Leslie Heywood, Pioneer in Women and Sports, to be College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Visiting Professor, March 27-31st at University of Kentucky
The Women’s Studies Program at the University of Kentucky is pleased to announce a weeklong series of events with Leslie Heywood, Professor of English and Creative Writing at SUNY Binghamton, and pioneer in the field of women and sports. Professor Heywood’s brilliant and moving memoir Pretty Good for A Girl, based on her years as a star runner in high school, has been an inspiration for girls dealing with body image and health issues of all kinds. In addition to her acclaimed memoir, Heywood’s groundbreaking books on women, sport, and health include Bodymakers: A Cultural Anatomy of Women’s Bodybuilding (Rutgers, 1998), and Built to Win: The Female Athlete as Cultural Icon (Minnesota, 2003). She has been a consultant on film projects related to women and sport, including Girl Wrestler, The Battle of the Sexes, and Synch or Swim, and is a nationally respected activist/consultant in the area of women and sports, who has worked alongside figures such as Billy Jean King. Professor Heywood is also a distinguished and innovative feminist scholar who has just edited The Women’s Movement Today: An Encyclopedia of Third Wave Feminism, a monumental 1200 page, 2-volume set devoted to presenting third wave feminism in comprehensive form for the first time, and a published poet, with two recent books of poetry, The Proving Grounds and Natural Selection.
Events that will be held in conjunction with Leslie Heywood’s visit:
“Immanence, Transcendence, and Immersive Practices: Female Athletes in U.S. Neoliberalism”
Monday, March 27, 2006
7:00 pm
Center Theatre, Old Student Center
Reception to follow in Rm. 214
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“Karyotypes: The Myths and Mutations of Third Wave Feminism”
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
4:00 pm
Young Library Auditorium
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Commentary and discussion leader for the WS Film Series film, Girl Wrestler(Diane Zander; 2004; 53 minutes)
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
7:00 p.m.
Gaines Center’s Bingham-Davis House, 218 E. Maxwell Street
Professor Heywood served as a consultant for this documentary.
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Poetry Reading
Friday, March 31, 2006
7:30 pm
230 New Student Center
Book signing and reception to follow
All events are free and open to the public. For information, please call 257-1388
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