1105, 2016

Publication – Young grassroots activism on the rise in Iraq: voices from Baghdad and Najaf

By Akanksha Mehta|May 11, 2016|Our Work, PhD Students, Publications|0 comments

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

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1105, 2016

Publication – ‘The Devil is in the Details’: development, women’s rights and religious fundamentalisms

By Akanksha Mehta|May 11, 2016|MA Students, Our Work, PhD Students, Publications|0 comments

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

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2904, 2016

Photographs from the Book Launch of Katie Natanel’s book Sustaining Conflict: Apathy and Domination in Israel-Palestine

By Akanksha Mehta|April 29, 2016|Book Launch, Events, Our Work, PhD Students, Publications|0 comments

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

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1604, 2016

Event – Book Launch: Sustaining Conflict: Apathy and Domination in Israel-Palestine

By Akanksha Mehta|April 16, 2016|Book Launch, Events, Our Work, PhD Students, Publications|0 comments

Book Launch: Sustaining Conflict: Apathy and Domination in Israel-Palestine 28 April 2016 5 PM, DLT, SOAS To celebrate the launch of her new book, Dr Katherine Natanel will discuss her work with Professor Clare Hemmings (LSE). Chair: Professor Nadje Al-Ali (SOAS) Abstract Sustaining Conflict develops a groundbreaking theory of political apathy, using a combination of ethnographic material, narrative, and political, cultural, and feminist theory. It examines how the status quo

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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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1004, 2016

Our Work – Publication – New Book by Dr Afaf Jabiri

By Akanksha Mehta|April 10, 2016|Our Work, PhD Students, Publications|0 comments

Forthcoming Publication – Postdoctoral Associate and former PhD student Dr Afaf Jabiri’s book – Gendered Politics and Law in Jordan: Guardianship over Women – will be published later this year. More details are here.  This book analyzes how the state constructs and reproduces gender identities in the context and geopolitics of Jordan. It addresses the relevance of the state and its web of relations in understanding the politics of gender

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0104, 2016

Our Work – Publications- Article by Molly Ackhurst

By Akanksha Mehta|April 1, 2016|MA Students, Our Work, Publications|0 comments

Molly Ackhurst, who joined us on several MA modules in the 2014-15 academic session, published an article titled, RETHINKING AND INTERSECTIONALLY DECONSTRUCTING CONTEMPORARY SEX WORKERS RIGHTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES, in the Kent Student Law Review. Access it here.  Sex work and the laws that surround the selling of sexual acts have been always been plagued by debate, and these discussions are becoming increasingly more volatile. This paper attempts to breach the

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0703, 2016

Our Work – Research – PhD Candidate Mary Austin

By Akanksha Mehta|March 7, 2016|Awards, Our Work, PhD Students, Publications|0 comments

From February to March 2016,  PhD student Mary Austin, was in Indonesia researching links between the anti-Suharto student movement, feminist NGOs and trade unions in the movement for an Indonesian domestic workers’ law. She was greatly assisted by a Language Acquisition grant of £640 from the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences which helped her improve her interviewing and transcription/translating skills.

0203, 2016

Our Work – Publication by Professor Nadje Al-Ali

By Akanksha Mehta|March 2, 2016|Faculty, Our Work, Publications|0 comments

In March 2016, Professor Nadje Al-Ali, published an article titled – Sexual violence in Iraq: Challenges for transnational feminist politics in the European Journal of Women’s Studies. Abstract: The article discusses sexual violence by ISIS against women in Iraq, particularly Yezidi women, against the historical background of broader sexual and gender-based violence. It intervenes in feminist debates about how to approach and analyse sexual and wider gender-based violence in Iraq specifically and the Middle

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