Saida Waheed Gender Initiative Seminar Series
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 aimen.majeedullah@lums.edu.pk
SWGI Seminar Series
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Feminist Voices in Pakistan Urdu Literature
Speaker: Humaira Ishfaq
Date and Time: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 - 5:30pm
Venue: A-6, Academic Block, LUMS
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Gendered Infrastructures: Women & Urban Politics in Lahore
A Talk by: Dr. Amen JafferDate and Time: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 - 5:30pm
Venue: Faculty Lounge, Academic Block
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Neither. Nor. Trans*.
A Talk by: Omar Kasmani
Date and Time: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 - 5:30pm
Venue: Auditorium A-6, Academic Block
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Of Mothers and Widows: Militarism’s Intractable Subjects
Spring Seminar Series 2018
Date and Time: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 - 5:00pm
Venue: Faculty Lounge, VC Office
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Attachment, Articulation and Agency: The World of Women Digest Writers
Speaker: Dr. Kiran Nazir Ahmed
Date and Time: Thursday, December 14, 2017 - 5:00pm
Venue: Faculty Lounge, VC’s wing Academic Block
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Narrating Muslim Girlhood In The Pakistani Cityscape of Graphic Narratives
Speaker: Tehmina Pirzada
Date and Time: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 - 5:00pm
Venue: A-5, Academic Block, LUMS
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Being 'Good' Women: Embodiment and Virtue in Religious and Secular Imaginaries
Speaker: Summer Qasim
Date and Time: Friday, March 10, 2017 - 12:00pm
Venue: A-6, Academic Block, LUMS
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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