The University of Texas
Frances 'Sissy' Farenthold

Schedule

Thursday, April 23, 2015

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Registration
Jamail Pavilion (CCJ 2.300)

4:00 pm – 4:15 pm

Welcome & Introduction
Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306)

  • Ward Farnsworth, Dean & John Jeffers Research Chair in Law, University of Texas School of Law
  • Daniel Brinks, Associate Professor of Government; Co-Director, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, University of Texas at Austin
4:15 pm – 4:30 pm

Screening of Biographical Film
Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306)

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Interview with Sissy Farenthold
Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306)

  • Evan Smith, Editor-in Chief, CEO, and Co-Founder, The Texas Tribune
5:30 pm – 6:15 pm

Launch of Online Exhibition: Frances T. "Sissy" Farenthold: A Noble Citizen
Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306)

  • Don Carleton, Executive Director, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin
  • Karen Engle, Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law; Co-director & Founder, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, University of Texas School of Law
6:15 pm – 6:30 pm

Screening of National Film
Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306)

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Reception
Jamail Pavilion (CCJ 2.300)

Friday, April 24, 2015

8:30 am – 9:00 am

Continental Breakfast
Jamail Pavilion (CCJ 2.300)

9:00 am – 11:00 am

[National Panel] Reproductive Rights & Gay Rights: Unexpected Trajectories
Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306)

Chair: Cary Franklin, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Texas School of Law

Panelists:
  • Khiara Bridges, Associate Professor of Law and Associate Professor of Anthropology, Boston University School of Law
  • Mary Anne Case, Arnold I. Shure Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School
  • Ray Hill, LGBT Activist; Founder and Host, “The Prison Show”
  • Rachel Rebouché, Associate Professor of Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law
  • Louise Trubek, Clinical Professor of Law Emerita, University of Wisconsin Law School

Archival materials for national panel

11:00 am – 11:20 am

Break
Jamail Pavilion (CCJ 2.300)

11:20 am – 11:30 am

Screening of International Film
Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306)

11:30 am – 1:15 pm

[International Panel] Peace, Disarmament, and the International Women’s Movement
Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306)

Chair: Karen Engle, Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law; Co-director & Founder, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, University of Texas School of Law

Panelists:
  • Peggy Antrobus, Institution Builder, Activist, Writer
  • Phyllis Bennis, Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies; Fellow, Transnational Institute (Amsterdam)
  • Arvonne Fraser, US Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women; Senior Fellow Emerita, University of Minnesota
  • James Galbraith, Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations, LBJ School of Public Affairs, and Professor of Government, University of Texas at Austin

Archival materials for international panel

3:00 pm – 3:10 pm

Screening of State Film
Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306)

3:10 pm – 5:00 pm

[State Panel] The Dirty 30 Today: Texas Electoral Politics and the Vocal Minority
Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306)

Panelists:

Co-Chairs:
Erica Grieder, Senior Editor, Texas Monthly
Christopher Hooks, Journalist, Texas Observer

Archival materials for state panel

5:00 pm – 5:15 pm

Closing Remarks
Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306)

 

 

*Schedule subject to minor changes