In a Human Voice
Dr. Carol Gilligan, renowned feminist, ethicist and psychologist
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Date: Thursday, November 2, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: Werklund School of Education theatre, EDC 179, University of Calgary campus
Forty years following the publication of In a Different Voice, described by Harvard University Press as "the little book that started a revolution," three things have become clear: the "different voice" (the voice of care ethics), initially heard as "feminine", is in fact a human voice; the voice it differs from is a patriarchal voice (listen for tell-tale gender binaries and hierarchies); and where patriarchy is in force or enforced, the human voice is a voice of resistance, and care ethics is an ethics of liberation. Although women and girls' voices have always been at the center of Carol Gilligan's work and gender remains a central concern, the story she tells is ultimately a human story.
This guest lecture is a collaboration between the Faculty of Arts Department of Sociology, the Werklund School of Education, and the University of Calgary Alumni Association.
Dr. Carol Gilligan Bio
Carol Gilligan received her Ph.D. in social psychology from Harvard University where she was a faculty member for over 30 years and in 1997 became Harvard's first professor of Gender Studies, occupying the Patricia Albjerg Graham chair. Her landmark book, In A Different Voice (1982), is described by Harvard University Press as "the little book that started a revolution." Following In A Different Voice, she initiated the Harvard Project on Women's Psychology and Girls' Development and co-authored or edited five books with her students: Mapping the Moral Domain (1988); Making Connections (1990); Women, Girls, and Psychotherapy: Reframing Resistance (1991); Meeting at the Crossroads: Women's Psychology and Girls' Development (1992) -- a New York Times notable book of the year -- and Between Voice and Silence: Women and Girls, Race and Relationships (1995). Her 2002 book The Birth of Pleasure, was described by The Times Literary Supplement as “a thrilling new paradigm.” She has received a Senior Research Scholar Award from the Spencer Foundation, a Grawemeyer Award for her contributions to education, a Heinz Award for her contributions to understanding the human condition, and was named by Time Magazine in 1996 as one of the 25 most influential Americans. Following her research on women and girls' development, she studied young boys and their parents and explored impasses in man-woman relationships. The Strengthening Healthy Resistance and Courage in Girls programs, the Women Teaching Girls/Girls Teaching Women retreats, and the In Our Own Voices workshops she developed with her colleagues have become model intervention and prevention projects. Since 2002, she has been a University Professor at New York University, with affiliations in the School of Law, the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Her 2009 book The Deepening Darkness: Patriarchy, Resistance, and Democracy’s Future, co-authored with David A. J. Richards, was published by Cambridge University Press.