by Tamar Shirinian | Nov 23, 2015 | Announcements
In recognition of her work, the AMEWS Book Award Committee for books published in 2014 awards Marion Holmes Katz’s Women in the Mosque: A History of Legal Thought and Social Practice, the 2015 AMEWS Book Award. With its focus on Islamic legal texts as rich and vibrant...
by Tamar Shirinian | Nov 23, 2015 | Announcements
In recognition of her work, the AMEWS Book Award Committee for books published in 2014 awards Smadar Lavie’s Wrapped in the Flag of Israel: Mizrahi Single Mothers and Bureaucratic Torture an Honorable Mention. Lavie offers an unflinching political analysis and...
by Tamar Shirinian | Nov 23, 2015 | Announcements
JMEWS awards Emine Rezzan Karaman the 2015 Graduate Student Paper Prize for “Performativity and Text: Motherhood as a Transforming Political Identity in Turkey.” The paper analyzes the construction of motherhood as a form of political agency in Turkey with...
by Tamar Shirinian | Nov 22, 2015 | Announcements
The entire JMEWS editorial team is attending the MESA 2015 meeting in Denver from November 21-24! We welcome your questions and suggestions. Visit the Duke University Press booth at the MESA book bazaar for books and journals, including JMEWS. The 2015 Graduate...
