SOAS University of London

Centre for Gender Studies

Isabel Käser

BA (University of Bern, Switzerland), MA (IAIS, University of Exeter)
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Overview

Isabel Käser
Name:
Isabel Käser
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Thesis title:
The Kurdish Women's Movement in Rojava: Grassroots Activism, Political Organisation and Armed Resistance
Year of Study:
2
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PhD Research

The research project 'The Kurdish women's movement in Rojava: grassroots activism, political organisation and armed resistance' examines the political trajectory of female participation in the Kurdish movement in Syria's northeast between 2003 and today. Analysing everyday experiences of violence and resistance, it highlights patterns and processes of female mobilisation and participation in Rojava, addressing debates around gender and conflict, as well as gender and democracy / nation-building in Syria.

Research

  • Women's and social movements
  • Gendering of power, resistance, war and peace
  • Democracy and nation-building in the Middle East