SOAS events http://www.soas.ac.uk/news Mon, 04 Feb 2013 06:52:53 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.soas.ac.uk/assets/footer_logo.png SOAS logo http://www.soas.ac.uk Generation and Ritual among young Shias in the UK http://www.soas.ac.uk/genderstudies/events/07feb2013-generation-and-ritual-among-young-shias-in-the-uk.html

Date: 7 February 2013 05:00pm

Finishes:7 February 2013 06:30pm

Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings

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Shia Muslims make up approximately fifteen percent of the estimated 2.8 million Muslims living in the UK, and come from a range of backgrounds including South Asian, East African, Iranian, Iraqi, Afghani, Lebanese, Bahraini, Saudi Arabian, and Yemeni. This paper will discuss the development of local and transnational Shi’a institutions and religious practices in British society, taking a gendered and generational view.

]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:00:00 +0100 The Feminist Judgements Project. http://www.soas.ac.uk/genderstudies/events/21feb2013-the-feminist-judgements-project.html

Date: 21 February 2013 05:00pm

Finishes:21 February 2013 06:30pm

Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings

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The UK Feminist Judgments Project and other feminist judgment-writing projects provide a fruitful source of both empirical data and theoretical reflections on processes of feminist judg(e)ment.  In this paper I consider the extent to which a feminist ethics of care has informed – or might inform – feminist judging, and the potential value and limitations of such an approach.

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:00:00 +0100 Gender and Identity in Muslim Contexts http://www.soas.ac.uk/genderstudies/events/02mar2013-gender-and-identity-in-muslim-contexts.html

Date: 2 March 2013 09:00am

Finishes:2 March 2013 05:00pm

Venue: other

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Challenging stereotypical understandings of gender roles in Muslim societies, this course will highlight the multiple and changing constructs of these roles and identities both historically and in contemporary contexts.]]> Sat, 02 Mar 2013 09:00:00 +0100