FEMINISM & LAW WORKSHOP: Maleiha Malik

University of Toronto, Faculty of Law

Feminism & Law Workshop Series

presents

Maleiha Malik

King’s College London

Complex Equality:  Headscarves and Feminist Responses – the case of Shabina Begum in the House of Lords

Thursday, October 30, 2008

12:30 – 2:00

Solarium, Falconer Hall

Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

84 Queen’s Park

Maleiha Malik is a Reader in Law. She studied law at the University of London and University of Oxford. She is a barrister and a member and fellow of the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn. Maleiha Malik’s research focuses on the theory and practice of discrimination law. She has written extensively on discrimination law, minority protection and feminist theory. She is the co-author of a leading text titled Discrimination Law: Theory and Practice which was published in 2008. She is, along with Dr Jon Wilson from the Department of History at KCL, the co-ordinator of the AHRC project on ‘Traditions in the Present’ which explores the relevance of 'tradition' in contemporary societies. Maleiha Malik's current research focuses on the intersection between sexual and cultural equality, and it explores the adjustments that may need to be made to feminist theory to accommodate increasing cultural pluralism. She teaches courses in Jurisprudence and Legal Theory, Discrimination Law and European Law to undergraduates and postgraduate students.

A light lunch will be served.

For more workshop information, please contact Nadia Gulezko at n.gulezko@utoronto.ca