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Julia Stephens: The Crafty Widow: Mapping Gendered Mobilities Across InterAsian Geographies

The Center for South Asia Spring Lecture Series 2022

Event Details

Date
Thursday, March 3, 2022
Time
12-1 p.m.
Location
Description
This lecture pushes back against the pervasive masculinist gendering of mobility in the emerging field of “InterAsian” studies, exploring preliminary strategies for pursuing this wider project through a close study of the life and legacies of Janbai, the matriarch of a family of Khoja-Muslim merchants who built substantial religious, economic, and cultural influence across the Indian Ocean.
Cost
Free

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