Adam Grant and Sheryl Sandberg ("Speaking While Female") recently observed: "research shows that when it comes to leadership skills, although men are more confident, women are more competent." Following up on a symposium on Asian Models of Leadership centered on Confucius in October 2014, we will focus on women leaders of Asia, past and present.
An interdisciplinary panel of scholars from SDSU will introduce these key figures and entertain questions from the audience.
Chair, Kate Edgerton, History, Women, Sex, and Power in China
Sandra Wawrytko, Philosophy/Asian Studies, Intellectual Leadership: Queen Srimala, Early Dharma Teacher of India
Huma Ahmed Ghosh, Women's Studies, Women in Contemporary India
Allen Wittenborn, Asian Studies, Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma & Megawati Sukarnoputri of Indonesia
Angela Feres, Asian Studies/Religious Studies, the Trung Sisters & Vietnamese Nationalism
Light refreshments will be served.
Seating is limited so please arrive early.
Co-sponsored by the Center for Asian & Pacific Studies and the Department of Women's Studies