Symposium: Redefining Gender: Transgressive Thinking and Subversive Solidarities

Wednesday, September 21, 2022 8:30 am EDT to 10:00 am EDT

virtual event

Join faculty from Denison University and Ahmedabad University for an online symposium about redefining gender. Each of the four professors listed below will speak about their topic for about 10-15 minutes. There will be a roundtable discussion and opportunity for questions following the faculty presentations.

Topics and Presenters:
“Rethinking Women’s Rights to Property in Hindu Legal Traditions”
Manomohini Dutta (Humanities and Languages, Ahmedabad)

“A Buddhist Argument for Gender Equality”
Jue Liang (Religion, Denison)

“Refusing Freedom, Happiness, Gayness”
Leya Mathew (Social Sciences, Ahmedabad)

“#NiUnaMenos, not #MeToo: A Transnational Feminist Perspective”
Barbara Fultner (Philosophy & Women’s & Gender Studies, Denison)

Professor Keun-joo Christine Pae (Religion, Denison) will serve as Chair of the symposium.

This event is co-Sponsored by the Denison University’s International Studies Program, Departments of Religion, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Philosophy and the Ahmedabad University’s School of Arts and Sciences.

All faculty, staff, students, alumni and families are welcome to attend. We hope you join us for this educational conversation.