- Gender & Women's Studies Department
SUNY Plattsburgh
101 Broad Street
Plattsburgh, NY 12901 - 518-564-3026
Simona Sharoni
Merrimack College, Womens and Gender Studies, Faculty Member
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- Studies On Men And Masculinity, Solidarity and Resistance, Queer Theory, Sexuality, Media, Popular Culture, and 17 moreFilm, Literature, Poststructuralist Theory, Feminist Theory, Gender Studies, Race, Class, Sex and Gender, Social Justice, Social Change, Social Inclusion, Practice Based Approaches to the Study of Knowing, Learning and Change In Organisations, Higher Education Feminist Studies of Science and Technology, Collaborative Action Research Methodologies, Women's Studies, and Sahar Khalifehedit
- Simona Sharoni is a feminist scholar, researcher and activist. She is a professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and D... moreSimona Sharoni is a feminist scholar, researcher and activist. She is a professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Director of the Interdisciplinary Institute at Merrimack College. Sharoni holds a Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University and an M.A. degree in Counseling from Haifa University, Israel. Sharoni is the author of Gender and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Politics of Women's Resistance, (Syracuse University Press, 1995) and numerous other publications. Her research and writing include a comparative analysis of gender dynamics in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the North of Ireland as well as a critical examination of militarization and especially the interplay between political violence and violence against women.
Sharoni's forthcoming books include Gender and Struggles for Justice in Palestine and Israel to be published by Syracuse University Press in 2020 and Demilitarizing Masculinities to be published by Rowan & Littlefield in 2020.edit
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Principled World Politics: Essays in Honor of Richard Falk, eds. Paul Wapner and Lester Ruiz, Oxford University Press, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, INC, 2000, pp. 112-129.
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Faculty have played an important role in the ongoing efforts to confront gender-based violence on college campuses, as teachers, researchers, advocates, and policy advisors. Nevertheless, few institutions have welcomed faculty activism on... more
Faculty have played an important role in the ongoing efforts to confront gender-based violence on college campuses, as teachers, researchers, advocates, and policy advisors. Nevertheless, few institutions have welcomed faculty activism on this issue, especially when it took the form of vocal support for survivor-led efforts to transform campus policies and culture. This article examines the nature and scope of faculty involvement in confronting gender-based violence on college campuses across North America between 2014 and 2018. Our analysis of the range of roles and responsibilities faculty have assumed and the challenges and obstacles they have faced is informed by our own involvement with the U.S.-based group, Faculty Against Rape (FAR), which is dedicated to supporting faculty involvement in confronting gender-based violence on campus. Informed by the context of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements on one hand, and the changes in Federal and State protections for student survivors in the Trump-DeVos era on the other, the article concludes with a list of best practices for faculty involvement.
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This forum reconstructs a roundtable discussion about the academic responsibilities of International Relations professors with respect to their undergraduate students. Specifically, participants discuss the proper pedagogical role of... more
This forum reconstructs a roundtable discussion about the academic responsibilities of International Relations professors with respect to their undergraduate students. Specifically, participants discuss the proper pedagogical role of professors' personal political beliefs and the best ways to encourage undergraduate students to engage political ideas and issues in a way consistent with the ideals of a liberal education. Organized around a series of six questions, the authors share how they interpret their responsibilities as an authority figure whose job it is to teach students to understand , to thoughtfully consider, and to formulate opinions about issues that are explicitly politicized in mainstream social discourse.
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This is an old piece I wrote for Middle East Report (MERIP) in 1988 but most of the information and the need to challenge the myth of gender equality in Israel are still relevant today.
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A careful examination of women's involvement in peacebuilding and conflict transformation in Israel and Palestine provides a unique perspective on key turning points in the history of the conflict in the past two and one-half decades,... more
A careful examination of women's involvement in peacebuilding and conflict transformation in Israel and Palestine provides a unique perspective on key turning points in the history of the conflict in the past two and one-half decades, since the first Palestinian uprising, knows as the Intifada. The article analyzes the changes in modes of organizing, as well as in the broader vision and key strategies of women's organizing, mostly at the grassroots level, on both sides of the Palestinian-Israeli divide. By exposing the gendered dimensions of the conflict, women activists have began to transform the cultures of their respective collectivities, ensuring that gender and other inequalities and oppressions are not overlooked. Notwithstanding the challenges facing women in both communities, the article concludes that the women who have been working for justice and peace in the region constitute a critical mass that will not only impact the nature of conflict transformation but will also be instrumental in envisioning post-conflict realities.
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In this essay, I focus primarily on feminist perspectives pertaining to the analysis and resolution of conflicts, which have been traditionally described in IR literature as “international conflicts” and/or “ethnic conflicts.” Feminists,... more
In this essay, I focus primarily on feminist perspectives pertaining to the analysis and resolution of conflicts, which have been
traditionally described in IR literature as “international conflicts” and/or “ethnic conflicts.” Feminists, like other critical scholars,
have called the terms themselves into question and suggested alternatives. In addition to critically examining various feminist
critiques of conflict resolution theory, research, and practice, this essay highlights original and noteworthy contributions that
feminist scholars and practitioners have made to conflict resolution study and practice. Finally, I discuss some new directions for
feminist work in this area and examine the prospects and challenges for a fruitful collaboration between scholars of conflict
resolution and feminist scholars.
traditionally described in IR literature as “international conflicts” and/or “ethnic conflicts.” Feminists, like other critical scholars,
have called the terms themselves into question and suggested alternatives. In addition to critically examining various feminist
critiques of conflict resolution theory, research, and practice, this essay highlights original and noteworthy contributions that
feminist scholars and practitioners have made to conflict resolution study and practice. Finally, I discuss some new directions for
feminist work in this area and examine the prospects and challenges for a fruitful collaboration between scholars of conflict
resolution and feminist scholars.
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Dieser Artikel untersucht kritisch die Beziehung zwischen Männern, vorherrschenden Männlichkeitskonzeptionen und den Prozessen und Praktiken, die ins Spiel kommen, wenn Männlichkeiten militarisiert und zum Kriegszweck eingesetzt werden.... more
Dieser Artikel untersucht kritisch die Beziehung zwischen Männern, vorherrschenden Männlichkeitskonzeptionen und den Prozessen und Praktiken, die ins Spiel kommen, wenn Männlichkeiten militarisiert und zum Kriegszweck eingesetzt werden. Nach einer einleiten-den Übersicht über die feministische und nicht-feministische Literatur zu Militarisierung und Männlichkeitskonstruktionen konzentriert sich der Artikel auf die Aussichten für eine Demilitarisierung von Männern und Männlichkeitskonstruktionen im US-Empire seit dem 11. September 2001 und insbesondere im Kontext der Kriege in Afghanistan und im Irak unter der Führung der USA. Die Analyse unterscheidet zwischen dem Militär als System, Militarisierung als Prozess und Soldaten als Menschen. Da Kriege nicht ohne militarisier-te Männlichkeit zu führen sind, helfen Kriegsgeschichten von Soldaten, die zu einer Demys-tifizierung des Krieges beitragen, auch die enge Verknüpfung zwischen Männlichkeit und Gewalt zu schwächen oder sogar aufzubrechen. Zu diesem Zweck steht die Analyse der Beschreibungen von Soldaten im Zentrum des Artikels. Eine wichtige Schlussfolgerung des Artikels ist, dass der Prozess der Demilitarisierung ausdrücklich alle Systeme der Herrschaft und Unterdrückung, einschließlich Sexismus, Rassismus und Homophobie, die explizit und implizit im Militarisierungsprozess zur Anwendung kommen, in Frage stellen und delegiti-mieren muss.
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In the past decade there has been a growing theoretical interest in the role of women and gender issues in relation to questions of war and peace. Images of women at the forefront of struggles for liberation, justice and peace around the... more
In the past decade there has been a growing theoretical interest in the role of women and gender issues in relation to questions of war and peace. Images of women at the forefront of struggles for liberation, justice and peace around the world have inspired not only academic scholarship on women and gender issues in conflict situations but also numerous conferences and the availability of funding for both individual and institutional projects on these issues. The exploration of the role of women and gender issues in conflict regions has been long overdue; it filled a serious gap in the literature on conflict and international politics. At the same time, while the literature is quite diverse in scope both thematically and geographically, it has been written primarily in English by academics who reside outside the conflict area they write about and write primarily for academic audiences. The importance of making women and gender issues visible in the academic arena notwithstanding, women in conflict areas have been highly critical of the research approach and methods utilized by many researchers and of the final products resulting from such research. Like in other areas of inquiry, some of this work came under attack for assuming universal applicability and for having little or no relevance to the daily lives and struggles of women in particular conflict situations. While there are some general trends concerning gender, war and peace that may manifest themselves across conflict areas, in order to understand the complex workings of gender and conflict in a particular community, one must employ a context-specific approach and work closely with people on the ground. This approach requires a serious change in orientation from doing research on women to working collaboratively with them. This article highlights some ethical considerations that ought to be taken into account when conducting gender sensitive research in conflict areas. My hope is that it will stimulate a lively discussion on these issues among activists and researchers by highlighting major challenges facing researchers who are interested in working with women in conflict zones and some ways to address them and limit the potential damage of such interventions. While the considerations may change from conflict to conflict, there are two basic principles – collaboration and accountability – that must be present for a project to be legitimate. Following are some key questions and concrete examples dealing with the ethics and politics of gender research in conflict regions.
Research Interests: Israel/Palestine, Studies On Men And Masculinity, Women and Gender Studies, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, Gender and conflict resolusion, and 6 morePalestinian-Israeli conflict, Gender, Peace and Conflict, Academic boycotts, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Gender, Islam, Middle East, Gender and post-conflict state building, and Gender Representations In the Middle East
SIMONA SHARONI AND RABAB ABDULHADI IN CONVERSATION
WITH NADJE AL-ALI , FELICIA EAVES, RONIT LENTIN AND
DINA SIDDIQI
WITH NADJE AL-ALI , FELICIA EAVES, RONIT LENTIN AND
DINA SIDDIQI
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... Emmett, Ayala. 1996. Our Sisters' Promised Land: Women, Politics, and Israeli-Palestinian Coexistence. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Espanioli, Nabila. 1994. ... Pasadena, Calif.: Trilogy. Gorkin, Michael, and... more
... Emmett, Ayala. 1996. Our Sisters' Promised Land: Women, Politics, and Israeli-Palestinian Coexistence. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Espanioli, Nabila. 1994. ... Pasadena, Calif.: Trilogy. Gorkin, Michael, and Rafiqa Othman. 1996. ...
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... O'Malley has referred to it as the acting out of a centuries old mythical republican ideal of martyrdom.7 Feldman, on the other hand, views ... Mairead Farrell who was the leader of the prisoners at the time and who was... more
... O'Malley has referred to it as the acting out of a centuries old mythical republican ideal of martyrdom.7 Feldman, on the other hand, views ... Mairead Farrell who was the leader of the prisoners at the time and who was herself executed in Gibraltar several years later by the Special ...
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Mainstream media and conventional scholarly accounts depict the signing of the Oslo Accords between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) in September 1993 and the Good Friday Agreement in Belfast in... more
Mainstream media and conventional scholarly accounts depict the signing of the Oslo Accords between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) in September 1993 and the Good Friday Agreement in Belfast in April 1998 as historical departures ...
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... This is very normal for an Israeli his age and it is normal that a gun shoots. ... Journal of Gender Studies ... to link, publicly, the use of violence and oppression against Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip with the... more
... This is very normal for an Israeli his age and it is normal that a gun shoots. ... Journal of Gender Studies ... to link, publicly, the use of violence and oppression against Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip with the increase in violence and terror against Israeli women on the ...
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“Lavie illustrates how asking difficult, troubling questions that disturb taken-for-granted silences can be an important strategy of resistance. In doing so, Wrapped in the Flag of Israel offers theoretical and political insights that... more
“Lavie illustrates how asking difficult, troubling questions that disturb taken-for-granted silences can be an important strategy of resistance. In doing so, Wrapped in the Flag of Israel offers theoretical and political insights that extend beyond Israel’s undeclared borders.”
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The official college-level curriculum for the documentary film The Hunting Ground, which focuses on campus sexual assault.
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Introductory Notes to syllabus I. Rationale I decided to focus on feminist praxis as an overarching concept for two main reasons: 1. Most programs, focusing on gender, women, and sexuality have separate classes on theory and method while... more
Introductory Notes to syllabus I. Rationale I decided to focus on feminist praxis as an overarching concept for two main reasons: 1. Most programs, focusing on gender, women, and sexuality have separate classes on theory and method while activism is as aspect that is inconsistently integrated into the curriculum. 2. A focus on feminist praxis is relevant to teaching, research, advocacy, and activism, challenging the very distinctions between them. 3. This course is viewed a capstone course, with the material geared to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. II. Choice of readings I began with the assumption that students will be familiar with seminal texts and have a general sense of current debates in the field. The readings are designed to ensure that majors can engage these debates. A solid theoretical foundation, including a familiarity with critical voices in the field, is especially important for students considering graduate studies in the field.
