Theatre praxis and the dis/empowering of refugees in London
Friday, February 27th, 2009
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, February 27, 2009 | 3:00PM - 5:00PM | The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, Munk Centre For International Studies - 1 Devonshire Place |
Description
Nira Yuval-Davis is a Professor and Graduate Course Director in Gender, Sexualities and Ethnic Studies at the University of East London. She is the past President (2002-2006) of the Research Committee 05 (on Racism, Nationalism and Ethnic Relations) of the International Sociological Association, and is an elected member of the Academy of the Learned Societies for the Social Sciences. She has been a founder member of the international research network on women in militarized conflict zones and has served as an expert consultant to, among others, UNDP, Amnesty International and the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women. Nira Yuval-Davis has published widely (19 written and edited books and more than a hundred refereed articles and chapters in books) on theoretical and empirical aspects of nationalism, racism, fundamentalism, citizenship and gender relations in Britain and Europe, Israel, and other settler societies. Her book Gender and Nation (Sage 1997) has been translated into seven languages. She is currently working on a monograph on Nationalism and Belonging (Sage, forthcoming) and is the Director of an ESRC funded research project on Identity, Performance, and Social Action: Community Theatre among Refugees.
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