WID Event Schedule 2008-2009

(last modified 4-15-2009)

 

October 9, 2008!

The Honorable Mary Robinson

Former President of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

"The Future of Women in International Policy and Politics"

4:30 pm. Mershon Auditorium, 1871 N. High St.

OSU-WID is pleased to be a co-sponsor for this event

Coming February 12-13, 2009!

Kate Bedford, Kent Law School, University of Kent UK

"Embedding Neoliberalism:

Crisis, Sexuality and Social Reproduction" Lecture, February 12, Time 3:30 pm

Smith Seminar Room, Physics Research Bldg., 191 W. Woodruff Ave.

Author of  'The Imperative of Male Inclusion: How Institutional Context Influences

World Bank Gender Policy', International Feminist Journal of Politics 9:3, 2007.

Co-sponsors: Mershon Center, Women's Studies, Center for Latin American Studies

Coming February 20, 2009!

OSU-WID is pleased to be a co-sponsor for the following event

"Mirrors and Compasses:

An 85th Birthday Symposium for Erika Bourguignon"

Friday, February 20, 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 pm.

The Mershon Center, 1501 Neil Av.

Coming February 24, 2009!

Minoo Moallem, University of California, Berkeley

"Political and Cultural Citizenship:

The Making and Unmaking of the Nation in Iran"

4:30 pm

The Mershon Center, 1501 Neil Ave.

snacks provided

Author of Between Warrior Brother and Veiled Sister: Islamic Fundamentalisms and the Cultural Politics of Patriarchy in Iran (2005).

Co-sponsors: Mershon Center, Women's Studies, Middle East Studies

 

Coming May 7, 2009

Richa Nagar, University of Minnesota

“From Feminist Fieldwork to Collaborative Praxis:

Can Analytical Frameworks Travel across North/South Borders?”

3:30 - 5:00 pm

1080 Derby Hall

Co-sponsors: Women's Studies, Geography, OSU-WID

to see announcement, click here

for more on Dr. Nagar, click here

Coming May 21, 2009

Isis Nusair, Dennison University

Gendered Bodies/Gendered Wars:

Iraqi Women Refugees in Jordan

11:30-1 (talk begins at noon)

120 Mershon Center, 1501 Neil Ave

Lunch will be provided to the first 25 people who register. Registration is required. Contact Beth Russell at russell.16@osu.edu by May 19

Co-sponsors: Mershon Center, Women's Studies, Middle East Studies

For more info on the talk, click here

for more information on Dr. Nusair, click here

We thank The Mershon Center for their generous support of OSU-WID activities