WGST Lecture Series Speakers 2015-16
"Headscarves and Hymens"
Mona Eltahawy
Presenter: Mona Eltahawy
Date: Monday, October 5
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: McKenny Hall
"Taking Up Space: Using Indigenous Feminism to Navigate Institutional Spaces:
Andrea M. Riley-Mukavetz
Presenter: Andrea M. Riley-Mukavetz
Date: Wednesday, January 27
Time: 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Location: 300 Halle Library
"Jihadism and the Escalation of Violence Against Women and Girls: Policies Combating Gender-Based Violence in the Middle East and North Africa"
Fatima Sadiqi
Presenter: Fatima Sadiqi
Date: Wednesday, February 3
Time: 6-8 p.m.
Location: 300 Halle Library
"Resisting Economic Precarity and Fighting Gender Inequality in the Global South: Brazilian women and Public Policy"
Solange Simoes
Presenter: Solange Simoes
Date: Wednesday, February 10
Time: noon-1:30 p.m.
Location: 217 Halle Library
"Transnational Feminism and CEDAW"
Manisha Desai
Presenter: Manisha Desai
Date: Tuesday, March 8
Time: noon
Location: Carillon Room, Halle Library
"Haunting the Edges of Social Justice: Disability Across Movements"
Alison Kafer
Presenter: Alison Kafer
Date: Thursday, March 17
Time: 8 p.m.
Location: Halle Library
"Eating the Life Sentence Elephant: One Day at a Time"
Lora Lempert
Presenter: Lora Lempert
Date: Tuesday, March 22
Time: 4-6 p.m.
Location: 300 Halle
"German Jewish Feminists and the Holocaust"
Aleksandra Bednarowska
Presenter: Aleksandra Bednarowska
Date: Tuesday, March 29
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: 330 Student Center
"Disability Inc. (Incarcerated)
Liat Ben-Moshe
Presenter: Liat Ben-Moshe
Date: Tuesday, April 5
Time: 6-8 p.m.
Location: 300 Halle