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• 07 avr 2017

  Zurich

  Miscellaneous information - Education

  Teaching Gender. Theory and society in the classroom

  Now more than ever, gender as an analytical concept is being heavily contested from diverse quarters inside as well as outside academia. The panel discussion addresses key questions of how to teach gender as  critical theory in the light of current societal and political tensions on the one hand and institutional constraints inside the university on the other hand. How can we teach “critique”? What does teaching gender mean in terms of methods and topics? And how can we engage in critical research and teaching while responding to societal expectations as to relevant output and knowledge transfer?

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• 07 avr 2017

  08 avr 2017

  Zurich

  Study days - Sociology

  Concepts that Matter! Terminologies of women and gender in transnational perspective

  The Department of Gender Studies and Islamic Studies of the University of Zurich is organizing the first workshop of the Gender in University and Society (GENiUS) network on “Concepts that Matter! Terminologies of Women and Gender in Transnational Perspective”. GENiUS is an informal Swiss-Arab Network of academics specialized in the field of Gender Studies in and on the Arab region that aims at fostering scientific exchange on the levels of research, teaching and institution building.

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• 04 déc 2014

  05 déc 2014

  Lausanne

  Conference, symposium - Ethnology, anthropology

  What children say: the experience of hospital

  Au croisement de l’anthropologie de l’enfance, médicale et de la santé, ce colloque se propose de faire entendre les paroles des enfants hospitalisés ou fréquentant l’hôpital dans différents contextes géographiques, sociaux et culturels. En collaboration avec les professionnels présents à leur chevet, nous tenterons de comprendre leurs vécus et perceptions de cette expérience qu’est la maladie.

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