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Global Intellectual History Seminar | Seminar 4: Workshop on Gender and Global Intellectual History
Location:
Hovenden Room, All Souls College
Audience:
University of Oxford members
General Public
Date / Time:
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Speakers: Professor Sophie Smith and Dr. Alice Baldock
The Global Intellectual History Seminar is delighted to be hosting a special workshop entitled "Gender and Global Intellectual History." We will begin with two short talks given by the speakers, which will introduce the assigned readings, followed by a period of open discussion where participants can respond to questions raised by the talks and readings and share connections to their own research. The assigned readings are:
Alice Baldock, “Body (of) Knowledge: Women, the Body, and Dance in Postwar Japan,” Journal of Asian Studies 81, no. 2 (2022): 365–79.
Sophie Smith, “Women and Intellectual History in the Twentieth Century, Part One: Rethinking the ‘Origins’ of US Intellectual History,” Journal of the History of Ideas85, no. 3 (2024): 425–54; “Women and Intellectual History in the Twentieth Century, Part Two: Activists, Academics, and the Future,” Journal of the History of Ideas 85, no. 4 (2024): 633–79.
Mrinalini Sinha, "A Global Perspective on Gender: What's South Asia Got to Do With It?", in South Asian Feminisms, eds. Loomba and Ritty (Duke University Press, 2012), 356-74; “Universal Rights and the Specters of Indian Feminism, Part II: An Interview with Mrinalini Sinha,” Journal of the History of Ideas Blog, September 23, 2026.
