International Women’s Day Symposium “Understanding Feminist Movements Across Borders: Building Transnational Solidarity”

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In honor of International Women’s Day, Tokyo College’s “Gender, Sexuality & Identity” collaborative research group will host a panel that will explore the role of translation in practices of transnational feminist solidarity. Panelists will discuss the recent protests in Iran for “Woman, Life, Freedom” as a case study for contemplating how women led movements may be translated into different contexts to facilitate multi-directional relationships of learning and solidarity.

Presentations

General Discussion

Q&A 

Speakers:

SHIMIZU Akiko (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
IIJIMA Kenta (Staff Writer / Former Tehran Bureau Chief, the Asahi Shimbun)
Foroogh FARHANG (PhD Candidate, Northwestern University)

Commentator:

Shannon WELCH (Project Researcher, Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo)

Moderator:

TERADA Yuki (Project Assistant Professor, Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo)