Battlefield And Family Life:

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As part of the ongoing Seminar Series run by The Centre for Research on
Families and Relationships, we announce the forthcoming seminar:

Thinking About Bodies And Weapons As Forces Of
Coercion
Cynthia Cockburn, Visiting Professor in the Department of Sociology, City
University London, and an Honorary Professor in the Centre for the Study of
Women and Gender, University of Warwick.

Tuesday 30th November 2010
1pm - 3pm
Lecture Theatre, Hugh Robson Building, George Square, University of
Edinburgh
http://www.ed.ac.uk/maps/buildings/hugh-robson-building

Cynthia Cockburn is a feminist researcher and writer. She is a Visiting
Professor in the Department of Sociology, City University London, and an
Honorary Professor in the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender,
University of Warwick. She is also active in the international women's
movement against militarism and war. Her research since 1995 has been on
gender in processes of war and peace, and her most recent book is From Where
We Stand: War, Women's Activism and Feminist Analysis (Zed Books 2007).


The seminar is free to attend, if you wish to attend please register with
L.marshall@ed.ac.uk or 0131 651 3001.

Kind Regards


Laura Marshall
Training & Events Administrator
The Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR)
The University of Edinburgh
23 Buccleuch Place
Edinburgh
EH8 9LN
Tel: 0131 651 3001
www.crfr.ac.uk
Office Hours: Monday-Wednesday 9am-4.30pm

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