History of Feminism Network Presents Post-Colonial Approaches to Feminism
All sessions take place in 503, 30 Russell Square, from 5.30-7. Please email the seminar conveners for further information: Dr Naomi Hetherington (n.hetherington@bbk.ac.uk), or Dr Laura Schwartz (laura.schwartz@st-hughs.ox.ac.uk).
19 February
Reading group: ‘Gay Imperialism: Gender and Sexuality Discourse in the “War on Terror”‘ by Jin Haritaworn, Tamsila Tauqir and Esra Erdem, in Out of Place: Interrogating Silences in Queerness/Raciality (2008) edited by Adi Kunstman & Esperanza Miyake (Raw Nerve, 2008 - now withdrawn). Available as a pdf on
www.xtalkproject.net, to be read alongside the online debate 'On the Censorship of Gay Imperialism'.
26 March
Seminar Paper: 'Muslim Women and National Identity in Communal Riots in Gujrat,
1965-1992' Dr Megha Kumar (Oxford). Please email the seminar conveners in advance for a copy of the paper.
Organised by the History of Feminism Collective: Marc Calvini-Lefebvre (Open University), Esme Cleall (UCL), Angela Grainger (London Metropolitan University), Daniel Grey, (St Mary’s University College), Naomi Hetherington (Birkbeck, University of London), Laura Schwartz (St Hugh’s College, Oxford); and hosted by the Department of English and Humanities and BIGS, Birkbeck College, University of London
For more information about the series, click here; and here for the History of Feminism Network.