[tugs] Re: Subterranean Speakers' Series
- From: daniel.stevens@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: hai.ta@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 13:27:21 -0500 (EST)
Nope :).
On Fri, 2 Nov 2001 hai.ta@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Do you have to be Jewish to attend?
>
> Hai
>
> On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Daniel Stevens wrote:
>
> > Please contact Luisa Veronis for more information.
> >
> > Dear ALL,
> >
> > We are happy to invite you to the talk of our next Subterranean guest
> > speaker, Professor Tamar Mayer:
> >
> > Nationalism, Feminism, and Masculinity in the Jewish State.
> >
> > Please note the date:
> > Monday November 12
> > 2 - 4 p.m.
> > Sidney Smith - Room 2125
> >
> > As usual refreshments and munchies will be provided.
> >
> > Professor Mayer will speak on political boundaries, nationalism and
> > masculinity in Jewish Israel. She will examine the interplay between
> > nation, gender, and sexuality and the complex ways in which they pressure
> > people to negotiate their identities. She will also discuss the monumental
> > historical juncture at which are the state of Israel and the Palestinian
> > nation. Both have a chance to claim a new future but more than a quarter of
> > a century of occupation has had significant social, political, economic,
> > cultural, psychological and moral ramifications for Israeli and Palestinian
> > men and women.
> >
> > Tamar Mayer is Professor and Chair of the Geography Department at
> > Middlebury College, Vermont. Her research focuses on the construction of
> > national identity, with a particular focus on Jewish and Palestinian
> > nationalisms and gender. Her recent publications on these topics include
> > Gender Ironies of Nationalism: Sexing the Nation (Routledge, 2000. Edited
> > volume) and Women and the Israeli Occupation: The Politics of Change
> > (Routledge, 1994. Edited Volume).
> >
> > Thanks for taking the time to read this long message.
> > See you all there!
> >
> > Luisa
> >
> >
> >
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