Meeting/Discussion with Ghiwa Sayegh 15 June 2016 3-5 PM G51 A, SOAS Please join us for an informal meeting/discussion with Ghiwa Sayegh, feminist activist and editor of Kohl: a journal of body and gender research. The event will be on Wednesday 15 June form 3-5pm in G51A. Afterwards, we will go out for an informal social gathering. Bio: Born in 1989, Ghiwa Sayegh is a feminist, activist, researcher, writer, and
Visit the Conference Blog – https://queerasia2016.wordpress.com/ Visit the Facebook Event Page – https://www.facebook.com/events/1123868580957812/ The “Queer” Asia Conference is the first ever Asia centered conference on queerness/ queer theory/ LGBT issues/ themes to be held in SOAS, University of London on 10th and 11th June 2016. The aim is to bring together a wide range of academics and activists working at the intersections of “Queer” and “Asia” to facilitate an interdisciplinary and interregional exchange
Check out the amazing schedule Schedule Queer Asia 2016 Conference (Day 1) – 10th June 2016 Day 1 10th June, 2016 Venues: Khalili Lecture Theatre(KLT) (Main Building) and B111 (Brunei Gallery) 0830 – 0900 Registration (KLT Foyer) 0900 – 0950 Key Note; “A queer utopia: Love, dissent and empathy in contemporary times” by Arvind Narrain, Geneva Director, ARC International 1000 – 1130 Concurrent Sessions In Pursuit of Celluloid Happiness (Film
Partner Events Other than film screenings and the panel discussion lined up on Day 2, we are proud to present the following partner events as part of our exciting line up for Queer Asia 2016! Indonesian Double Bill: Mom from Jambi + A Question for Dad Part of Gender Agenda! Date: 8 June 2016 Time: 4.00 PM Venue: Bertha DocHouse Directors: Multiple Total running time: 80mins Organisers: SOAS Department of Southeast Asia and SOAS Centre for
Former PhD student at CGS Zahra Ali writes about her recent trip to Iraq – Young grassroots activism on the rise in Iraq: voices from Baghdad and Najaf – for Open Democracy. Through banners and slogans, grassroots groups find new, inclusive ways of being Iraqi in a country traumatised by authoritarianism, occupation and sectarian war. Tahrir Square, April 2016. Image: Zahra Ali. All rights reserved.Last month, I returned to Iraq to both
Former MA student and research associate at CGS, Isabel Marler, has co-authored a piece – ‘The Devil is in the Details’: development, women’s rights and religious fundamentalisms – for Open Democracy. Dealing with the escalation of violence against women across the world requires a wider adoption of a feminist approach to working at the nexus of development, religious fundamentalisms and women’s rights. Kurdish women march against “ISIS” in London on International Women’s