The Janet Jacobs Honors Colloquium聽is聽an annual event, hosted by the department of Women and Gender Studies聽(WGST)聽and the聽Arts and Sciences Honors Program, to celebrate students whose honors theses, in any discipline, thematically address the fields of WGST and LGBTQ studies. Each spring 3-7 students from across the University will be selected to present their work in a colloquium setting for an audience of mentors, friends, family, and interested students, faculty, and staff. Each year, WGST and the聽Arts and Science Honors Program will select a guest speaker to deliver a keynote address.
The Janet Jacobs Honors Colloquium聽is named after Professor Janet Jacobs in honor of her聽more than聽thirty-five聽years as an esteemed member of the WGST department and聽her聽8聽years as Program Director聽for the聽Arts and Science Honors Program.聽Professor Janet Jacobs is聽Professor of Distinction in Women and Gender Studies. Her research focuses on ethnic and religious violence, gender, mass trauma, and collective memory. She is author of numerous books and journal articles, including聽Divine Disenchantment:聽Deconverting聽from New Religions听(1989),听Victimized Daughters: Incest and the Development of the Female Self听(1994),听Hidden Heritage: The Legacy of the Crypto-Jews听(2002),听Memorializing the Holocaust: Gender, Genocide and Collective Memory聽(2010), and聽The Holocaust Across Generations: Trauma and Its Inheritance Among Descendants of Survivors聽(2016).聽Her current work is on genocide, collective memory, and counter memorialization. She is the recipient of numerous book awards and聽in聽2005 she received the Hazel Barnes Prize,聽the most prestigious single faculty award granted by the University of Colorado Boulder.