May 13, 4:30PM
Nadieszda Kizenko, Associate Professor of Russian History, SUNY Albany
“The Reinvention of Tradition: Russian Women and the Feminization of Orthodoxy”
For more information on Prof. Kizenko, see http://www.albany.edu/history/kizenko/.
CANCELED
Upcoming Lecture
April 15
Regine Dhoquis-Cohen, Associate Professor, Law and Sociology, Paris VII, Denis Diderot; Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Paris VII; Co-Author, Chronicles of Small Abuses of Power, (with Anne Zelensky, cofounder of the Women’s Liberation Movement, France)
“Is Feminism an ‘Agent of Civilization?’”
Gender, Politics and Heteronormativity in Croatia Today
Speakers:
Vesna Kesic, Croatian feminist activist, journalist, researcher, “Activism and culture as spaces of resistance, provocation and integration”
Gordan Bosanac, The Centre for Peace Studies and The Center for LGBT Equality, “Queer Croatia – rights, politics and culture“
Zvonimir Dobrović, Director and producer of Queer Zagreb and Perforations Festival, “Decentralizing queer art”
We regret that the March 4 panel has been canceled.
February 11
Mara Lazda, Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts
“The Discourse of Military Occupation: Gender in World War II Latvia and Recent Conflicts”
as well as the
Spring 2011 Forthcoming Lectures
March 4 Panel
Lika Nadaraia, Founder, International Foundation, Women’s Political Resource Center,
President, Caucasian Feminist Initiative, Member, Gender Equality Advisory Council under the Speaker of Georgian Parliament
” Gender and Political Development in Georgia”
Other Speakers TBA
April 15
Regine Dhoquis-Cohen, Associate Professor, Law and Sociology, Paris VII, Denis Diderot; Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Paris VII; Co-Author, Chronicles of Small Abuses of Power, (with Anne Zelensky, cofounder of the Women’s Liberation Movement, France)
“Is Feminism an ‘Agent of Civilization?’”
May 13
Nadieszda Kizenko, Associate Professor of Russian History, SUNY Albany
“The Reinvention of Tradition: Russian Women and the Reconstruction of Orthodoxy”
June 3
Dr. Mirjana Dedaic, Visiting Assistant Professor, Culture and Technology Program, Georgetown University
“What Language Can Tell Us About Print Media Positioning of Female Politicians in Croatia”
Fridays 4:30-6:30 p.m.
at the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies
New York University
285 Mercer Street, 7th floor
(between Waverly and Washington Place)
January 28
Kristen Ghodsee, Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard; The John S. Osterweis Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies, Bowdoin College
“The Feminist International: Communist Mass Women’s Organizations and Second World/Third World Alliances during the U.N. Decade for Women, 1975-1985”
February 11
Mara Lazda, Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts
“The Discourse of Military Occupation: Gender in World War II Latvia and Recent Conflicts”
March TBD
Sonja Lokar, CEE Network for Gender Issues, Ljubljana Office
“Transforming Improved Representation of Women into Effective Parliamentary Action”
April 15
Regine Dhoquis-Cohen, Associate Professor, Law and Sociology, Paris VII, Denis Diderot; Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Paris VII; Co-Author, Chronicles of Small Abuses of Power, (with Anne Zelensky, cofounder of the Women’s Liberation Movement, France)
“Is Feminism an “Agent of Civilization?’”
May 13
Nadieszda Kizenko, Associate Professor of Russian History, SUNY Albany
“The Reinvention of Tradition: Russian Women and the of Orthodoxy”
June 3
Dr. Mirjana Dedaic, Visiting Assistant Professor, Culture and Technology Program, Georgetown University
“What Language Can Tell Us About Print Media Positioning Of Female Politicians in Croatia”
