Speaking
I give lectures, conduct briefings, and host transformative workshops to locate political voice among young scholar-activists.
I speak on women’s resistance, the female fighter, critiques of humanitarianism, disaster politics, gender and violence, countering violent extremism, narrative captivity, and the position of women and queer folks within contemporary struggles.
For all speaking inquiries, please visit the contact page.
Recent Talks
March 22, 2024
“Occupation and the Body” : Keynote Lecture University of Toronto: OISE Graduate School Conference
Watch HERE
May 5, 2024
“Occupation and the Body: Five Acts”: CARA Center for Art and Research. Voice Recording HERE
Radicalizing Her: Selected Talks
Busboys and Poets Books Presents RADICALIZING HER with Nimmi Gowrinathan
An in-person conversation with author Nimmi Gowrinathan and guests Jina Moore and Karen Attiah for an in-depth discussion of gender, violence, agency, and power.
Anjul Raza Kolb, Epidemic Empire/ Radicalizing Her - Gender and Terror, People’s Forum
An in-person reading and discussion with long-time collaborators and authors. Both authors will read short excerpts from their recent books and engage each other on overlapping questions on feminism and its discontents and the meaning of political violence.
Radicalizing Her: Why Women Choose Violence
With Dr. Dipali Mukhopadhyay and Dr. Lila Abu Lughod @ Colin Powell School
Other Selected Talks
Feminist Freedom Warriors
Born out of an engagement with anti-capitalist, anti-racist feminist struggles as women of color from the Global South, Feminist Freedom Warriors (FFW) is a project about cross-generational histories of feminist activism addressing economic, anti-racist, social justice, and anti-capitalist issues across national borders.
On the Political Lives of Children:
Children Rights Institute Conversation #1: International Relations, Development, and the Humanitarian Aid Industry
On Transnational Ties to Resist State Violence:
Bodies of Revolution: Women Rise Against the Violence of Police, States & Empire was presented live at Columbia Law School with Kimberle Crenshaw
On the Limitations of Policy Frameworks to Understand the Female Fighter:
May 2018: “The Future of Women and Extremism”, George Washington Program on Extremism.
On the False Promise of Empowerment:
April 2018: “Women’s Empowerment: Helping or Hurting?” M.I.T. Starr Forum, Massachusetts with Dr. Kate Cronin-Furman.
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