Professor José E. Alvarez
Professor Chao-ju Chen
FALL 2022
Tuesdays, 8:50 - 10:50 a.m.
LAW-LW.12777.001
2 credits
This two credit colloquium will meet weekly for the fall semester of 2022 on Tuesdays from 8:50 to 10:50am. It addresses select legal issues involving women’s rights and gender in Asia, particularly in China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. As indicated on the tentative syllabus schedule at the end, starting with week five of the course, seven guest presenters will address their recent published work or works in progress. Topics for the course will include the patriarchal family, the institution of marriage, transnational LGBTQ rights, discriminatory practices and national and international remedies to address them (such as gender quotas and improved access to justice for women) under instruments like the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
Fall 2022 Schedule of Presenters
Tuesday, September 27
Guest: Ishida Kyoko (Waseda, Japan)
Topic: Women’s Access to Justice in Japan from the Perspectives of Users and the Legal Profession
Tuesday, October 4
Guest: Li Ke
Topic: Marriage Unbound (Ch.1, 6-12, Ch.7)
Tuesday, October 11
Guest: Linda White (Middlebury)
Topic: "Not Entirely Married: Resisting the Hegemonic Patriarchal Family in the Household Registry in Japan," Special Issue: productive encounters: kinship, gender, and family laws in East Asia, postions: asia critique. 29:3 (2021).
Tuesday, October 18
Guest: Sara Friedman (IU)
Topic: Transnational LGBTQ families
Tuesday, October 25
Guest: Hyunah Yang (SNU, South Korea)
Topic: Japanese military slaves in South Korea
Tuesday, November 1
Guest: Chang-ling Huang (NTU, Taiwan)
Topic: Gender Quotas and Women in Politics: The East Asian Experience
Tuesday, November 8
Guest: Holning Lau
Topic: Comparative Perspectives on Treating Gender Identity/Expression Discrimination
Tuesday, November 15
Guest: Frank Upham
Topic: Same Sex Marriage and Japan
Tuesday, November 22
Guest: Chao-ju Chen
Topic: Only Paradox to Offer? Family-friendly policies and feminist challenges against marital status discrimination
Tuesday, November 29
Guest: José E. Alvarez
Topic: CEDAW’s Progressive Property Jurisprudence
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Anyone wishing to attend any particular session of the Colloquium above should email Stephany Ramos (Stephany.ramos@nyu.edu) to get a zoom invitation.