Su Gender, in collaboration with Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Women’s Studies Research Center, hosted the feminist writer, theorist and professor Cynthia Enloe from Clark University, an internationally renowned academician for her work on gender and militarism as well as for her significant contributions to the field of feminist international relations. In her talk she gave at Karakoy Minerva Palas, Enloe said, “Women’s rights are human rights and human rights are women’s rights.”
The third of the CAT Talks, organized by Sabancı University Gender and Women's Studies Center of Excellence (SU Gender), will go on with the screening of Benim Çocuğum (My Child) on December 10. On December 11, we will have a talk with Emirhan Deniz Celebi from SU Gender on Myths on LGBTI+.
Reflections on - and some practical strategies for - crafting a genuinely satisfying feminist career and community in fields as different as political science, international relations, literature, anthropology and biology.
Cynthia Enloe is a feminist writer, theorist, and professor. She is best known for her work on gender and militarism and for her contributions to the field of feminist international relations.
Transforming Universities Towards Gender Equality: Inclusion, Intersectionality and Sustainability
Guest lecturers: Zeynep Gülru Göker (Sabancı University) & Aslı Polatdemir (University of Bremen)
It is with great sadness that we have learned the passing of our beloved colleague and friend Cynthia Cockburn. At Sabancı University, we have benefited immensely from Cynthia Cockburn’s lectures and conference presentations on gender, militarism, war and peace since 2004 and we feel honored and privileged to have had her as part of SU Gender’s International Advisory Board since 2016.
The report “Gender Equality Mechanisms in Higher Education Institutions in Turkey: A Primary Evaluation Study” completed in conjunction with Research Worldwide Istanbul and with the support of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute has been published.
The events bulletin detailing the activities SU Gender organized and implemented in 2018 is now available online. The bulletin highlights news of events such as the conferences on the themes of education and feminist pedagogy, the Dicle Koğacıoğlu and Şirin Tekeli Awards, the series of events for March 8th on the theme of bodies as well as the awareness meetings organized on campus.
We congratulate our Advisory Board member Nebahat Akkoç who is awarded the eleventh "International Hrant Dink Award " in recognition of her invaluable contributions to women’s human rights and the struggle against male violence.
Sabancı Üniversitesi Toplumsal Cinsiyet ve Kadın Çalışmaları Mükemmeliyet Merkezi (SU Gender) ve Göç Araştırmaları Derneği (GAR) ortaklığında düzenlenecek olan bu atölye çalışması, Türkiye’de göç ve toplumsal cinsiyet alanında yapılan araştırmaları dinlemek,