Global Gender & Sexuality

Intergenerational Gaps and Intersectionality at Climate Negotiations for the UNFCCC

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:25:03 +0000

Intergenerational Gaps and Intersectionality at Climate Negotiations for the UNFCCC Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 02/18/2025 - 16:25 Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room Open to the Public

How are governmental negotiations at UNFCCC Conferences of the Parties (COPs) shaped by generational gaps and questions about intersectionality? Former climate negotiator for the government of Mexico, Ivonne Maricarmen Serna ‘23, will speak about her experiences at UNFCCC COP-29 to the Middlebury community and broader public.

George, Kemi 443-5574 kgeorge@middlebury.edu Environmental Studies; Int'l Politics & Economics; Political Science; International & Global Studies; Global Environmental Change; Global Gender & Sexuality

Guest Lecture: Dr. Ki-young Shin, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 19:55:03 +0000

Guest Lecture: Dr. Ki-young Shin, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 12/03/2024 - 14:55 Axinn Center 232 Open to the Public

While #MeToo movement has emerged as a significant global phenomenon since late 2017, Japan initially exhibited a notably muted response. This stands in stark contrast to neighboring South Korea, where the movement ignited a powerful wave of revelations, empowering women to break their silence. However, the persistent efforts of courageous women like Shiori Ito, coupled with a series of controversial not-guilty verdicts in sexual assault cases, eventually catalyzed a shift in Japan. This talk will provide an overview of how the #MeToo movement unfolded differently in Japan, exploring the unique challenges faced by Japanese women and examining the subsequent legislative reforms and societal changes.

Denis, Danielle 802-443-5532 ddenis@middlebury.edu Japanese; Political Science; J Club; East Asian Studies; Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies; Global Gender & Sexuality

Queer Anthropology: A Dialogue

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 21:10:01 +0000

Queer Anthropology: A Dialogue Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 09/26/2023 - 17:10 Axinn Center Abernethy Room (221) Open to the Public

Erin Durban and Lucinda Ramberg, two feminist, queer, postcolonial scholars, will have a conversation about queer anthropology: What does it mean to queer anthropology? How can we do anthropology, as well as ethnographic methods more broadly, in a queer way and for queer purposes?

Thomsen, Carly 443-5785 cthomsen@middlebury.edu Religion; American Studies; International & Global Studies; Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies; Sociology; Anthropology; Black Studies; Global Gender & Sexuality

The Sexual Politics of Empire: Postcolonial Homophobia in Haiti

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The Sexual Politics of Empire: Postcolonial Homophobia in Haiti Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 09/26/2023 - 17:01 Axinn Center Abernethy Room (221) Open to the Public

Erin Durban, a scholar of queer anthropology, will discuss their book The Sexual Politics of Empire: Postcolonial Homophobia in Haiti. Evangelical Christians and members of the global LGBTQI human rights movement have vied for influence in Haiti since the 2010 earthquake. Each side accuses the other of serving foreign interests. Yet each proposes future foreign interventions on behalf of their respective causes despite the country’s traumatic past with European colonialism and American imperialism. As Durban shows, two discourses dominate discussions of intervention. One maintains imperialist notions of a backward Haiti so riddled with cultural deficiencies that foreign supervision is necessary to overcome Haitians’ resistance to progress. The other sees Haiti as a modern but failed state that exists only through its capacity for violence, including homophobia. In the context of these competing claims, Durban explores the creative ways that same-sex desiring and gender-creative Haitians contend with anti-LGBTQI violence and ongoing foreign intervention.

State Power and Gender Identity

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State Power and Gender Identity Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 02/02/2023 - 09:20 Virtual Middlebury Open to the Public

How does the state shape gender identity? Florence Ashley, drawing on their legal scholarship in Canada, explores how state power is used to regulate gender expression and presentation. Florence is the author of Banning Transgender Conversion Practices: A Legal and Policy Analysis, which was published by UBC Press in 2022.

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Sullivan, Heidi (802) 443-2603 hsullivan@middlebury.edu Global Gender & Sexuality

International & Global Studies Thesis Presentations

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International & Global Studies Thesis Presentations Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 12/06/2022 - 09:30 Davis Family Library 105A Open to the Public

Cecilia Needham ’22.5, Global Security
Mira Vance ’22.5, Global Gender & Sexuality

Cecilia Needham ’22.5, Global Security
San Sante pa gen Lavi: An Ethnographic Analysis of State & NGO Healthcare Services in Centre, Haiti

San sante pa gen lavi – Haitan proverb meaning, “without health, there is no life.” Haiti is currently in the midst of a humanitarian crisis that has catastrophic effects on public health. There are many theories about how states, NGOs, and IGOs interact and influence these health outcomes, both in Haiti and internationally, but the perspective of the doctors and nurses who live and work in these systems is too often missing. Healthcare professionals at public and private hospitals and clinics in the Central Department shared their insight about the healthcare workforce, financing, and programs and their opinions about the MSPP and NGOs. This thesis contextualizes this ethnography with prominent NGO-state and global health theories to analyze how health outcomes are affected by these actors in the Central Department and provide recommendations for more effective yet appropriate policy and programs. It pushes against narratives of state failure or population helplessness by highlighting examples of MSPP capacity, Haitian self-determination, and overall cause for hope. This thesis serves as an urgent call to action for the international community to provide public health assistance that effectively addresses the crisis at hand while fostering collaboration, encouraging democracy, building capacity, and respecting Haitian human rights.

Mira Vance ’22.5, Global Gender & Sexuality
“The “Real Men” of China: Constructions of Masculinity Through Primary School Education for the Purposes of State in Contemporary China.”

In the past decade, culminating in official pronouncements in September 2020, the CCP, headed by Xi Jinping, has been rolling out policies designed to cultivate “real masculinity” and combat the “masculinity crisis” that is supposedly weakening China’s men and threatening the success of the nation. These policies have arisen from many overlapping, and often contradictory, motivations and cultural phenomena that have emerged from China’s unique history. As I will analyze, some of the motivations for these gender policies include increased militarism, fears for declining birthrate and the subsequent economic loss, and desires for control (particularly over younger generations). At the heart of China’s “masculinity crisis” and current gender education initiatives and policies is a nationalistic project and effort to create cultural and national unity. This thesis analyzes these efforts for gendered nationalism through primary school gender education textbooks published in 2016 and 2017 by Shanghai Educational Publishing House and interviews with college students with experiences of primary school education in China.

Sullivan, Heidi (802) 443-2603 hsullivan@middlebury.edu International & Global Studies; Global Gender & Sexuality; Global Security

Juana Gamero de Coca Day of Learning 2022: Reproductive Justice

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Juana Gamero de Coca Day of Learning 2022: Reproductive Justice Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 03/18/2022 - 13:40 Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room Open to the Public

Middlebury’s Annual Day of Learning on Global Cultures was established in 2018 in memory of Middlebury College professor Juana Gamero de Coca and as a way to honor her intellectual contributions. This annual event focuses on Professor Gamero de Coca’s passionate commitment to dignity and justice, and maps the intellectual possibilities she brought to bear on ‘misrecognized’ social and political concerns.

For 2022, we will host a panel discussion and reception. Our featured speakers are Alicia Gutierrez-Romine and Sydney Calkin, who will engage in a discussion on reproductive justice. Gutierrez-Romine (La Sierra University) is author of “From Back Alley to the Border: Criminal Abortion in California, 1920-1969.” Calkin (Queen Mary University of London) is co-editor of “After Repeal: Rethinking Global Abortion Politics.”

Stroup, Sarah (802) 443-2316 sstroup@middlebury.edu International & Global Studies; Global Gender & Sexuality; Global Migration & Diaspora