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Gender and Globalization: A Symposium
Friday, October 17, 2014, 2014
Nau 211
Sponsored by the Department of Sociology and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
9:30am
Coffee & Tea
10am - 12pm
Panel 1: Gendering Globalization
Valentine Moghadam, Northeastern University
Gender and Globalization Research: Confronting Structures and Promoting Agency
Rae Blumberg, University of Virginia
A Tale of Two Systems: Gender & Development and Gender & Globalization
Discussant: Rachel Rinaldo, University of Virginia
12pm - 1:15pm
Lunch Break
1:30pm - 3:30pm
Panel 2: Gender, Sexuality, and the Global: New Directions
Hae Yeon Choo, University of Toronto
The Allure of the Global: Gender, Nation, and Global Self-Making in Contemporary South Korea
Ashley Currier, University of Cincinnati
The Potential of Transnational Queer Studies for Sociology
Manisha Desai, University of Connecticut
Rethinking Gender and Globalization through the Gendered Geographies of Global Justice
Discussant: Simone Polillo, University of Virginia
For more information, contact: rar8y@virginia.edu