Keynote Lecture and Panel Discussion with Shirin Rai on “Depletion: The Human Costs of Caring”

• In-person event
• 2017, Dunton Tower, Carleton University
• 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6

Keynote Speaker:

Shirin Rai, Department of Politics and International Studies, SOAS, University of London
“Depletion: The Human Costs of Caring”

Shirin M Rai is Distinguished Research Professor in the department of Politics and International Studies, SOAS, University of London. She is a Fellow of the British Academy. Her research interests are in feminist political economy, gender and political institutions and performance and politics. Her recent books include the Oxford Handbook of Politics and Performance (2021; co-eds M Gluhovic, S Jestrovic and M Saward) and Performing Representation: Women Members in the Indian Parliament (with Carole Spary; OUP), 2019. Her latest book, Depletion: the human costs of caring, was published in July 2024.

Comments and Reflections:

Fiona Robinson, Department of Political Science, Carleton University
Cati Coe, Department of Political Science, Carleton University
Lisa Mills, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University

Sheila Rao, Seed Change and Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University
Ania Zbyszewska, Department of Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University
Susanne Kozak, Monash University

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Sponsored by Feminist Political Economy and Gendered Governance Group and the Department of Political Science.

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