Feminist legal scholar to talk Thursday

In celebration of Women’s History Month, feminist legal scholar Aziza Ahmed will discuss "Human Rights, Epidemiology and Law: The Co-Production of Identity in the Global HIV Epidemic" at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in the IASH (Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities) conference room, LN-1106. Refreshments will be served. In addition, Ahmed will be available to meet with interested faculty and graduate students in IASH from 2:30–4 p.m., prior to the talk. Feel free to drop by and also encourage graduate students interested in debates about law and sexuality to attend.

Ahmed is an assistant professor of law at Northeastern University School of Law. She teaches reproductive and sexual health and rights as well as international health law and property. Her scholarship is interdisciplinary and draws from public health and law methodologies, feminist theory, and literature. Her work challenges global anti-trafficking policies and addresses sex work in the context of HIV/AIDS. She also writes about the difficult landscape for Muslim minorities since 9/11.

This talk is co-sponsored by the Department of History, the Women’s Studies Program, the Sociology Department, the Journal of Women’s History, and the Program in Philosophy, Politics and Law at Binghamton University.