NYC Event: Reflections on the Academic Study of Women and Islam (NYU, 31 Jan 2014)

NYC Event: Reflections on the Academic Study of Women and Islam (NYU, 31 Jan 2014)

NYC Event: Reflections on the Academic Study of Women and Islam (NYU, 31 Jan 2014)

By : Jadaliyya Reports

Reflections on the Academic Study of Women and Islam:

A Panel Discussion with Professors Lila Abu-Lughod and Suad Joseph

Friday, 31 January 2014
5:30pm-7:30pm

King Juan Carlos Auditorium
53 Washington Square South
New York University

The Hagop Kevorika Center for Near East Studes invites you to attend a discussion with Lila Abu-Lughod, professor of Anthropology and Women`s and Gender Studies at Columbia University, on her new book Do Muslim Women Need Saving? (Harvard University Press, 2013) and Suad Joseph, professor of Anthropology and Women`s Studies at the University of California Davis, on the new volume she edited Women and Islamic Cultures: Disciplinary Paradigms and Approaches, 2003-2013 (Brill 2013). The discussion moderated by Maya Mikdashi, Near Eastern Studies, NYU.

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