Exhibit and Programs
August 26 to October 6, 2012
All events will take place on the MUSC campus.
For more information about specific events and locations, contact Susan Hoffius at 792-2288
The schedule is as follows:
| Aug. 26 - Oct. 6: | Exhibit on Display in Colbert Education Center and Library lobby |
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| August 29: | Opening Reception in Colbert Education Center and Library lobby - 5:30 - 7:30 pm |
| September 12: | MUSC Humanities Book Club meeting in Colbert Education Center and Library - EL 109 - 5:30 - 7:30 pm |
| September 27: | Post-Partum Panel Discussion: “Post-Partum Depression in ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ and Today: Three Perspectives.” Location: EL 109 - Noon |
| October 4: | Closing Lecture and Reception Location: BSB 100 with reception to follow in ECL Lobby - 5:30 - 7:30 pm |
In the late 19th century, women were challenging traditional ideas about gender that excluded them from political and intellectual life while medical and scientific experts drew on notions of female weakness to justify inequality between the sexes. Artist and writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, who was discouraged from pursuing a career to preserve her health, rejected these ideas in a terrifying short story titled, “The Yellow Wall-Paper.” The famous tale served as an indictment of the medical profession and social conventions restricting women's professional and creative opportunities.
“This exhibit offers us opportunities not only to learn about gender inequalities of the late 19 th century, but also to reexamine current notions of health and health care that may contribute to disparities and inequalities for various populations,” said Lisa Kerr, Ph.D., associate professor and MUSC Humanities Committee member. “The humanities make these conversations engaging and accessible; they invite us to see the world we think we know so well in a new light.”
In conjunction with the exhibit, the Waring Historical Library and MUSC Humanities Committee will host an opening reception featuring the exhibit, “The Yellow Wallpaper” ;a meeting of the MUSC Humanities Committee Book Club; a panel discussion about post-partum depression from both clinical, literary, and personal perspectives; and a closing reception featuring a lecture by a noted Gilman scholar, Jane Thrailkill, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill associate professor in English and Comparative Literature.
