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Distinguished Lecture and Research WorkshopTRANSNATIONAL FEMINISMS AND THE NEW MIDDLE EAST INSURRECTIONS10th Anniversary Celebration and 2014 Distinguished Lecture and Research WorkshopThursday, April 3, 2014Yale UniversityDistinguished Lecturer Sondra HaleResearch Professor and Professor EmeritaDepartments of Anthropology and Gender Studies, University of California, Los AngelesWe are pleased to announce that our upcoming 10th Anniversary Celebration and Distinguished Lecture and Research Workshop in Honor of Sondra Hale will be held at Yale on Thursday, April 3, 2014, and will explore the topic of “Transnational Feminisms and the New Middle East Insurrections.” Our Distinguished Lecturer will be Dr. Sondra Hale of the Departments of Anthropology and Gender Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. During the day, we will host a research conference around the theme, including Dr. Hale’s Distinguished Lecture, followed by a dinner to celebrate JMEWS’s 10th anniversary.We encourage you to present your research or to attend this event as a guest. In order to present your research, please submit a 200-word abstract to jmews@yale.edu by January 1, 2014. Unfortunately, we are unable to reimburse participants for any costs associated with presenting at or attending the conference. The Distinguished Lecture and Research Workshop is open to all and free of charge. More information about dinner registration and cost will be available in the coming weeks.This event is sponsored by the Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies, the Council on Middle East Studies, and the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University. The Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies is the official publication of the Association of Middle East Women’s Studies.Information http://www.jmews.org/programs/distinguished-lecture-workshop/?utm_source=December+2013&#38;utm_campaign=JMEWS+Mailing+List&#38;utm_medium=email