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Committee chair and Professor of History and Women’s Studies Afsaneh Najmabadi and Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures Bradley S. Epps presented the proposal to the council. Najmabadi said the change in name would do nothing more than reflect what members of Harvard’s women’s studies community study...
...Najmabadi added that the title change would also bring Harvard in line with several of its peer institutions, which have renamed their women’s studies departments in similar ways. She cited Brown, Cornell and Yale in particular, all of whose programs now include either the term “gender” or “sexuality...
Also on the agenda was a proposal to change the name of the Committee on Degrees in Women’s Studies, presented by Professor of History and Women’s Studies Afsaneh Najmabadi...
Calling the commencement of the 21st century a "crucial time to re-think," other professors echoed Pellegrini's and Najmabadi's call for the need to discuss these issues...
...Najmabadi said she hopes the series will spark a healthy, ongoing dialogue and "keep gender and issues of feminism alive and informing of whatever change we may envisage for future decades...