The Scholar and the Feminist II:
Toward a New Criteria of Relevance – April 12, 1975

Conference Program (PDF, 320 KB)

Papers and Discussion

Welcoming Remarks
Martha Peterson, President, Barnard College
History and the Social Relation of the Sexes
Joan Kelly-Gadol, CUNY-City College
One Biologist’s Perspective on Sex Differences
Helen H. Lambert, Northeastern University

Moderator: Annette K. Baxter, Barnard College
Commentator: Catharine R. Stimpson, Barnard College

Seminars

1. A Neglected Theme in Euripides’ Medea: Interpreting Classical Literature
   Helen Bacon, Barnard College
2. Sexual Mythologies in the Avant-Garde: Joyce and Robbe-Grillet
   Jane O. Grace, CUNY-Lehman
   Susan Suleiman, Columbia University
3. Critical Approaches to Art and Literature: Beyond “Objectivity”
   Carol Duncan, Ramapo State College
4. Women’s Studies, Phase II: The New Issues
   Domna C. Stanton, Barnard College
5. Surviving Graduate School
   Jo Freeman, SUNY-Purchase
6. Research and Activism: Bridging the Gap
   Mary Jean Tully, NOW
7. Women and the French Revolution
   Gita May, Columbia University
8. Women or Their Absence in the American Novel Before World War I
   Myra Jehlen, SUNY-Purchase
9. The Spiritual Quest in Women’s Writing: At the Juncture of Literature and Religion
   Carol Christ, Columbia University
10. Feminism and Psychological Autonomy: A Participative Workshop
    Hester Eisenstein, Barnard College
    Susan R. Sacks, Barnard College
11. Personality Theory and Women
    Maxine D. Bernstein, SUNY-Empire State
12. Anthropology of Women and Sexism
    Sherry B. Ortner, Sarah Lawrence College

Conference Coordinator

Nancy K. Miller

Planning Committee

Hester Einstein, Jane O. Grace, Susan R. Sacks

Director, Women’s Center

Jane S. Gould

Assistant Director

Emily Kofron