Sextarianism: Sovereignty, Secularism, & the State in Lebanon

a book talk & conversation with Maya Mikdashi & Maysam Taher October 20 2022, 6 to 7:30 pm 20 Cooper Square, 4th Floor Registration not required for in-person attendance. In-person attendance is limited to current NYU students, staff, and faculty who are compliant with NYU’s COVID-19 vaccination policy. Per current NYU policy, masks can no longer …

Women & Migration: Responses in Art & History

a book conversation with Kalia Nelson, Ellyn Toscano, & Deborah Willis Kalia Nelson, African American & African Diaspora Studies, Columbia University Ellyn Toscano, Programming, Patnerships, & Community Engagement, New York University in Brooklyn Deborah Willis, Photography & Imaging, New York University Join us for lively presentations and conversation from some of the dynamic editors and …

September 11: OTHER FEMINISMS: FOUR INDIAN WOMEN ARTISTS

a lecture by Gayatri Sinha September 11, Tuesday, 6:30 to 8 pm Institute of Fine Arts, 1 East 78th Street Gayatri Sinha, art editor, critic & curator RSVP here. Beginning in 1985, Nalini Malani, Nilima Sheikh, Arpita Singh and Madhvi Parekh organized exhibitions of their work in Bhopal, Bombay and Delhi, designing their own installations …

Oct 12: THE CRIMINALIZATION OF WOMXN IN AMERICA: Black Womxn & Girls

The Criminalization of Womxn in America: Black Womxn & Girls a panel with Miyhosi Benton, Myaisha Hayes, & Mariame Kaba, presented by Students for Criminal Justice Reform & Wagner Women’s Caucus October 12, Thursday 5 to 7 pm Please register here to attend. Miyhosi Benton, Associate with the Women & Justice Project Myaisha Hayes, Community Organizer Mariame Kaba, educator, organizer, …

Feb 21: THE SEXUAL POLITICS OF MEAT

The Sexual Politics of Meat a lecture by Carol J. Adams February 21, Tuesday 6 to 8:30 pm Carol J. Adams, writer & activist In this multi-media lecture and discussion, author and activist Carol J. Adams discusses the animalizing of women in contemporary cultural images and the sexualizing of animals used for food.  Adams is the …

Jan 25: REAL WOMEN REAL VOICES: Where the People Meet the Policy

Real Women Real Voices: Where the People Meet the Policy a dialogue around incarceration with a focus on women January 25, Wednesday 5 to 8 pm Please register here. This symposium will focus on the issues, concerns and needed changes affecting incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women. The panels will feature currently and formerly incarcerated women discussing …

October 13: ‘A Celebration of the Rights of Alchemy’: Fury & Affiliation in Born in Flames

‘A Celebration of the Rights of Alchemy’: Fury & Affiliation in Born in Flames a lecture by Jayna Brown October 13, Tuesday 6:30 to 8 pm Jayna Brown, Ethnic Studies, University of California, Riverside Lizzie Borden’s 1983 film Born in Flames is set in a post-utopian future. Ten years after a socialist revolution in the US, the voices of …

April 24: Religious Freedom “versus” Equal Rights? Emerging Dilemmas in Law and Policy Across the Americas: Gender, Sexuality, Religion

Religious Freedom “versus” Equal Rights? Emerging Dilemmas in Law and Policy Across the Americas: Gender, Sexuality, Religion a forum with Lori G. Beaman, Benjamin Berger, Katherine M. Franke, Marco Huaco, Louise Melling, Julieta Lemaitre Ripoll, Pam Spees, Nelson Tebbe, Juan Marco Vaggione, Rev. Winnie Varghese–and more Thursday, April 24 2 to 6 pm For a preview …

CANCELED: Killing Me Softly with Your Rights: Iranian Transgender Refugees and the Politics of Death

a talk by Sima Shakhsari This talk scheduled for October 30th has been canceled due to inclement weather.  We apologize for the inconvenience. Sima Shakhsari, Women’s and Gender Studies, Wellesley College For more information, please contact the NYU Hagop Kevorkian Center at 212-998-8877. Co-sponsored by the NYU Iranian Studies Initiative and the Center for the …

Smearing the Pap: brown bag lunch talk

a brown bag lunch talk with Elizabeth R. Boskey December 2, Friday 12:30 to 1:45 pm Elizabeth R. Boskey, CSGS Visiting Scholar The Pap smear was one of the great public health innovations of the 20th Century. However, the way in which the test is currently used brings up important issues of sexism, paternalism, and …