Gender, Politics, and Society
Co-Chaired by Laura Frader, Margaret Higonnet, & Kathrin Zippel


Upcoming Events

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Past Events

February 20, 2008:
4:15pm - 6:00pm, Cabot Room

"Who develops family policy models? The EU, the ILO, and Cross-National Emulation."
Katerina Linos, Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows

Her research interests include international law, the European Union, social policy and employment law, and gender inequalities. Her most recent article is "How Can International Organizations Shape National Welfare States? Evidence From Compliance With European Union Directives" (Comparative Political Studies, 2007). She holds Ph.D. (political science), J.D. and B.A. degrees from Harvard University.

Further readings: Linos, Katerina. "Are socialists a woman's best friend? Equality policies in the Spanish regions." JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN PUBLIC POLICY 10 (3): 438-462 JUN 2003


February 7, 2008:
4:15pm - 6:00pm, Cabot Room

"Keeping With the 'Natural Order of Things': Social Work and Algerian Families in France During the Era of Decolonization"
Amelia Lyons, Department of History, University of Central Florida
Co-Sponsered by the Seminar on French Politics, Culture, and Society

December 11, 2007:
4:15pm - 6:00pm, Cabot Room

"Heeding Piedade's Song 'Toward Transnational Solidarity"
Drucilla Cornell, Professor of Political Science and Women's Studies, Rutgers University

Download Paper for Talk (pdf)
October 31, 2007:
4:15pm - 6:00pm, Cabot Room

"British Youth Culture, 1900-1970"
Selina Todd, Lecturer in History, University of Manchestern
Co-sponsored by the British Study Group
October 22, 2007:
4:15pm - 6:00pm, Cabot Room

"Is Gender Being Squeezed Out of the EU?"
Jane Jenson, Canadian Research Chair in Citizenship and Governance, University of Montreal

Download the Paper (pdf) or View the Abstract for this talk
April 12, 2007:
"Chancellor Angela Merkel: Gender and Power in the German Christian Democratic Party"
Sarah Wiliarty, Government Department, Wesleyan University

4:15pm - 6:00PM
Cabot Room, Busch Hall
February 9, 2007:
"Women Photograph World War I"
Margaret Higonnet, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of Connecticut

2:15pm - 4:00PM
Cabot Room, Busch Hall
December 14, 2006:
"Sexing the Citizen: Morality and Masculinity in France, 1870-1920"
Judith Surkis, Associate Professor of History, Harvard University

Co-Sponsored by the Seminar on French Politics and Society

5:30 - 7:00PM
Cabot Room, Busch Hall
November 13, 2006:

"Home and Nation, Culture and Memory: The Contested History of the British Home Guard in the Second World War"
Penny Summerfield
Manchester University, UK

4:15 - 6:00PM
Cabot Room, Busch Hall