Center
For Studies and Research On Women
(C.S.A.R.O.W.)
President and Founder:
Professor Fatima Sadiqi
Academic
activities for the year: 1998-1999 |
1999-2000
| 2000-2001 |
2001-2002 |
2002-2003 |
2003-2004
INTRODUCTION
The
Center
for Studies and Research on Women (C.S.A.R.O.W.) was created on April 23,
1998 at the Faculty of Letters Dhar El Mehraz, Fès, Morocco, by a
group of Moroccan women academics from various departments of the
same faculty. The Center is both interdisciplinary and multilingual.
Its main objectives are:
1. The promotion of academic studies and research on gender and
women
through:
-The
organization of workshops on theories on “gender studies” and
“women studies”.
-The organization of study days on gender
and women issues.
2.
The establishment of cultural relations with other universities and
academic
institutions inside and outside Morocco.
3.
The creation of
a Gender and Women Studies library.
4. The creation of a Gender and Women Studies magazine for
students and
faculty.
5.
The creation of a graduate program on “Gender Studies”
at the university
of Fès, Morocco.
6.
The creation of a space for an exchange of points of view on gender and women issues in the Moroccan culture.
7.
The promotion of women’s presence in scientific research in the
Moroccan university.
8.
The promotion of comparative studies and inter-cultural dialogue
inside
and outside Morocco.
Academic
activities for the year 1998-1999
1.
Study Day on the theme: “Women and Culture”, February 4,
1999.
2.
Lecture by Professor Marie-Blanche Tahon (University of
Toronto, Canada) on the theme: “Women and Political Parity”,
April 7, 1999.
3.
Lecture by Professor Marie-Blanche Tahon (University of
Toronto, Canada) on the theme: “Algerian Women and Citizenship”,
April 8, 1999.
4.
Lecture by Professor Ellen Garvey (University of New Jersey,
USA) on the theme: “Women and Magazines”, April
9, 1999.
5.
International
Conference on the theme: “Feminist Movements: Origins and
Orientations”, May 13-15, 1999.
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Academic
activities for the year 1999-2000
1.
Study Day on the theme: “Gender and Romance in Moroccan and
Western Literature", November 25, 1999.
2.
Play: “Roméo et Juliette”, by the “Theater
Group” of the Department of English, Faculty of Letters Dhar El
Mehraz, Fès. November 25 , 1999.
3.
Publication of the Proceedings of the international
conference on “Feminist Movements: Origins and Orientations”, by
the Faculty of Letters, Fès, Morocco.
Academic
activities for the year 2000-2001
1. International
Conference on the theme: “Women and Development”, November
10-12, 2000.
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4.
Study Day on the theme: “Theater and Women/Theater on
Women”, March 9, 2001.
1.
Participation in the creation of a graduate program (UFR)
on “Gender Studies”, the first of its kind in Morocco. The
program starts in September 2001.
Academic
activities for the year 2001-2002
1.
International Conference on the theme: “Women and
Education”, April
11, 12, and 13, 2002
.
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1.
Study Day on “Women Studies in the Arab World”, November 1st,
2002.
2.
Invitation of guest speakers on issues related to gender and women
studies: Willy Jensen (Utrecht University, Holland).
3.
Partnership with Oxford University, Great Britain in a
Project on “Gender and Development”.
Academic
activities for the year 2002-2003
Study
Day “Gender and Development in Morocco”, June 12th,
2003.
Academic activities for the year 2003-2004
Study
Day (Presentation
of the book "Féminin-Masculin" on December 18, 2004).
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