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International Women's Day - 8th March 2018 and upcoming events and courses
Build's theme for this International Women's Day is gender disparity in mental health
Gender Disparity in Mental Health - including 'So U Think I'm Crazy?'
International Women's Day is on Thursday 8 March this year. For our celebrations, we are focusing on gender disparity in mental health, with our Wellbeing department presenting a staging of female director and playwright Ekanem Hines' play 'So U Think I'm Crazy?' plus a series of thought-provoking workshops throughout the day.
'So U Think I'm Crazy?' is performed by the cast of Know My Mind (KMM) Community Theatre Group, who raise awareness about mental health from the perspective of service users and carers.
- Book your tickets for Gender Disparity in Mental Health: 'So U Think I'm Crazy?'
Watch the trailer for 'So U Think I'm Crazy?'
More upcoming courses and events
We also have a wide choice of other courses on and around International Women's Day that celebrate and discuss cultural contributions from women in literature, history, politics, visual arts and music:
Performing arts
- A Celebration for International Women's Day - Wed 7 Mar, 6.00pm. Songs, piano music and readings by women composers and writers presented by students from the School of Performing Arts; Recital Room (101)
History and politics
- First wave feminists & WW1 - HH182; Sat 17 Mar
- Native American culture & women - HH610; Sat 3 Mar
- Suffragette: the making of a movement - HLT64; Sat 9 Jun
Film and literature
- Film evening lecture : Psychological investigations of women in horror films - HF150; Thu 15 Mar
- Women’s lives & literature of the 1950s - HLT10; Tue 16 Jan-6 Mar
- The fiction of Hilary Mantel - HLT134; Sat 10 Mar
Languages
Visual arts
- Women in art: politics of embodiment - VB864; Thu 22 Feb-22 Mar (5 sessions)
- Female archetypes: Inspired by Nancy Spero - VH871; Mon 9 Apr-11 Jun, (8 sessions)
- Women in Art 1400-1800 - VB867; Wed 11 Apr-9 May (5 sessions)
- Women in Art 1800-1900 - VB858; Mon 4 Jun-2 Jul (5 sessions)
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