Western Academy Visiting Fellow
Dr. Uzma Rashid currently serves as Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at the United Nations Mandated University for Peace, Costa Rica, in particular managing the Gender and Peacebuilding, and Religion, Culture, and Peace Studies Masters programs. Prior to joining UPeace, she worked as Chair at the Department of Sociology, and Associate Dean for Research of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. Dr. Rashid has done her PhD as a Fulbright scholar from the interdisciplinary Language, Literacy, and Culture program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA, and has extensive teaching and research experience in a variety of contexts. Her current research interests lie at the intersections of gender, sexuality, religion, race, ethnicity, disability, and socioeconomic status, in particular focusing on intersectionality and inclusivity in peacebuilding efforts. (Source: KAICIID)
How can we collectively envision and strategize for sustainable peace in a world marked by increasingly violent and fast shifting political landscapes? This workshop by Western Academy Visiting Fellow Uzma Rashid uses Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping (FCM) to engage with the complex systems that underpin peacebuilding efforts across diverse contexts.
How can we create a future in which the existence and inclusion of queer communities is not understood to be incompatible with religious traditions? This workshop by Western Academy Visiting Fellow Uzma Rashid explores questions of gender, sexuality, and religion in the context of increasingly escalating violence at the intersections of these realms.
