Women, Women's Studies, and the State

Istanbul and Bodrum, Turkey   May 27 - June 3, 2005

Sponsored by: Institute for Teaching and Research on Women

Karen Dugger, Director

in collaboration with The Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Institute Objectives & Themes

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Conference Objectives 

• to assist faculty in integrating comparative perspectives on gender and ethnicity into their courses and educational curricula

• to cultivate discussion of international issues and assist faculty in internationalizing their courses and scholarship

• to explore pedagogical issues related to internationalizing and engendering courses and educational curricula

•   to foster dialogue and share resources and knowledge on gender and other issues of diversity across cultures and geographic regions

•   to facilitate the creation of networks for collaborative scholarship and the exchange of faculty and students among institutions of higher education in the United States, Turkey and the Middle East

Conference Themes  

I. Human Rights and Women’s Rights               

Legal, Cultural and Religious Barriers

Spousal Abuse

International Efforts to Eliminate Discrimination

Women and Family 

II. Feminism and Women’s Studies

Women’s Studies and Feminism in Turkey and the Middle East

Women’s Movements: Comparative Perspectives

Islamic and Secular Women’s Groups 

III. Women, Work and the State 

Gender and Transnational Labor Migration

Women in the Local and Global Economy

Educational Reform 

IV. Images of Women in Contemporary Society                

Women and Literature

Women and Popular Culture