ACROSS THE RAINBOW
Episode 4: Gender Ideologies, Conservative Christianity, and Legislation in the United States, with Dr. S. J Crasnow
Regulations of and discourses on gender have historically been a cornerstone of the conservative Christian belief system. For instance, the stance of the Catholic Church on feminism has often been criticized for being reductive and exclusionary. As Christianity has exerted a profound influence on the government and principles of the United States, it is interesting to examine the extent of its influence on LGBTQ-related, and particularly trans-related legislation.
In the fourth episode of our themed series 'Across the Rainbow', Dr. S. J Crasnow talks about the current state of anti-trans legislation in the US, and the role played by conservative Christianity in shaping it. Crasnow is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Rockhurst University, Kansas City, and author of the article “The Legacy of ‘Gender Ideology” in the journal Religion and Gender.
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Episode 3: Ethnicity and Gender - What It’s Like to be a Gay Muslim, with Dr. Shanon Shah
In the third episode of our new themed series 'Across the Rainbow', catch us in discussion with Dr. Shanon Shah, Visiting Research Fellow in Theology and Religious Studies at King’s College, London, and author of the article “Ethnicity, Gender and Class in the Experiences of Gay Muslims.”
Drawing from a well of personal experience, Dr. Shah delves into the ways in which multiple axes of social division, such as religion, ethnicity, gender, and class, interact differently in Malaysia, where Islam is the majority and official religion, and in Britain, where it is a minority religion, to produce varied outcomes for gay Muslim men and women in both countries.
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Episode 2: Gender and Diplomacy in the Time of COVID-19, with Dr. Ann Towns and Dr. Katarzyna JezierskaDr. Ann Towns and Dr. Katarzyna Jezierska
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced people indoors and has moved many of our interactions to take place online. Diplomatic interactions are no exception.
In the second episode of our series 'Across the Rainbow', we speak with Dr. Ann Towns and Dr. Katarzyna Jezierska, co-authors of the article “COVID-19 and Gender: A Necessary Connection in Diplomatic Studies”. We discuss how male dominance in diplomacy shapes diplomatic practice, their work on GenDip - a program to analyze the changing nature of gender in diplomacy - and how 'the move online' during COVID-19 has changed the way diplomacy is done, as well as the effects the pandemic has had on women./p>
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Episode 1: Guilt and the Gay Identity; Emotions in South Asia through a Queer Lens, with Dr. Jayaprakash Mishra
Queer lives in semi-urban and rural India are typically required to conform to heteronormativity in a way that stands apart from Western and urban Indian experiences.
In the first episode of our new themed series ‘Across the Rainbow’, Dr. Jayaprakash Mishra, a research scholar at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India, shares with us why he chose to examine the emotions of guilt in South Asian families through a queer perspective, as explored in his article “Queering Emotion in South Asia: Biographical Narratives of Gay Men in Odisha, India”.
Dr. Mishra examines how and why gay men negotiate between heteronormative expectations and homoromantic desire.
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