Women and Gender Studies InstituteWomen and Gender Studies InstituteReflections on the Recent Revolts, Rebellions, and Uprisings in the Middle East Sedef Arat-Koc, Ryerson University Linda Tabar, University of Toronto Victoria Tahmasebi-Birgani, University of Toronto Dina Georgis, University of Toronto Organized by students from the WGSI/OISE Women and Revolution in the Middle East course. For more information about this event, contact Dr. Shahrzad Mojab […]
This tri-campus 3-day event features the Artist in Residence to include: keynote by Professor Manthia Diawara (NYU), Conversations and Salons with Cameron Bailey (Artistic Director of TIFF) and Professor Manthia Diawara, a symposium on the work of John Akomfrah, film screenings, and a final keynote with Professor Kobena Mercer (Yale), November 27-29, 2013. For further […]
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Please join us to hear Joanne’s impressions of Oxford and her program of study, (and to hear why she misses us!) and to meet and talk with special guests Sadia Mahmood (formerly of AWID, UofT Status of Women office, GovWomen) and Professor Katie Larson, (Department of English, former Rhodes Scholar). A light reception will follow.
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FOOT 2014: “Breaking the Body’s Boundaries” will mark the 22nd anniversary of the annual Festival of Original Theatre (FOOT) at The University of Toronto’s Centre for Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies. This year’s festival features an exciting and dynamic integration of panels, speakers, and live performances that interrogate and challenge the social, theoretical, physical, and […]
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This presentation draws from a chapter of Nicole Constable's book, Born Out of Place: Migrant Mothers and the Politics of International Labour. It focuses on a spectrum of migratory situations faced by migrant women workers who become mothers in Hong Kong, paying particular attention to the experiences of those who have become asylum seekers and […]
