College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs at First Thursday = Fettuccine Forum!
Monthly Lecture Series Looks at Women and Stereotyping on March 5
The March Fettuccine Forum, a lecture series on the future and past of Boise and the Treasure Valley, will be First Thursday, March 5, in the Rose Room in the historic Union Block, 718 W. Idaho Street. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the lecture begins at 5:30 p.m. Admission and appetizers are free; a cash bar will be available. Fettuccine also will be available to purchase for $5. Call ext. 6-3701 for more information.
This month’s speaker will be Sandy Schackel (right), professor of history, who will discuss “Women in Caricature: The Politics of Stereotyping.” Schackel’s presentation primarily is based on political cartoon content found online and in the national press during the recent presidential campaign. She argues that political cartooning suggests a continuing gender bias in the press, thus reflecting a pervasive sexism in American culture in the 21st century.
Schackel came to Boise State in the fall of 1989 from the University of New Mexico. Trained in American History, she specializes in the fields of women’s history and the history of the American West. She has two publications, the award winning “Social Housekeepers: Women Shaping Public Policy in New Mexico, 1920-1940,” published in 1992; and “Western Women’s Lives: Continuity and Change in the Twentieth Century,” an anthology published in 2003. Much of her research involves oral history reflected in her current book project, “Close to the Land: Ranch and Farm Women’s Changing Lives in the Postwar American West,” to be published by the University Press of Kansas.
The Fettuccine Forum is cosponsored by the Center for Idaho History and Politics at Boise State and the Boise City Office of the Mayor. Lively and informal, the monthly event invites the public to interact with politicians, artists, historians, activists, advocates and professionals who treasure life in the booming Treasure Valley and strive to make it a better place.
The forum also features research and displays from local authors and artists centered on the monthly theme, as well as a companion workshop. The forum will be rebroadcast on Public Access Television (TVTV) Channel 11.
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