{"id":1269,"date":"2011-09-23T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2011-09-23T14:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/?post_type=videos&#038;p=1269"},"modified":"2026-02-04T10:43:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:43:17","slug":"opening-remarks-activism-and-the-academy","status":"publish","type":"videos","link":"https:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/staging\/2435\/video\/opening-remarks-activism-and-the-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening Remarks: Activism and the Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BCRW Director Janet Jakobsen delivered these opening remarks on September 23, 2011 to kick off <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/event\/activism-and-the-academy\/\">Activism &amp; the Academy: Celebrating 40 Years of Feminist Scholarship &amp; Action<\/a>, a conference in honor of BCRW&#8217;s 40th anniversary.<\/p>\n<h3>More from this event:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>EVENT: <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/event\/activism-and-the-academy\/\">Activism and the Academy: Celebrating 40 Years of Feminist Scholarship and Action<\/a><\/li>\n<li>VIDEO: <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/videos\/the-future-of-gender-and-sexuality-studies\/\">The Multiple Futures of Gender and Sexuality Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li>VIDEO: <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/videos\/writing-new-media-and-feminist-activism\/\">Writing, New Media, and Feminist Activism<\/a><\/li>\n<li>VIDEO: <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/videos\/archives-and-activism-the-contemporary-turn\/\">Archives and Activism: The Contemporary Turn<\/a><\/li>\n<li>VIDEO: <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/videos\/transnational-feminisms-across-the-americas\/\">Transnational Feminisms Across the Americas<\/a><\/li>\n<li>VIDEO: <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/videos\/expanding-feminism-collaborations-for-social-justice\/\">Expanding Feminism: Collaborations for Social Justice<\/a><\/li>\n<li>VIDEO: <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/videos\/mamphela-ramphele\/\">Mamphela Ramphele (keynote address)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>VIDEO: <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/videos\/using-knowledge-advancing-activism\/\">Using Knowledge, Advancing Activism<\/a><\/li>\n<li>VIDEO: <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/videos\/campus-activism\/\">Campus Activism<\/a><\/li>\n<li>VIDEO: <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/videos\/activist-research-working-in-communities\/\">Activist Research: Working in Communities<\/a><\/li>\n<li>VIDEO: <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/videos\/building-and-rebuilding-societies-in-africa\/\">Building and Rebuilding Societies in Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<li>PODCAST: <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/podcasts\/activism-and-the-academy-opening-remarks-by-janet-jakobsen\">Activism and the Academy: Opening Remarks by Janet Jakobsen<\/a><\/li>\n<li>PODCAST: <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/podcasts\/activism-and-the-academy-sonia-alvarez\/\">Activism and the Academy: Sonia Alvarez<\/a><\/li>\n<li>PODCAST: <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/podcasts\/activism-and-the-academy-the-multiple-futures-of-gender-and-sexuality-studies\/\">Activism and the Academy: The Multiple Futures of Gender and Sexuality Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li>PODCAST: <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/podcasts\/activism-and-the-academy-writing-new-media-and-feminist-activism\/\">Activism and the Academy: Writing, New Media, and Feminist Activism<\/a><\/li>\n<li>PODCAST: <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/podcasts\/living-and-working-in-the-borderlands\/\">Activism and the Academy: Living and Working in the Borderlands<\/a><\/li>\n<li>PODCAST: <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/podcasts\/activism-and-the-academy-womens-literature-and-feminist-learning\/\">Activism and the Academy: Women\u2019s Literature and Feminist Learning<\/a><\/li>\n<li>PODCAST: <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/podcasts\/activism-and-the-academy-archives-and-activism-the-contemporary-turn\/\">Activism and the Academy: Archives and Activism 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