2501, 2019

Dr. Alyosxa Tudor part of panel on ‘Transnational Feminism; Queering Bodies and Borders’ on Friday, 8 February 2019

By Centre for Gender Studies|January 25, 2019|Activism, Lectures/Talks/Conferences, Our Work|0 comments

Hosted by Event Details. Friday, 8 February 2019 from 16:00-18:00 IAS Common Ground WC1E 6BT London, United Kingdom Hosted by Fast-forward Feminism; resist, reimagine, rebuild   In the last few years we have seen countless numbers of people across the global left destitute, vulnerable and threatened, due to the appalling treatment of migrants and the harmful and discriminatory principles and policies of neoliberalism. Throughout this panel, hosted by academics and activists,

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1312, 2018

Reflections on Feminists, Resistance and Scholarship: Cynthia Enloe speaks at SOAS Centre for Gender Studies

By Gina Heathcote|December 13, 2018|Blog Posts, CGS Seminar Series, Lectures/Talks/Conferences, Uncategorized|0 comments

On the 6th of December 2018, the SOAS Centre for Gender Studies welcomed Cynthia Enloe, Research Professor in the Department of International Development, Community, and Environment of Clark University, Massachusetts, to join Nadje Al-Ali, Chair of the Centre for Gender Studies, SOAS in conversation on the topic of Feminists, Resistance, and Scholarship. Enloe’s long and accomplished academic career in the fields of Gender Studies and Political Science drew a large

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2801, 2017

Dr Alyosxa Tudor speaking at LSE: Critical differentiations of racism and migratism

By Emily Jones|January 28, 2017|Faculty, Lectures/Talks/Conferences, Our Work|0 comments

Dr Alyosxa Tudor, Lecturer at the Centre for Gender Studies at SOAS, will speak at LSE on ‘Critical differentiations of racism and migratism’ Date: Wednesday 1st February Time: 6 – 7.30pm Room: NAB.1.15 My paper revisits (Western European) critical migration studies and feminist approaches to migration with the insights from postcolonial theories and transnational feminism. I suggest that a critical differentiation of racism and migratism is needed in postcolonial and

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1504, 2016

Our Work – Lectures/Talks by Professor Nadje Al-Ali

By Akanksha Mehta|April 15, 2016|Faculty, Lectures/Talks/Conferences, Our Work|0 comments

In April 2016, Professor Nadje Al-Ali gave two talks at the Simon Fraser University. See the details below – https://www.sfu.ca/fass/events/protest–body-politics-and-authoritarianism–a-gendered-perspect.html https://www.sfu.ca/fass/events/a-seminar-by-dr–al-ali–gendering-the-kurdish-turkish-conflict-.html She also gave a lecture about the Turkish-Kurdish conflict and a conference paper on gender-based violence in Iraq at a conference on “Bodies living with violence” at the University of Connecticut (15-16 April 2016).

1004, 2016

Our Work – Publication by Dr Gina Heathcote

By Akanksha Mehta|April 10, 2016|Faculty, Lectures/Talks/Conferences, Our Work, Publications|0 comments

New Publication: The text of Dr Gina Heathcote‘s talk (March 2016) – The Protection of Civilians and Protection of Peacekeeping Mandates: Gender and Ethics in Collective Security – now published in feminists@law. Access it here.  Abstract This lecture considers how Security Council authority and legitimacy gain traction through the deployment and development of normative provisions. I focus on the robust peacekeeping mandates in the UN Security Council Resolutions on the

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0104, 2016

Our Work – Conference Presentation by PhD Candidate Magdalena Suerbaum

By Akanksha Mehta|April 1, 2016|Lectures/Talks/Conferences, Our Work, PhD Students|0 comments

In March 2016, CGS PhD candidate, Magdalena Suerbaum, was one of the directors of the panel : “Faces of displacement. Constructions of the Self and Discourses about Refugeeness across the Mediterranean Region”, at XIII SeSaMO (Italian Society for Middle Eastern Studies) Conference “Migrants: Communities, Borders, Memories, Conflict” in Catania, Italy. The paper she presented is entitled “Making gendered sense of refugeeness among Syrians living in Cairo.” Access the Programme here

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1703, 2016

Our Work – Lectures/Talks by Professor Nadje Al-Ali

By Akanksha Mehta|March 17, 2016|Faculty, Lectures/Talks/Conferences, Our Work|0 comments

On 12 March, 2016, Professor Nadje Al-Ali gave a talk on academic freedom at the Turkish-Kurdish Daymer community centre in Haringey, London. On March 3, 2016,  Professor Nadje Al-Ali  gave a talk at the University of Kent on Feminism and the New Iraq: Between Imperialism and Religious Fundamentalism.’ Find out more here.  On March 4, 2016,  Professor Nadje Al-Ali gave a talk titled “Women for Peace: Kurdish and Turkish women’s rights activists and academics struggling

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2902, 2016

Our Work – Lecture by PhD Candidate Paniz Musawi Natanzi

By Akanksha Mehta|February 29, 2016|Creative Projects, Lectures/Talks/Conferences, Our Work, PhD Students|0 comments

In February 2016, PhD student Paniz Musawi Natanzi, spoke at the Ab-Anbar Art Gallery in Tehran, Iran, on The Gendering Power of Disney from a Postcolonial Feminist Perspective: Deconstructing Gender Roles and Relations from Snow White to Robin Hood. Find the event on Facebook here –  https://www.facebook.com/events/914048845330900/

2602, 2016

Our Work – Lecture/Talk by Dr Alyoxsa Tudor

By Akanksha Mehta|February 26, 2016|Faculty, Lectures/Talks/Conferences, Our Work|0 comments

This seminar titled “Racism and Migratism: The Relevance of a Critical Differentiation” was given by Dr Alyosxa Tudor, (Centre for Gender Studies, SOAS, University of London and Gender Institute, LSE) at the Centre for Gender Studies, SOAS University of London on 25 February 2016. My paper revisits (Western European) critical migration studies and feminist approaches to migration with the insights from postcolonial theories and transnational feminism. I suggest that a

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