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#KOBANE: Feminism and Autonomy in the Rojava Revolution

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Tuesday, October 28, 2014
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Following the outbreak of the Syrian civil war, the three cantons of Rojava in northeastern Syria declared themselves an autonomous confederation devoted to the principles of pluralism, gender equality, and participatory democracy. Currently, the city and canton of Kobane are under seige by the forces of ISIS, an Islamic extremist organization engendered by the very geopolitics which the people of Rojava reject. This panel discussion will explore the current crisis in relation to the ongoing feminist and autonomous project in Rojava and to the politics of American empire at home and abroad.Panelists will include Dilar Dirik, an activist in the Kurdish women's movement and PhD student at the University of Cambridge; Can Evren, a graduate student in Cultural Anthropology; Wahneema Lubiano, Associate Professor of African and African American Studies and Literature; and Navid Naderi, a graduate student in literature. Negar Mottahedeh (Associate Professor, Literature) will moderate. Co-sponsored by the Graduate Program in Literature, Women's Studies, Global Cultural Studies and the Marxism and Society Certificate.