January 13, 2021, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Zoom
Join VCNY for our Salon Series with Kelly Shannon ’03, Associate Professor of History, the Chastain-Johnston Middle Eastern Studies Distinguished Professor in Peace Studies, and the Executive Director of the Peace, Justice, and Human Rights Initiative at Florida Atlantic University.
Our conversation will explore how protecting and promoting women's human rights in Islamic countries became an important U.S. foreign policy issue between the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the Obama Administration. We'll consider the roles played by the news media, feminist activists, Muslim women, and key U.S. policymakers, as well as the legacy of this history for current policymaking.