This talk focuses on the disguised reproductive travels of Turkish citizens seeking donor gametes abroad which are legally unavailable in Turkey. By combining anthropology of secrecy with feminist studies of assisted reproductive technologies, it is argued that these disguised travels constitute a discursive and geographical space at the margins of, but fully integral to, Turkish reproductive biopolitics, in which secrecy is essential to diverse actors (including couples, egg donors, clinics, and the Turkish state) for multiple reasons.
Wissenschaftsblog des Netzwerks Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung NRW in Germany has posted an interview in their blog about our research "Türkiye'de Yükseköğretim Kurumlarında Toplumsal Cinsiyet Eşitliği Mekanizmaları" that was published in 2019. Please click here to read the interview.
You can see the SU Gender 2020 March Event Series: Gender, Ecology and the Climate Emergency program below. Please email to sugender@sabanciuniv.edu if you have any questions.
SU Gender olarak 20 Şubat’ta çevrimiçi olarak düzenleyeceğimiz COVID-19 Pandemisinin Birinci Senesinde Toplumsal Cinsiyet Üzerine Konuşmak isimli panelde konuya dair
10th Dicle Kogacioglu Article Award Ceremony and Conference
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)