1) Recent Project Publications:
Lisa Fishbayn, Gender, Multiculturalism and Dialogue: The Case of Jewish Divorce (forthcoming, CANADIAN JOURNAL OF LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE, 2008)
Lisa Fishbayn, British Colonial Policy and the Construction of Rabbinic Family Law , in WOMEN’S LEGAL STATUS DURING THE BRITISH MANDATE PERIOD, Margalit Shilo, Ruth Halperin-Kaddari and Eyal Katvan eds., ( Forthcoming, Bar-Ilan University Press 2007) (Hebrew)
2) Recent Presentations by Project Staff:
Lisa Fishbayn, Transformative Dialogue in Family Law, IMMIGRATION, MINORITIES AND MULTICULTURALISM IN DEMOCRACIES, MONTREAL October 25-27, 2007.
Lisa Fishbayn, Law, Gender and Multiculturalism in Jewish Divorce, AN UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATION: RELIGIOUS VISIONS IN THE FAMILY: IMAGES AND ASPIRATIONS FOR EQUALITY, EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, May 11-12, 2007.
Law., Gender and Multiculturalism: The Divorce Act and Transformative Dialogue, MANAGING AND ACCOMODATING MULTIPLE DIVERSITIES: RECENT EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, WEATHERHEAD CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, May 3-5, 2007.
Lisa Fishbayn, Gender, Multiculturalism and Dialogue: The Case of Jewish Divorce. WORKSHOP ON MULTICULTURALISM AND MORAL CONFLICT, DURHAM UNIVERISTY, DURHAM, UNITED KINGDOM, March 21-23, 2007.
Lisa Fishbayn, Day of Study on Women, Gender Equality and Jewish Law in Israel, organizer and moderator, HADASSAH-BRANDEIS INSTITUTE, BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, February 6, 2007.
Lisa Fishbayn, Law, Gender and Multiculturalism: The Case of Agunot, JOFA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FEMINISM AND ORTHODOXY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, February 10-11, 2007.
Lisa Fishbayn, Gender, Multiculturalism and Dialogue: The Case of Jewish Divorce, NORTHEASTERN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING, BOSTON, November 9-11, 2006 (nominated for best paper prize).
Lisa Fishbayn, Legal Aspects of the Agunah Problem, panel discussion following the screening of Sentenced to Marriage: Mekudeshet, JEWISHFILM.2006 Film Festival, BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY. April 26, 2006.
Lisa Fishbayn, Theorizing Legal Struggles on behalf of Agunot,, SCHOLAR’S SEMINAR SERIES, WOMEN’S STUDIES RESEARCH CENTRE, BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, March 30, 2006.
Lisa Fishbayn, Gender, Culture and Dialogue, CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR LAW, CULTURE AND THE HUMANITITES, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, March 17-18, 2006.
3) Current GCRL Research Projects
Equality Implications of Faith-Based Dispute Resolution in Family Law
Dr. Lisa Fishbayn
Ms. Becca Wasser (Women’s Studies Research Centre Student-Scholar Partner)
This research will trace the history of faith-based arbitration of family law disputes and assess the impact of legislative initiatives which propose to prohibit it. It will consider ways in which women may be disadvantaged by resort to religious courts and how these problems have been addressed. A particular focus of the research will be examination of the ways in which Jewish batei din and civil family courts have worked in tandem to discourage gender-based divorce extortion under Jewish Law.
A Feminist Reconsideration of Polygamy
Dr. Lisa Fishbayn
Mr. Halim Rizk (Lily Safra Intern)
This research will look at polygamy in comparative and historical perspective. It will pull together both the feminist critique of 21st century polygamous marriage practices in the West, 19th and 20th century feminist critiques of monogamous marriage and contemporary approaches to polygamy in Africa, Islamic majority nations and Mizrachi communities in the middle east. The project will identify shifts in attitudes and justifications for polygamy in varying contexts and seek to identify what, if any, harms there are to contemporary polygamy. It will also identify and evaluate legal and other strategies for ameliorating these harms.
A Feminist Reconsideration of Veiling
Dr. Lisa Fishbayn
Ms. Shayna Weiss (Lily Safra Intern)
The research will look at the current controversies in Europe and North America regarding the wearing of Islamic headscarves in public. By examining historical shifts in veiling practices, theological justifications for veiling and current legal cases regarding the right to wear the veil, the project will seek to identify what is at stake in the veiling debates and what approach best supports women’s equality interests. It will also explore the links between responses to Islamic attire in the late 20th century and attitudes to orthodox Jewish head covering practices in an earlier era.
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