Bonnie Rose Schulman (Managing Editor, „Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies“; and Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies Yale University) and Marcia C. Inhorn (Editor, „Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies (JMEWS)“; Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs Chair, Yale University)

Time: Friday, April 15, 2011
Venue: Yale University, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
Topic: „Gender and the Middle East Uprisings“
Deadline for proposals: April 1st, 2011 (abstracts of approx. 200 words along with a short bio or CV mail to: jmews@yale.edu)

Tentative schedule of the workshop:

Friday, April 15, 2011
10:30 AM: JMEWS Distinguished Lecture (Luce Hall, Auditorium) by Dr. Diane Singerman
12:00 PM: Lunch (Luce Hall, Common Room)
1:30 PM – 5:00 PM: Workshops (Luce Hall, Room 202)

Distinguished Lecturer: Dr. Diane Singerman, Associate Professor in the Department of Government at American University (Washington, DC). Dr. Singerman’s research interests focus on political change from below, particularly in the Middle East, and more specifically in Egypt; her work examines the formal and informal side of politics, gender, social movements, globalization, public space, protest, and urban politics. Following Dr. Singerman’s lecture, we will feature afternoon research workshops around the conference theme. Depending on the responses, we may extend the workshops into the following day.