The Diane (Dina) Markowicz Memorial Lectures on Gender and Human Rights
An annual lecture series featuring internationally renowned scholars, judges, and activists discussing ways of negotiating the tensions between gender equality and religious or cultural norms.
2010 – Dr. Abdullah An-Na'im, the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law
at Emory Law School
2009 – Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella, Supreme Court of Canada
2008 – Inaugural lecture delivered by Dr. Shirin Ebadi and Professor Jody Williams, recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize and founders of the Nobel Women’s Initiative.
Untying the Knots: Theorizing Conflicts between Gender Equality and Religious Laws Brandeis University, April 14-15, 2008.
An international conference brought together theorists, policymakers and activists to discuss ways of conceptualizing and engaging with gender and culture/religion conflicts. Speakers discussed struggles in Canada, Iran, Israel, Senegal, South Africa, and the U.S.A.
Days of Study on Women and Religious Law
These one-day intensive programs bring together scholars and the public for a day of learning about gender and religion conflicts in a particular context. The format is designed to include lecture, discussion and arts elements.
2007 – Day of Study on Women, Gender Equality and Jewish Law Professor Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, Chair of the Rackman Centre for the Advancement of Jewish Women at Bar Ilan University on discrimination against women in Israeli rabbinical family courts. Screening of Mekudeshet: Sentenced to Marriage and The Cohen's Wife, and panel discussion moderated by Lisa Fishbayn with Dr. Halperin-Kaddari and Rabbi Susan Fendrick of the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education.
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