Feb 9–10, 2020
Book Talk | Gender, Governance and Islam
5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
111 Thayer St.
Gender
Nov 7, 2019
Oct 19, 2019
Screening of Period. End of Sentence. and Panel on Women's Development: Solving Big Problems through Global Approaches
2pm – 3:30pm DeCiccio Family Auditorium, Salomon Center for Teaching
Sep 20, 2019
Mar 13, 2019
Lecture + Dinner with Mona Abo-Zena – “It Must be That time of the Month.”: Muslim Girls Navigating Coming of Age and Cultural Stigma around Menstruation
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. the Brown Faculty Club, Portrait Room
1, Bannister St.
Mar 13, 2019
Asli Zengin – Caring for the Dead: Intimacy, Abandonment and Transgender Funerals in Turkey
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute
111 Thayer St.
Mar 6, 2019
Lecture + Book Signing with Blair Imani – The Revolution Will Be Ours
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. 85 Waterman St. Room 130
Feb 14, 2019
Maya Mikdashi – Afterlives of a Census: Inheritance, History, and Biopower in Contemporary Lebanon
4:30 – 6:00 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
111 Thayer St.
Jan 30, 2019
Nadje Al-Ali – Feminist Dilemmas: How to Talk about Gender-Based Violence in the Middle East?
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute
111 Thayer St.
Nov 9 – Dec 13, 2018
The Displaced Language of Mesopotamia
Weekdays, 8:30 a.m.- 5 p.m. Watson Institute
Oct 15, 2018
Shenila Khoja-Moolji (’05 A.B.) — Forging the Ideal Educated Girl: The Production of Desirable Subjects in Muslim South Asia
12:00 – 1:45 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
Sep 21, 2018
Asli Zengin — The Afterlife of Gender: Sovereignty, Intimacy, and Transgender Funerals in Turkey
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Giddings House 212
Mar 12, 2018
Rana Dajani – Five Scarves: Doing the Impossible—If We Can Reverse Cell Fate, Why Can’t We Redefine Success for Women?
4:00 – 5:30 p.m. Metcalf Research Building, Room 101, Friedman Auditorium, 190 Thayer Street
Feb 21, 2018
Marwa M. Shalaby – Female Political Representation under Authoritarianism
Marwa M. Shalaby – Female Political Representation under Authoritarianism
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
Nov 8, 2017
Lecture | Desert Melody: Female Love Songs of the Bedouin Desert
5:30pm – 7pm Maddock Alumni Center, Brian Room, 38 Brown Street
Sep 19, 2016
Nov 6, 2015
Oct 20, 2015
Smadar Lavie – “Wrapped in the Flag of Israel: Mizrahi Single Mothers and Bureaucratic Torture”
4pm – 6pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St. Providence, RI 02906
Oct 16, 2015
War Stories: Women in Conflict Zones
4pm – 5pm Pembroke Hall 305, 172 Meeting Street, Providence, RI 02912 United States
Oct 1, 2015
A Conversation with Azra Jafari, Afghanistan’s First Female Mayor
Jafari’s deep commitment to social development and peace-building was recognized in 2013 by the international N-PEACE Network Association, which selected her as a candidate for its Role Model For Peace Award for Asian nations.
4pm – 5:30pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St. Providence, RI 02906
Mar 11, 2015
Nov 7, 2014 – Jan 9, 2015
Art at Watson Presents Bahar Sabzevari: BAD GIRLS
Paintings by Bahar Sabzevari
Weekdays, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Watson Institute, 2nd Floor
Sep 24, 2014
The Qiyan (Singing Slave Girls) of Medieval Muslim Spain
5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. Smith-Buonanno Hall, 106
Oct 25, 2012
Apr 3, 2012
The New Arab Man: Emergent Masculinities, Reproductive Technologies, and Islam in the Middle East
5pm – 7pm McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute