We invite you to join us for a lecture by Simona Fojtova, Director of Women’s Studies at Translyvania University in Kentucky, to be followed by a reception.
The debates about feminism in the 1990s between Eastern and Western European women were marked by tensions and frustrations, but also by dialogues about power and difference. Moreover, the East/West feminist debates exposed the limitations of importing Western middle-class feminist theory into post-communist Czech culture because of different concepts of women’s equality and constructions of gender. This talk will explore why it was difficult to establish a feminist dialogue between Western and Czech scholars after the fall of communism and how, until recently, the intellectual exchanges over the applicability of Western-style feminism hindered a more supportive cooperation between Czech feminists and gay rights activists.
March 3, 2016
6:30 - 8 pm | Reception to Follow
Ubuntu Room, Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center