Welcome to our Spring 2018 workshops,
at NYU’s Center for European & Mediterranean Studies
January 26
Eser Selen
artist and associate professor, Department of Visual Communication,
Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Namalie Jayasinghe
Ph.D., School of International Service at American University;
Women’s Rights Researcher, Oxfam, America
“Mapping Gender Equality and Violence Discourses in Turkey”
February 16
Catalina Florina Florescu, Ph.D.
Department of English
Pace University
“Back to Shame: A Talk About Reproduction, Violated Rights,
and the ‘Traditional Family’ ”
March 9
Natalie Cornett
Ph.D. candidate in Modern European History
Brandeis
“TV-PiS: The Right Wing Takeover of Polish Media from a Feminist Perspective”
March 26
***PLEASE NOTE: The following meeting is on MONDAY, at 5 P.M.***
Mieke Verloo
professor of Political Science, Comparative Politics, and Inequality Issues,
Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
director, Multidisciplinary Research Hotspot, Gender and Power in Politics and Management; affiliated with Gender and Diversity Studies
“Understanding Varieties of Opposition to Gender Equality in Europe”
April 27
Olena Nikolayenko
associate professor of political science,
Fordham University
“Women on the Maidan: Gender and the Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine”
We meet at the Center for European & Mediterranean Studies, NYU, 53 Washington Square South, 3rd floor, 4:30-6 p.m. (unless otherwise noted). After the workshop, we usually continue the discussion over an informal dinner, and all are welcome.
