Cynthia Enloe, a feminist scholar and author of a number
of books and articles on feminist perspectives of world politics
and the military, will deliver the main address at the College's
Founders Day convocation on Thursday, Feb. 28, at 11:30 a.m. in
Memorial Chapel.
The event celebrates the 207th anniversary of the founding of
the College.
Enloe, professor of government and director of
women's studies at Clark University, will give a talk titled “What Does it Mean
to be a Global Citizen in a Militarized World? Some Feminist Clues.”
She is to receive an honorary doctor of laws degree from the College.
Enloe is the author of Maneuvers: The
International Politics of Militarizing Women's Lives; The Morning After:
Sexual Politics at the End of the Cold War; Bananas, Beaches and
Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics;
and Does Khaki Become You?
In Maneuvers, Enloe argues that militarization affects not
just those involved with the military; it is a personal and political
transformation that relies on ideas about femininity and masculinity.
Film, fashion and even food contribute to militaristic values that mold
our culture in both war and peace, she writes.
A graduate of Connecticut College, she earned her
master's and Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. A
faculty member at Clark since 1972, her fields range from “Introduction
to Comparative Politics” to “Women and Militarization.” She has received
a number of awards from the university for outstanding
teaching. She has been a guest lecturer at Harvard University and
Wellesley College, and received an honorary professorship in the department
of international politics at the University of Wales.
The convocation also will include the presentation of
the Gideon Hawley Teacher Recognition Award to a high school
teacher who has been influential to a Union student.