Current Fellows

Secularism complicates French feminism in the #MeToo era

  • October 19, 2018
  • Karina Piser

The conversation has fallen prey to tired tropes about who and what represents women’s liberation.

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Housework and homecoming

  • October 15, 2018
  • Matthew Chitwood

Part 1: Renovating a mud house in rural China.

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EVENT: Enablers and Barriers to Girls’ Education and Health in Nigeria

  • October 2, 2018
  • ICWA

Join our recently returned fellow Onyinye Edeh (Nigeria, 2016-2018) for a lecture on Wednesday, October 3, 2018, 12:45-2:15pm, at SAIS.

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EVENT: Enablers and Barriers to Girls’ Education in Nigeria

  • September 20, 2018
  • ICWA

Join our recently returned fellow Onyinye Edeh (Nigeria, 2016-2018) for a lecture on Monday, October 1, 2018, 12-1:15pm, at George Washington University.

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Macron’s historic decision to recognize Algerian War atrocities

  • September 19, 2018
  • Karina Piser

But will it lead to a real reckoning with the colonial past?

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The Nation: Karina Piser on Macron’s acknowledgement of Algerian War torture

  • September 19, 2018
  • ICWA

France takes an important step for reckoning with its violent legacy and colonial history.

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EVENT: Global Perspectives of Women & Gender Issues

  • September 13, 2018
  • ICWA

Join our recently returned fellow Onyinye Edeh (Nigeria, 2016-2018) for a panel discussion on September 18, 5-7 pm, at George Mason University.

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Trash management in rural China

  • September 6, 2018
  • Matthew Chitwood

The good, the bad and the cha bu duo.

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The New Republic: Karina Piser on France’s ‘new anti-Semitism’

  • August 15, 2018
  • ICWA

A focus on Muslim antipathy toward Jews is letting the rest of the country off the hook.

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The Nation: Karina Piser on breaking France’s race taboo

  • August 13, 2018
  • ICWA

A new generation of activists is trying to change the way France conceives of race.

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