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
On April 28, 2016, CGS was proud to host the book launch of our former PhD student and Senior Teaching Fellow, Dr Katherine Natanel. The event was introduced by the Chair of the centre, Dr Gina Heathcote. The evening was chaired by Katie’s PhD supervisor, Professor Nadje Al-Ali who was beaming with pride through the evening. Katie introduced the book and then engaged in an enriching conversation with Professor Clare
The SOAS Centre for Gender Studies and University of East London’s Centre for Research on Migration, Refugees and Belonging (CMRB) are pleased to announce the following seminar: GENDER, FUNDAMENTALISM AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST Saturday 30th April 2016, 2 – 5pm SOAS Brunei Gallery Building (Room B102) Speakers: Nazand Begikhani Media, Gender & Honour: The Cyber Representation of Women in Iraqi Kurdistan Rouba Mhaissan Gender and Religious Extremism in
Book Launch: Beyond Mothers, Monsters, Whores: Women’s Violence in Global Politics Dr Caron Gentry (University of St Andrews), Dr Laura Sjoberg (University of Florida) Date: 14 June 2016 Time: 5:00 PM Finishes: 14 June 2016 Time: 7:00 PM Venue: Room: 116 Type of Event: Book Launch When we discuss violent acts committed by women, our responses are almost always rooted in deeply gendered assumptions about women. We express surprise and shock that a
CGS MA student, Niharika Pandit, has put together a project for her Gender, Armed Conflict, and International Law module. The project, on the topic of half widows in Kashmir, is in the form of a live blog with sections arranged like that of an essay. However, it will be more interactive, beginning conversations on research, art, methods, and activism. Visit the project here. About this project This blog is an attempt to