GPP-MENA hosts virtual research seminars, founded and organized by Gamze Çavdar.
Upcoming Seminars
Past Meetings
September 2024
PROJECT I: Lisel Hintz, “Gendered Election Drama: Kızılcık Şerbeti’s Nursema as Focal Point of Opposition Discourse”
PROJECT II: Shirin Saeidi, “An Anti-carceral Feminist Critique of the Hamid Nouri Trial”
May 2024
PROJECT I: Yuree Noh and Bethany Shockley, “Egalitarian Sentiment in the Era of Globalization” (Research Design)
PROJECT II: Carolyn Barnett, “Underestimating Equality: Perceived Norms and the Politics of Women’s Rights” (Book Proposal)
September 2023
PROJECT I: Lisel Hintz, “Constructing Gender in Authoritarian Regimes: Recipes from Cooking Shows in Turkey”
May 2023
PROJECT I: Marwa Shalaby, "Gender Stereotypes in Morocco"
PROJECT II: Yuree Noh, "Survey on public opinions about gender relations in Iraq"
January 2023
PROJECT I: Bozena Welborne, "The State of Women in Islamic Finance"
PROJECT II: Bethany Shockley, "Support for Female Candidates in the UAE: An Experimental Exploration of Intersectional Identities"
PROJECT II: Meriem Aissa, "Women Parliamentarians in Algeria"
September 2022
PROJECT I: Sara Hassani, "Conceptualizing the Affective Language of Self-Immolation as Protest"
PROJECT II: Mona Tajali, "Women’s Political Representation in Iran and Turkey: Demanding a Seat at the Table"
June 2022
PROJECT I: Maro Youssef, “Women’s Political Participation during the Fourth Wave of Democratization”
January 2022
PROJECT I: Lindsay Benstead, “Does Electing Women and Islamist Parties Improve Women’s Symbolic and Service Responsiveness?”
PROJECT II: Gamze Cavdar, ‘Who Cares?”
September 2021
PROJECT I: Dina Hosni, "A Mobility Experience: Women’s Visibility and Women’s Voices"
PROJECT II: Lisel Hintz, "Recipe for Womanhood: Constructions of Gender in Turkish Cooking Shows"
PROJECT III: Gamze Çavdar, "Faith-based Provision of Social Services and the Implications for Women: Cases from the MENA"
June 2021
PROJECT I: Yuree Noh, "Regime Support and Gender Quotas in Autocracies"
PROJECT II: Nehal Elmeligy, "Egyptian women’s agency and new gendered subjectivity in surveilled and disciplined physical and virtual public spheres"
PROJECT III: Nermin Allam, "The Politics of Hope, Rage, and Disappointment among Women’s Groups in Egypt"
January 2021
PROJECT I: Alexandra Blackman, "What Men Want: Politicians’ Strategic Response to Gender Quotas"
PROJECT II: Lillian Frost, "Unequal Citizens: State Resistance to Women’s Nationality Law Reform"
PROJECT III: Bozena Welborne, "Remittances and Gender Dynamics in the MENA"
PROJECT I: Lisel Hintz, “Gendered Election Drama: Kızılcık Şerbeti’s Nursema as Focal Point of Opposition Discourse”
PROJECT II: Shirin Saeidi, “An Anti-carceral Feminist Critique of the Hamid Nouri Trial”
May 2024
PROJECT I: Yuree Noh and Bethany Shockley, “Egalitarian Sentiment in the Era of Globalization” (Research Design)
PROJECT II: Carolyn Barnett, “Underestimating Equality: Perceived Norms and the Politics of Women’s Rights” (Book Proposal)
September 2023
PROJECT I: Lisel Hintz, “Constructing Gender in Authoritarian Regimes: Recipes from Cooking Shows in Turkey”
May 2023
PROJECT I: Marwa Shalaby, "Gender Stereotypes in Morocco"
PROJECT II: Yuree Noh, "Survey on public opinions about gender relations in Iraq"
January 2023
PROJECT I: Bozena Welborne, "The State of Women in Islamic Finance"
PROJECT II: Bethany Shockley, "Support for Female Candidates in the UAE: An Experimental Exploration of Intersectional Identities"
PROJECT II: Meriem Aissa, "Women Parliamentarians in Algeria"
September 2022
PROJECT I: Sara Hassani, "Conceptualizing the Affective Language of Self-Immolation as Protest"
PROJECT II: Mona Tajali, "Women’s Political Representation in Iran and Turkey: Demanding a Seat at the Table"
June 2022
PROJECT I: Maro Youssef, “Women’s Political Participation during the Fourth Wave of Democratization”
January 2022
PROJECT I: Lindsay Benstead, “Does Electing Women and Islamist Parties Improve Women’s Symbolic and Service Responsiveness?”
PROJECT II: Gamze Cavdar, ‘Who Cares?”
September 2021
PROJECT I: Dina Hosni, "A Mobility Experience: Women’s Visibility and Women’s Voices"
PROJECT II: Lisel Hintz, "Recipe for Womanhood: Constructions of Gender in Turkish Cooking Shows"
PROJECT III: Gamze Çavdar, "Faith-based Provision of Social Services and the Implications for Women: Cases from the MENA"
June 2021
PROJECT I: Yuree Noh, "Regime Support and Gender Quotas in Autocracies"
PROJECT II: Nehal Elmeligy, "Egyptian women’s agency and new gendered subjectivity in surveilled and disciplined physical and virtual public spheres"
PROJECT III: Nermin Allam, "The Politics of Hope, Rage, and Disappointment among Women’s Groups in Egypt"
January 2021
PROJECT I: Alexandra Blackman, "What Men Want: Politicians’ Strategic Response to Gender Quotas"
PROJECT II: Lillian Frost, "Unequal Citizens: State Resistance to Women’s Nationality Law Reform"
PROJECT III: Bozena Welborne, "Remittances and Gender Dynamics in the MENA"
