Professor Isis Nusair of Denison University will share her recent field work in Germany, and give a lecture on how Syrian immigrants in Germany navigate the dominant narratives about their community. She will address gendered narratives, and discuss how women, especially, respond.
Speaker:
Isis Nusair - An Associate Professor of Women's Studies and International Studies at Denison University. She has earned a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from Tel-Aviv University, a Master’s degree in International Peace Studies from the University of Notre Dame, and a doctorate in Women’s and Gender Studies from Clark University. She teaches courses on transnational feminism; gendered migration, feminism in the Middle East and North Africa; and gender, war and conflict.
CO-SPONSORS:
The Migration Studies working group will be co-sponsoring this event with the Middle East Studies Center.
1:30 - 2:30 Migration Studies Roundtable discussion will follow - RSVP by emailing migrationstudiesworkinggroup@gmail.com
