【Call for Participants】 International Women’s Day Symposium “Understanding Feminist Movements Across Borders: Building Transnational Solidarity”

Outline

Date(s):Friday, 31 March 2023, 10:00-11:30 am
Venue:Zoom Webinar ()
 
Registration:Pre-registration required
Language:English (Japanese simultaneous translation available)
 

Abstract

In honor of International Women’s Day, Tokyo College’s “Gender, Sexuality & Identity” collaborative research group will host a panel that will explore the role of translation in practices of transnational feminist solidarity. Panelists will discuss the recent protests in Iran for “Woman, Life, Freedom” as a case study for contemplating how women led movements may be translated into different contexts to facilitate multi-directional relationships of learning and solidarity.
 

Program

Presentations
General Discussion
Q&A 
 

Speakers

SHIMIZU Akiko (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, )
IIJIMA Kenta (Staff Writer / Former Tehran Bureau Chief, the Asahi Shimbun)
Foroogh FARHANG (PhD Candidate, Northwestern University)
 
Commentator
Shannon WELCH (Project Researcher, Tokyo College, )
 
Moderator
TERADA Yuki (Project Assistant Professor, Tokyo College, )
 
 
Organized by Tokyo College,
Contact
tokyo.college.event@tc.u-tokyo.ac.jp