Incorporating Old Age into the Curriculum (11/18/02; NWSA, 6/19/03-6/22/03)

Old School Thinking: In the classroom setting, adding age to the list of embodied difference

Incorporating critical thinking about age as embodied difference into the syllabus and classroom - should we be doing this? How can we be doing this? How can we interest younger women in this? What works in the classroom and what does not? For women's studies, history, the arts, psychology, social work, nursing, biology, literature, anthropology, languages, cultural studies, sociology.where are you in the academy and what have you done to integrate thinking about advanced age into your curriculum? Or, if you've made a conscious decision not to, why?

The National Women's Studies Association's (NWSA's) 24th annual convention is June 19-22, 2003 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Further information on the conference is available at http://www.nwsa.org.

The Aging and Ageism Caucus of the NWSA invites potential panelists to submit abstracts of 250-500 words via email or snailmail. The deadline is November 18th, 2002. Please specify the panel name in the email subject line or in the cover letter.

Leni Marshall
mars0264@umn.edu
University of Minnesota
Department of English
207 Church Street SE, 207 Lind Hall
Minneapolis, MN 55455