SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies)

Generation and Ritual among young Shias in the UK

Kathryn Spellman Poots, Research Associate, London Middle East Institute, SOAS, University of London

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.

7 February 2013, Russell Square: College Buildings, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

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.

21 February 2013, Russell Square: College Buildings, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Gender, Care and South-South Migration

Professor Eleonore Kofman, Professor of Gender, Migration and Citizenship, Department

7 March 2013, Russell Square: College Buildings, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Law, Feminism and the Death of Marriage

Professor Rosemary Auchmuty, School of Law, University of Reading.

21 March 2013, Russell Square: College Buildings, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM