Women, colonialism and family law in Algeria

28 Março 2023, 18:00 • Rita Sousa

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lecture by Dr. Silvia Bruzzi (University of Turin)

Safe return for Syrian refugees from Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey

21 Março 2023, 18:00 • Rita Sousa

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lecture by Prof. Jasmin Lilian Diab

Gender and Women's Studies in the Middle East and North Africa

14 Março 2023, 18:00 • Rita Sousa

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- A preliminary overview: the fourth waves

- Nationalism: what's beyond?

- The Palestinian case-study

- Wars and conflicts: women's double burden

- Orientalism as a gendered discourse

- Islam and women/gender: recognising its complexity

- Veil: forms, choices and perspectives

- Islamic feminism(s): not a strict definition

- Women's organisations and states

- Transnational feminism: transcending borders and identities

Islam and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa

7 Março 2023, 18:00 • Rita Sousa

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- Political Islam: the complexity of the topic

- The beginning: the Muslim Brotherhood

- Muslim Brotherhood: primary concerns

- From the 1970s onwards

- Problematising the definition itself

- Is Political Islam still capable of continued growth?

- Islam and democracy

- Islam and political violence

- The current panorama of "Islamist revival"

- Islam and the West

Introduction to the MENA region: Meanings, approaches and perspectives

28 Fevereiro 2023, 18:00 • Rita Sousa

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- MENA/SWANA region: overview, areas and maps

- overcoming clichés

- Islam and beyond

- How can we describe the region?

- Approaching the analysis of the region

- Organisation of the course

- Syllabus