuesday, January 24, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
Draw your own comic with Amy Podmore, professor of art.
Paresky Center, Great Hall
Limited to 30 people. RSVP to Maggie Driscoll