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Hello, The following event may be of interest to you: Gender and Migration in Franceand the United States Thursday, October 27, 2016 Over the last four decades, research has moved from the “discovery” of the history of immigration – initially seen largely as a story of male workers – to a “discovery” of female migrants. Closer attention to the gender composition of migration streams has become an increasingly important aspects of migration studies. Using the United States and France, two major historical sites of labor immigration, as examples, I will show how gender studies bring new questions – and answers – to the understanding of the history of migration. How have gender regimes in the countries of origin affected emigration and how has immigration affected gender relations?Nancy Green is professor of history at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. She is the author of several books in French and English including Ready-to-Wear and Ready-to-Work: A Century of Industry and Immigrants in Paris and New York and The Other Americans in Paris : Businessmen, Countesses, Wayward Youth, 1880-1941. She recently also co-edited (with sociologist Roger Waldinger) the collection of essays, A century of Transnationalism: Immigrants and Their Homeland Connections. Time: 5:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Location: Reem-Kayden Center Room 102 Sponsor: Gender and Sexuality Studies Program; Historical Studies Program; Sociology Program Contact: Joel Perlmann. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 845-758-6822 If you would like to see more events please visit the following URL: http://inside.bard.edu/campus/services/career/calendar/