Yeaw to Lecture on Gender and Sexuality in the Late-Ottoman Period of Libya Feb. 12Photo Submitted Katrina Yeaw of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The official version of Libyan nationalism under the government of Muʿammar al-Qaddafi highlights the valiant struggle of the Libyan people against Italian colonialism. In her lecture, Yeaw will examine the parallels between elite Ottoman, Libyan, and Italian attitudes about sexuality, and gender disparities in the policing of sexuality. Yeaw received a Ph.D. in modern Middle Eastern and North African history from Georgetown University in 2018. Her research interests include gender, race, colonialism, violence, memory, law, resistance and collaboration, and colonial and post-colonial literature.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 03, 2020 06:00 UTC