Prof. Parkin to Deliver Anita S. Goodstein Lecture in Women’s History

Katherine Parkin, Ph.D., Jules Plangere, Jr., Endowed Chair in American Social History and professor in the department of History and Anthropology, will present the 2026 Anita S. Goodstein Lecture in Women's History at the University of the South on April 7.

Parkin will deliver the lecture, "Revisiting Sex & the Office: A Conversation on the History of Gender, Power, and Desire," with Katherine Turk, Ph.D., of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The discussion will examine the contemporary challenges women face in the workplace, alongside key insights of the newly released second edition of "Sex & the Office," authored by the late Julie Berebitsky, founder of the University of the South's Women's and Gender Studies program. The latest edition features a new afterword written by Parkin.

The event will begin at 7:30 p.m. EST and will be available to view via Zoom. It is free and open to the public, with no registration required.