Centre for Gender Studies Seminar Series
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Forthcoming Events
Nelida Fuccaro, Nadje Al-Ali, and Houzan Mahmoud
Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq is hosting a seminar to remember Du’a Khalil Aswad who was stoned to death in Iraqi Kurdistan in April 200725 March 2010, Russell Square: College Buildings, G52, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Ghantout Case: Cyber Transmission of Queer Imaginings
Dr Noor Al-Qasimi
In 2005, a homosexual wedding ceremony in a hotel in Ghantout, Abu Dhabi, was raided by police and its participants were arrested. Although there was a question of the extent to which the media misrepresented the events that took place, what has become known as the Ghantout case exemplifies the imposition of gender hierarchy and the subalternization of queerness.6 May 2010, Russell Square: College Buildings, G52, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Pragna Patel
Cohesion, Faith and Gender: Is the cohesion and faith based agenda compatible with gender equality for minority women?
13 May 2010, Russell Square: College Buildings, G52, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Performing respectability: Thai femininity and the haunting figure of the prostitute
Dr Jin Haritaworn
Performing respectability: Thai femininity and the haunting figure of the prostitute27 May 2010, Russell Square: College Buildings, G52, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
