Centre for the Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies

Lisa Worthington 

'Chained to the Kitchen Sink? Sydney Muslim Women’s Public Sphere Participation' (Submitted March 2011)

Supervisor: Adam Possamai; Co-supervisor: Arathi Sriprakash

Qualifications 

M.A., (Honours) UWS
The Centre for Contemporary Muslim Societies (2011)

B.A., (Honours Class II.I)  The Univeristy of Sydney
Human Geography (2007)
Thesis title: Challenging the Stereotypes: Factors Supporting and Hindering Arab-Muslim Women in Sydney in Their Teaching Careers.

B.A., (Communications), Media, UWS (2005)

Research Interests 

Lisa's research interests include gender rights in Muslim societies and communities, Muslims living in a minority context, religious fundamentalism, and the concept of the public sphere in an Islamic context.

She has recently submitted her masters thesis and is working as a tutor in The School of Social Sciences at UWS and also as a research assistant in the private sector.

Conference Proceedings

'What’s in a Name? Implications for Defining and Participating in the Islamic Gender Reform Movement'. Spirited Voices from the Muslim World Symposium, The University of Sydney (April 2011)

'Gender and Sydney Muslim Women'. National Centre for Islamic Studies, Baton Rouge (February 2011)

'Is Islamic Feminism Relevant to Sydney Muslim Women'? National Centre for Excellence in Islamic Studies Postgraduate Conference; The University of Melbourne (November 2011)

'Sydney Muslim Women at Work'. Islam Gender and Power: Eleventh Annual Women’s History Conference; Sarah Lawrence College, New York (March 2009)

'Sydney Muslim Women as Citizens'. History, Modernity and the Muslim World Between Europe and Asia; The University of Sydney (September 2008)

Public Seminars

'Sydney Muslim Women in the Public Sphere'. The Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, The University of Sydney (September 2009)

Contact

L.Worthington@uws.edu.au