Gender Studies: From West to East

Dates: 14 – 29 July 2002

Host Institution/Location: Center for Gender Studies, Al-Farabi Kazakh State National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

 

Eligibility

Disciplines: Gender Studies, Sociology, Psychology, Political Science, History, Cultural Studies, Philosophy, Linguistics

Region/Countries: Central Asia

 

Language(s): Russian

 

Course Director: Dr. Svetlana Shakirova, Director, Almaty Center for Gender Studies

 

Contact Information for Applicants:

Postal Address: Center for Gender Studies, Manas St. 5-12, Almaty, 480008 Kazakhstan

Telephone/Fax: +7 3272 421 824

E-mail: gender@academset.kz

 

The School is designed for 30 university teachers from Central Asia who have some experience in teaching Gender Studies or have an interest in making the first steps in this direction. The two-week program of the School will focus on the topics of sociology of gender, gender inequality in human development, and theory and practice of gender in the Central Asian countries. The courses will be taught by leading academics from the NIS and the USA. Participants are expected to be ready to teach new courses, elaborated during the School, in academic year 2002-2003.