The Saida Waheed Gender Initiative has a Gender Seminar Series that runs regularly throughout the academic year. These seminars are open to all. The timings and venues will be regularly communicated via updates. Please direct all seminar series related questions to onaiza.arshad@lums.edu.pk
Seminars (Fall 2016)
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Performativity of Hijras in Pakistan
Speaker: Aqib Ali
Date and Time: Friday, January 27, 2017 - 12:00pm
Venue: A-6, Academic Block, LUMS
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Nation, Memory and Humanity in South Asia - conversation with Yasmin Saikia
Speaker: Dr. Yasmin Saikia
Date and Time: Friday, December 2, 2016 - 12:00pm
Venue: A-16, Academic Block
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Obscenity Discourse in Pakistan: A Case Study of Mujra Dance Videos and Male Desire
Speaker: Dr. Farida Batool
Date and Time: Monday, November 21, 2016 - 5:30pm
Venue: Faculty Lounge, VC's office, LUMS
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The Gendered Politics of Nationalism at the Wagah Border
Speaker: Dr. Naveen Minai
Date and Time: Monday, October 17, 2016 - 12:00pm
Venue: Faculty Lounge, VC's Office
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SWGI will be sharing its Seminar Series online here.
November 25, 2015: Fear and the City: Negotiating Everyday Life as a Young Baloch Man in Karachi
November 20, 2015: Beyond 'Add Women and Stir': Conversations on Gender & Economics
October 29, 2015: Gender Equality and Islamic Family Law - Dr. Zubair Abbasi