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

Amanda Perry-Kessaris (SOAS) and Eddie Bruce-Jones (Birkbeck)

Reem Mahmoud and Demetra Loizou

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.

Sarah Keenan

Professor Domenico Francavilla

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.

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)

Chandra Lekha Sriram (SOAS), Discussant: Iavor Rangelov (Security in Transition, LSE)

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

Hamzah Adesola Dawood and Osifunke Ekundayo

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