War & Gender Symposium

Thursday, April 28

Purnima Bose and Sue Grayzel will be presenting the first two sessions of the symposium in William T. Young Library Multipurpose Room B 108C.

· Bose will present the first session, from 3:30-5:15 p.m., on “The Capitalist-Rescue Narrative and the War on Terror.” Bose is an associate professor of English at Indiana University.

· Grayzel will present the second session, from 5:30-7:15 p.m., on “All are Now in the Line of Fire: Gender and the Defense of Civilian Bodies in the Interwar British Empire.” Grayzel is a professor of history and director of the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies at the University of Mississippi.

Friday, April 29

Rochelle Davis and Srimati Basu will be presenting the final two sessions of the symposium in the West End Room on the 18th floor of the Patterson Office Tower.

· Davis will present the third session, from 9-10:45 a.m., on “Gendered Vulnerability and Forced Conscription in the War in Syria.”Davis is an associate professor of cultural anthropology at Georgetown University.

· Basu will conclude the symposium from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. by moderating a forum and discussion with the symposium’s attendees. Basu is a professor in the UK Department of Gender and Women’s Studies.