Online Symposium: Redefining Gender

Conferences & Symposia

��ɫ��Ƶ and Ahmedabad University professors will present online on the topic of "Redefining Gender: Transgressive Thinking and Subversive Solidarities"

September 12, 2022

The online symposium will take place on Wednesday, September 21, at 8:30 AM (EDT)/6 PM (IST). Four professors (two from ��ɫ��Ƶ and two from Ahmedabad University) will present their on “Redefining Gender: Transgressive Thinking and Subversive Solidarities.” This online event is free and open to the public.

Chair: Keun-joo Christine Pae (Religion, ��ɫ��Ƶ)
Manomohini Dutta (Humanities and Languages, Ahmedabad), Rethinking Women’s Rights to Property in Hindu Legal Traditions
Jue Liang (Religion, ��ɫ��Ƶ), A Buddhist Argument for Gender Equality
Leya Mathew (Social Sciences, Ahmedabad), Refusing Freedom, Happiness, Gayness
Barbara Fultner (Philosophy & Women’s & Gender Studies, ��ɫ��Ƶ), #NiUnaMenos, not #MeToo: A Transnational Feminist Perspective

Presentations will be followed by a roundtable discussion.

The event is co-sponsored by the School of Arts and Sciences (Ahmedabad University) and ��ɫ��Ƶ International Studies Program, Departments of Religion, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Philosophy.

Posted date: September 12, 2022

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