The Aesthetics of Death and the Poetics of Rituals in Shia Lamentation Poetry
| Dates: | 10 November 2015 |
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| Times: | 17:00 - 18:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | School of Arts, Languages and Cultures |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public |
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| Speaker: | Dr Yafa Shenneik |
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Yafa Shanneik is Lecturer in Religious Studies at University of South Wales. Her research focuses on Sunni and Shia women in Europe and their transnational networks to the Middle East. She has a particular interest in Muslim women’s leadership and authority in private and public spheres and examines the changing nature of women’s participation in religious practices in Europe as well as in the Middle East. She also works on religious conversion and focuses on women’s narratives of identity and belonging. She has published several articles on gender and Islam and migrant identities in Europe such as: ‘Remembering Karbala in the Diaspora: Religious Rituals among Iraqi Shii Women in Ireland’ (Religion, 45(1), 2015, 89-102) and ‘Religion and Diasporic Dwelling: Algerian Muslim Women in Ireland’ (Religion and Gender, 2(1), 2012, 80-100)
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Dr Yafa Shenneik
Organisation: University of South Wales
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