Tag: gender
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Q&A with Lang Opportunity Scholar Ferial Berjawi ’19
Congratulations to Peace and Conflict Studies special major, Ferial Berjawi ’19! From News and Events, October 17th, 2018 By Arthur Davis ’19 For her Lang Opportunity Scholarship project over the summer, Ferial Berjawi ’19 designed and ran the BetterFly Camp, a six-week program that brought 30 young refugee girls in Lebanon together to discuss body image,…
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Fighting Gender-Based Violence: A Discussion With Urmi Basu
FIGHTING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE: A DISCUSSION WITH URMI BASU Learn about and meet one of the most inspiring woman in non-profit work today with a series of events! Urmi Basu, founder of nonprofit New Light, is a fighter for social justice and the marginalized community of sex workers and women in prostitution. Based in Kolkata, India,…
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Queer Israel/Palestine
“Queer Israel/Palestine” Aeyal Gross, Professor of Law, Tel Aviv University Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. Scheuer Room, Kohlberg Hall at Swarthmore College Organized by Peace and Conflict Studies and sponsored by the Sager Fund, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Sociology and Anthropology, and the Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility.
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Israel/Palestine Film Series – Fall 2016
The Peace and Conflict Studies program will be organizing another Israel/Palestine Film Series this semester. Screenings are open to the entire community, and we hope you will join us. Israel/Palestine Film Series Sponsored by Swarthmore Peace and Conflict Studies All screenings are on Wednesdays at 4:15pm in the Lang Performing Arts Cinema September 7: Promises Israeli filmmaker documents a group…
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Ultra-Nationalism and the Divinity of Bureaucracy in Israel
Mizrahi Mothers, Wrapped in the Flag of Israel: Ultra-Nationalism and the Divinity of Bureaucracy in Israel ASmadar Lavie Professor of Anthropology University of California, Berkeley Thursday, October 29, 2015 4:30 p.m. Scheuer Room, Kohlberg Hall, Swarthmore College (directions) Israeli-American anthropologist Smadar Lavie will discuss her new book, “Wrapped in the Flag of Israel: Mizrahi Single Mothers and…
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From Ferguson to San Francisco: Queer Liberation and Black Lives Matter
“From Ferguson to San Francisco: Queer Liberation and Black Lives Matter” A conversation with Darnell Moore Monday, October 5, 2015 7:00 p.m. Scheuer Room, Kohlberg Hall, Swarthmore College (directions) Darnell L. Moore is a Senior Editor at MicNews and Co-Managing/Editor at The Feminist Wire. Along with NFL player Wade Davis II, he co-founded YOU Belong,…
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Political Homophobia in Africa
“Political Homophobia in Africa” A Talk by Professor Kim Yi Dionne Thursday, March 26th, 7:30 PM Kohlberg Hall 116 Swarthmore College (directions) Sponsored by STAND, Forum for Free Speech, and the Political Science Department The last few years have seen significant state-led homophobic actions in Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and a number of other African countries, with…
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Dr. Sa’ed Atshan to join faculty in Peace and Conflict Studies
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Sa’ed Atshan will join the Peace and Conflict Studies program for the fall semester of 2015! Professor Atshan will offer a range of exciting new courses!: PEAC 003 Crisis Resolution in the Middle East (Spring 2016) PEAC 015 Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies (Fall 2015) PEAC 043 Gender,…
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Engaging Human Differences: a teach in with Professor David Kyuman Kim
Engaging Human Differences: A teach in with Professor David Kyuman Kim February 19, 2015 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. in Kohlberg Hall Room 116 Swarthmore College (directions) Ferguson, Staten Island/NYC, Paris. Philadelphia. In this time of intensifying and proliferating tensions regarding how the law and the police state engage human differences of race, religion, gender, sexuality, and…
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“Stop Telling Women to Smile” with artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh
“Stop Telling Women to Smile” with artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh November 19th and 20th, 2014 Join the Womyn’s Resource Center and artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh in conversation around street harassment and art in activism. “Stop Telling Women to Smile” is an art series by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh. The work attempts to address gender based street harassment by placing…