Islamic Feminism- challenges, contestations, and decoloniality (EN)
Wann
Donnerstag, 20. Mai 2021
19 bis 20:30 Uhr
Wo
online
Veranstaltet von
Universität Konstanz, HTWG, Stadt Konstanz, Muslimische HSG
Vortragende Person/Vortragende Personen:
Lana Sirri
Diese Veranstaltung ist Teil der Veranstaltungsreihe „Diversity Awareness Week“.
Islamic feminism is a field of study that has been marginalized both in contemporary Islamic discourse and in feminist discourse. This lecture counters this marginalization by presenting the diversity of approaches used in Islamic feminist scholarship. It takes a decolonial intersectional perspective to examine the different strategies Muslim and Islamic feminists have developed to challenge constellations of power, such as sexism, religious extremism, and the growing anti-Muslim racism in Europe.
Lana Sirri is an assistant professor of gender and religion at the Centre for Gender and Diversity (CGD) at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. She completed her Ph.D. studies at the Centre for Transdisciplinary Gender Studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin in 2017. Her research interests lie at the intersection of religion, race, gender, and sexuality, focusing on the critical exploration of Islamic feminism. Lana has published a book titled “Einführung in den Islamischen Feminismus” (2017, 2020), which introduces Islamic feminism to a non-academic audience of German-speaking activists. Lana is an associated expert of the Centre for Intersectional Justice and is a co-founder of the Berlin Muslim Feminist Group and the Black and PoC Academic Network in Germany.
