The Mona Unit, Centre for Gender and Development Studies, will be hosting its Fourth Biennial Lucille Mathurin Mair Public Lecture, on Thursday, March 11, 2004, at the Old Library, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, in commemoration of International Women’s Day 2004.
The Public Lecture was named after Dr. Lucille Mathurin Mair in recognition of her pioneering historical research work in the field of gender. Besides being a historian, Dr. Mair was an eminent diplomat who represented Jamaica at the United Nations in the capacity of Deputy Permanent Representative (1975-78) and subsequently, Permanent Representative. She also served Jamaica as Director of Public Information, as Ambassador to the Republic of Cuba and as a member of the Senate and Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade.
The lecture entitled “Men, Masculinities and Development” will be delivered by Professor Michael Kimmel of the State University of New York. Professor Kimmel, a sociologist, educator and author, was selected for his work on men and masculinity, as well as the fact that his documented research has been used as resource material in much of our teaching. His books on masculinity include: Changing Men: New Directions in Research on Men and Masculinity, Against the Tide: Pro-Feminist Men in the United States, 1776-1990 and Men Confront Pornography among many others. Professor Kimmel has received international recognition for his contribution to gender studies as he examines men’s lives from a pro-feminist perspective.