Journey into Women's Studies

Cynthia Enloe, Clark University in Worcester, USAMaithreyi Krishnaraj, SNDT University, IndiaNawar Al-Hassan Golley, American University of Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesUma Chakravarti, (Retd.) Delhi University, IndiaDrude Dahlerup, University of Stockholm, SwedenAnita Nyberg, Stockholm University, SwedenThai thi Ngoc Du, Hoa Sen University, VietnamPaul S. Ropp, Clark University, USARonni Alexander, Kobe University, JapanClara Wing-chung Ho, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong KongMarilyn Porter, Memorial University in Newfoundland, CanadaCaroline Andrew, University of Ottawa, CanadaTahera Aftab, (Retd.) University of Karachi, PakistanInsook, Myongji University, South KoreaHülya Adak, Sabanc? University, TurkeySimona Sharoni, SUNY Plattsburgh, USAMona Eliasson , Gavle University, SwedenGeraldine Forbes, State University of New York Oswego, USA

• Introduction PART I: CROSSING INTERDISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES 1. From the Ground Up; Cynthia Enloe 2. My Women's Studies Journey; Maithreyi Krishnaraj 3. Reclaiming my Education: A Passage to Consciousness; Nawar Al-Hassan Golley 4. Oppositional Imaginations: Multiple Lineages of feminist Scholarship; Uma Chakravarti 5. From Feminist Activist to Professor; Drude Dahlerup 6. My Tryst with Women's Studies; Rekha Pande PART II: ARTICULATING REGIONAL EXPERIENCES 7. Being a Woman and doing Gender in Sweden; Anita Nyberg 8. Mainstreaming Women's Studies in Higher Education – The Case of Vietnam; Thai thi Ngoc Du 9. My Journey in Chinese Women's Studies; Paul S. Ropp 10. Feminism and Women's Studies in Japan; Ronni Alexander 11. Working on the History of Chinese Women: My Story; Clara Wing-chung Ho 12. Feminism, Women's Studies and the Women's Movement in Canada: Two Canadian Perspectives; Marilyn Porter and Caroline Andrew PART III: TRANSNATIONAL AND DIASPORIC EXPERIENCES 13. Learning from Women for Women; Tahera Aftab 14. My Life before and after Women's Studies- Insook; Myongji University 15. A Personal Odyssey toward 'Feminist Curiosity';Hülya Adak 16. The Personal is (still) Political: Feminist Reflections on a Transformative Journey; Simona Sharoni 17. State Feminism, Feminists and Women's Studies in Sweden; Mona Eliasson 18. My Life and Women's Studies; Geraldine Forbes