Name:

Miss Paola Zichi

Email address:

pz4@soas.ac.uk

Address:

SOAS University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG

Building:

Russell Square: College Buildings

Thesis title:

Thesis (Working) Title: On Feminist Approaches to Self-Determination in Mandatory Palestine

Year of Study:

3

Internal Supervisors

• Brenna Bhandar
• Catriona Drew
• Gina Heathcote

Biography

Paola Zichi is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Gender Studies. She holds a BA and MA degree in Law from the University of Trento (2014).

PhD Research

This doctoral research looks at the history of the principle of self-determination in Palestine during the British Mandate from a feminist legal perspective. In the thesis, I attempt to explore multiple dimensions of collective and individual self-determination drawing on women’s lived experiences of feminist activism, national struggle and anti-colonial resistance.

Conferences

‘Doing Women’s Legal History’ Conference, 26 th October 2016, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

Affiliations

Centre for the Study of Colonialism, Empire and International Law; Centre for Palestine Studies

GTA for Gender Theory and the Study of Asia, Africa and the Middle East (Centre for Gender Studies); Introduction to International Relations (Department of Politics and International Studies).

• History of (International) Law
• Gender and Feminist Legal theory
• Postcolonial Theory
• Israel/Palestine