Upcoming Events at 2166 W Busch Blvd.
Thu May 10, 6:30 PM - Thu May 10, 9:00 PM
2166 W Busch Blvd.
2166 W Busch Blvd., Tampa, FL 33612
Community: Carrollwood
Description
After spending the summer of 2006 in Sana'a, Yemen, she is currently working on a project which examines religious change among educated Yemeni women, and the implications of modernity, globalization, and education on their practices.
Event Details
ScopeWe are hosting? Dr. Sophia Pandya?,? professor at California State University? on? May 10, 2018.? She? is? ?invited to be our speaker for four states in southeast U.S including ?FL?, ?talk titled "Woman and Children victims of the Purge in Turkey"? right before the Mother's Day. While country of? ?Turkey's swift drift? on human rights? during last couple of years?, ?human right violation of ?woman and ?children? ?has been mentioned in many international platforms and reports including U.N. High Commissioner Human Right Report on March 2018. ?Beside her? ?expressing the Woman and Children issue,? ?she will also analyze the current climate in Turkey ?while a massive ?purge continues.Complimentary dinner will be served at 6:30PM.
About Dr. Sophia Pandya
Professor Pandya specializes in women, religion, and globalization. She received her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in Near Eastern Studies/Arabic, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from U.C. Santa Barbara in Religious Studies, with a focus on women and Islam. A Fulbright scholar, she researched Muslim women’s changing religious practices in Bahrain, looking at the impact of education on women’s religious activities, which became the topic of her dissertation. Dr. Pandya worked as lecturer at CSULB during 2005-2006, and was started as assistant professor in 2006.
About Dr. Sophia Pandya
Professor Pandya specializes in women, religion, and globalization. She received her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in Near Eastern Studies/Arabic, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from U.C. Santa Barbara in Religious Studies, with a focus on women and Islam. A Fulbright scholar, she researched Muslim women’s changing religious practices in Bahrain, looking at the impact of education on women’s religious activities, which became the topic of her dissertation. Dr. Pandya worked as lecturer at CSULB during 2005-2006, and was started as assistant professor in 2006.
