Committee on Women and Gender
(formerly Committee on the Status of Women)
Next Meeting:
AMS 2010 Indianapolis
Wendy Heller (Chair) is Associate Professor of Music and Director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Italian Studies at Princeton University. Her research interests encompass Late Renaissance and Baroque music, especially Monteverdi, Cavalli, Handel, and Bach; opera studies, with emphasis on interdisciplinary studies, particularly gender and sexuality, and classics; women and music; and Jewish music. Her book Emblems of Eloquence: Opera and Women’s Voices in Seventeenth-Century Venice was named a Finalist in the Otto Kinkeldey Award, and received the best book award from the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women.
For a list of committee members, follow this link and click "Other Committees".
Activities of Past Open Meetings
- 2008 Nashville: Gender and Gen Next: Perspectives from Early Career Musicologists
- 2007 Quebec City: Musicological Choices: Gender, Prestige, and the Power of Subject Specializiation
- 2006 Los Angeles: Diversity on the Job Market: Searches and Interviews
- 2005 Washington, D.C.: Gender Issues in Graduate Pedagogy: Seminar Culture and Mentoring
- 2004 Seattle: Gender Issues in Scholarly Publishing
- 2003 Houston: Obstacles to Gender Parity in Musicology
- 2002 Columbus: Making Connections with Women's Studies Department
- 2001 Atlanta: Open Meeting on Life Issues
- 2000 Toronto: A Look Back at the 20th Century: Gender and Identities
- 1999 Kansas City: Women's History and Feminist History
- 1998 Boston: Women, Minorities, and Professional Choice
- 1997 Phoenix: Mentoring in the Modern Academic Environment
- 1996 Baltimore: Women, Music, and Multi-Culturalism
- 1995 New York: Women and Scholarly Careers in Music
- 1994 Minneapolis: Integrating Performance by Women into Music History Courses
- 1993 Montreal: Influence of Feminist Scholarship in Musicology
- 1992 Pittsburgh: Resources and Strategies for Courses on Women in Music
Minutes of Past Meetings
- Minutes (Los Angeles), 2006
- Minutes (Washington, D.C.), 2005
- Minutes (Seattle), 2004
- Minutes (Houston), 2003