Events
2013
January
24/01/13
- When is peace? The Uncertain Outcome of Accord
Professor Cynthia Cockburn, Department of Sociology, City University London
Northern Ireland’s ‘Troubles’ were ended by the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, the ethno-national aggression in Bosnia-Herzegovina was halted by the Dayton Accord of 1995, and the Israel – Palestine conflict was slowed for some years by the Oslo Accords of 1993. Revisiting a study made by the author in these three countries during the late 1990s, this article draws on interviews conducted in 2012 with feminist activists of that earlier period.
24/01/13
31/01/13
February
07/02/13
- Generation and Ritual among young Shias in the UK
Kathryn Spellman Poots, Associate professor, Aga Khan University - Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations
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.
21/02/13
- The Feminist Judgements Project.
Professor Rosemary Hunter, School of Law, University of Kent.
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.
28/02/13
- The Making of the Modern Homosexual in Early 20th Century Japan
Dr. Stephen Dodd, Senior Lecturer in Japanese, SOAS
March
02/03/13
- Gender and Identity in Muslim Contexts
Prof Nadje Al-Ali (SOAS), Dr Kathryn Spellman-Poots (AKU-ISMC), Prof Deniz Kandiyoti (SOAS), Ms Marta Pietrobelli (CGS, SOAS, PhD Candidate), Prof Sami Zubaida (Birkbeck College)
- 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.
07/03/13
- Gender, Care and South-South Migration
Professor Eleonore Kofman, Professor of Gender, Migration and Citizenship, Department
09/03/13
- Women, Sexuality and Christian Fundamentalism
Dr Ann Rossiter; Dr Carmen Sepulveda, UCL; Dr Rahul Rao, SOAS; Dr Sukhwant Dhaliwal, Goldsmiths; Natalie Bennett
18/03/13
- Insight Day at SOAS
Various Speakers
An invitation only event for prospective undergraduate students who have received an offer from SOAS
April
18/04/13
- Law, Feminism and the Death of Marriage
Professor Rosemary Auchmuty, School of Law, University of Reading.
