1501, 2016

Our Work – Publication by Professor Deniz Kandiyoti

By Akanksha Mehta|January 15, 2016|Faculty, Our Work, Publications|0 comments

CGS affiliate Professor Deniz Kandiyoti’s latest article – The fateful marriage: political violence and violence against women The fateful marriage: political violence and violence against women DENIZ KANDIYOTI 25 January 2016 Pervasive and diverse, instances of violence against women can only be fully comprehended in the political contexts that give them purpose and meaning. In November 2015, a conference was held in Istanbul to celebrate the 25th year of the Women’s

1712, 2015

Our Work – Publication by PhD candidate Akanksha Mehta

By Akanksha Mehta|December 17, 2015|Our Work, PhD Students, Publications|0 comments

PhD candidate Akanksha Mehta wrote an article titled, The aesthetics of “everyday” violence: narratives of violence and Hindu right-wing women, for a special issue of Critical Studies of Terrorism on Everyday Violence. Access it here. Abstract “Right-wing” movements see significant participation by women who espouse their exclusionary and violent politics while at the same time often contest their patriarchal spaces. Women also serve as discursive and symbolic markers that regularly form the basis of

1012, 2015

Event – CGS Seminar Series – Transition and Inbetweenness; Negotiating Class and Gender in Indonesian Popular Cinema

By Akanksha Mehta|December 10, 2015|CGS Seminar Series, Events|0 comments

Transition and Inbetweenness; Negotiating Class and Gender in Indonesian Popular Cinema 10 December 2015 5 PM, DLT, SOAS Dorce Gamalama is one of Indonesian television’s most well known celebrities. While she publicly defines herself as a woman, her career is very much based on her public profile as a male-to female transsexual. This paper focuses on Dorce’s performance of gender and class in two films in which she took the

2611, 2015

Event – CGS Seminar Series – The Macabre Mode: Using Death to Make Gendered and Raced Morality Sensible

By Akanksha Mehta|November 26, 2015|CGS Seminar Series, Events|0 comments

The Macabre Mode: Using Death to Make Gendered and Raced Morality Sensible 26 November 2015 5 PM, DLT, SOAS In the immediate aftermath of the Chechen siege and hostage-taking of the Moscow theatre in 2002, photos of the dead hostage-takers emerged. The siege ended after Russian forces pumped (illegal) nerve gas into the theatre, killing 130 of 850 hostages and all 40 hostage-takers. The security forces then shot, post-mortem,

2411, 2015

Event – CGS Seminar Series – On the History of the History of Homosexuality: a Re-reading in the Lesbian Premodern

By Akanksha Mehta|November 24, 2015|CGS Seminar Series, Events|0 comments

Dr Samar Habib: On the History of the History of Homosexuality: a Re-reading in the Lesbian Premodern 24 November 2015 7 PM, 4429, SOAS Abstract: In conversation with the theoretical paradigms that have dominated the study of premodern sexuality in the Western canon, this paper explores what medieval homoeroticism in Arabic letters illuminates on the subject more broadly. Dr. Habib revisits the literature on same-sex desire among women and asks

1211, 2015

Event – CGS Seminar Series – Who Gets to Be at Home in Britain?: Attachment and disgust in narratives of UK family migration policy

By Akanksha Mehta|November 12, 2015|CGS Seminar Series, Events|0 comments

Who Gets to Be at Home in Britain?: Attachment and disgust in narratives of UK family migration policy 12 November 2015 5 PM, DLT, SOAS CGS Seminar presented by Irene Gedalof http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/faculties/faculty-of-social-sciences-and-humanities/people/surnames-d-to-j/irene-gedalof/ In her latest policy statement on migration at the recent Conservative Party conference, Home Secretary Teresa May claimed that ‘when immigration is too high, when the pace of change is too fast, it’s impossible to build a cohesive

2810, 2015

Event – Film Screening – The Trials of Spring

By Akanksha Mehta|October 28, 2015|Events, Film Screening|0 comments

Film Screening – The Trials of Spring 28 October 2015 7 PM, DLT Screening of six short films from the ‘Trials of Spring’ collection. The films come from Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Syria, Bahrain, and Yemen, and provide a snapshot of the Arab revolutions from the point of view of women who were involved. In Tunisia, the film follows Ghazala Mhamdi in Gafsa, a poor region in the south, who was

2210, 2015

Event – Film Screening – A Question for Dad (Pertanyaan untuk Bapak)

By Akanksha Mehta|October 22, 2015|Events, Film Screening|0 comments

Film Screening: A Question for Dad (Pertanyaan untuk Bapak) 22 October 2015 5 PM, DLT, SOAS This film is screened with the kind support of Kalyana Shira Film Foundation. Julia Suryakusuma in conversation with filmaker Yatna Pelangi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj0z6lMi5Z4 This 40 minute film is part of a trilogy of films that focus on family secrets. It was filmed and produced in early 2015 under the banner Project Change, which is under

1510, 2015

Event – CGS Seminar Series – The Unhappy Marriage of Two UN Agendas: Women, Peace and security and the Protection of Civilians

By Akanksha Mehta|October 15, 2015|CGS Seminar Series, Events|0 comments

15 October 2015 5 PM, DLT, SOAS The Unhappy Marriage of Two UN Agendas: Women, Peace and security and the Protection of Civilians Dr Niamh Reilly, National University of Ireland, Galway Almost 15 years after the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, the ‘women, peace, and security’ agenda has come to be synonymous with a particular interpretation of the protection aspect of the resolution; i.e., protecting women against conflict-related

0110, 2015

Event – CGS Seminar Series – Kurdish Women’s Movements between Conservatism and Radical Democracy

By Akanksha Mehta|October 1, 2015|CGS Seminar Series, Events|0 comments

1 October 2015 5 PM, DLT, SOAS Nadje Al-Ali and Houzan Mahmoud will give two presentations: #1 Kurdish women’s rights between rhetoric and reality in South Kurdistan Kurdish people have been in the forefront of fighting against ISIS. Kurdish women in particular have played an exemplary role in leading the struggle against ISIS while maintaining the demand for gender justice and equality. Surprisingly, in Iraqi Kurdistan which has been semi

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