Ninth International Symposium: Difference between revisions

'''8:00'''  Registration<br>   

'''8:30''' Welcome and Opening Remarks – Marilyn Milos, John Geisheker, and Peter Ball<br>  

'''9:00''' The Delusional Psychologies of  Circumcision and Civilization– David Chamberlain<br>

'''2:00''' Consequences of Female Genital Mutilation on Global Health and Sexuality – Olaoye Olusoji Emmanuel<br>   

'''2:20''' Medical Interventions on Women’s Genitals: Historical Texts and Contemporary Discourse – Noel Gazzano<br>   

'''2:40''' Female Genital Modifications in Malawi: A Field Research – Debora Moro<br>   

'''3:00''' The Ritual Use of Herbs for Female Genital Modifications in Africa – Franco Viviani<br>   

'''3:20''' Ten Years of Merka’s Alternative Rite in Somalia (1996-2005): From “Sunna Gudnin” to “Gudnin Usub” – Franco Viviani<br>   

'''3:40''' Break<br>   

'''4:00'''  Muslims and Circumcision– Mostafa K. Al-Madawi<br>   

'''4:20''' Changing People’s Minds about Circumcision – Patricia Robinett<br>   

'''4:40''' Special Guest: Singer/Songwriter – Jess Grant<br>   

'''5:00''' Dinner On Your Own<br>

'''8:30''' Registration<br>   

'''9:00''' “Toxic Irritation of the Nervous System” Abraham Wolbarst and the Industrial Implementation of Eugenic Circumcision – Frederick Hodges<br>  9:30 Excuses for Circumcision: Some Byways of Penile Anatomy – Ken McGrath<br>   

'''9:50''' The Perils of Circumcision – James Snyder10:10 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus: A Risk of Circumcised Boys – George Hill<br>

'''2:00''' “Real Men”: Foreskin Cutting and Male Identity in the Philippines – Leonard Glick<br>   

'''2:20''' Filipino Male Experience of Ritual Circumcision: Perspectus and Insights for Philippine-Based Anti-Circumcision Advocacy – Romeo B. Lee<br>   

'''2:40''' Traditional Male Circumcision in West Timor, Indonesia: Practices, Myths, and their Impact on the Spread of HIV/AIDS and Gender Relations – Primus Lake<br>   

'''3:00''' Report from NOCIRC of Ireland– Linda Massie<br>   

'''3:20''' News from NORM-UK – John Warren<br>   

'''3:40''' Break<br>   

'''4:00''' Male Circumcision in Europe: Is There Anything We Can Do? – Yngve Hofvander<br>   

'''4:20''' Foreskins for Keeps: A Midwife’s Project to End Circumcision – Gloria Lemay<br>   

'''4:40''' Circumcision in the Mass Media– Hugh Young<br>   

'''5:00''' Dinner On Your Own<br>

8:30 Registration<br>   

9:00 Coding, Reporting, and Analyzing Circumcision Data – Georganne Chapin<br>   

9:30 A Treatise From the Trenches: Why Are Circumcision Lawsuits So Hard to Win?– J. Steven Svoboda<br>   

9:50 Winning and Losing on the Circuit– David J. Llewellyn<br>

10:10 Switching Gears in Washington State: From Individual Lawsuits to Writ of Mandamus – John Geisheker<br>

10:30 The MGM Bill Proposals: A Legislative Strategy for Protecting US boys from Circumcision – Matthew Hess<br>

11:00 Break<br>

11:30 Ending Non-religious Circumcision: Supply vs Demand – A Moderated Discussion<br>

12:30 Lunch On Your Own<br>   

2:00 Defining What is Sacred – Miriam Pollack<br>   

2:20 Beyond the Bris: One Jewish Mother’s Experience – Rebecca Wald<br>   

2:40 Resolving Circumcision Trauma: Neurological Repatterning and Healing Action – Stephanie Mines<br>   

3:40 Break<br>   

4:00 Ending Circumcision for Children: A Total Paradigm Shift – Suzanne Arms<br>   

4:45 Tribute to Jeannine Parvati Baker– Marilyn Milos and Suzanne Arms<br>   

5:00 Close of symposium<br>   

7:00  No Host Banquet Dinner and Premier Performance – Composer Ron Romanovsky and Betty Katz Sperlich, co-founder, Nurses for the Rights of the Child, present IT’S A BOY! (a circus opera). The performance includes five vocalists and two accompanists.<br>

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