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SUMMARY:Shaking the nail: the battles around women\, power and politics in
  Central Asia - Dr Gillian Tett
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CONTACT:Said Reza Huseini
DESCRIPTION:Thirty five years ago\, Gillian Tett set out to understand the
  legacy of the little-known Khudzhum in the lives of Tajik women during th
 e Soviet period. During her fieldwork\, the Soviet Union collapsed\, and t
 hose seemingly-historical issues became vitally current and relevant. How 
 is this playing out today? \n\n\nAbout the Speaker:\nDr Gillian Tett is th
 e Provost of King’s College\, Cambridge. She also is a columnist and mem
 ber of the editorial board for the Financial Times. She writes a weekly co
 lumn on Friday\, covering a range of economic\, financial\, political and 
 social issues. She is the author of\, among other books\, Anthro-Vision: A
  New Way to See in Business and Life and the New York Times bestseller Foo
 l’s Gold: How Unrestrained Greed Corrupted a Dream\, Shattered Global Ma
 rkets and Unleashed a Catastrophe. Gillian has received several awards in 
 recognition of her work\, including Columnist of the Year (2014)\, Journal
 ist of the Year (2009) and Financial Journalist of the Year (2008) at the 
 British Press Awards\; the British Academy President’s Medal (2011)\; an
 d the American Anthropological Association President’s Medal (2022). She
  has an undergraduate degree and PhD in Social Anthropology from the Unive
 rsity of Cambridge\, based on research conducted in the former Soviet Unio
 n in the early 1990s.\n
LOCATION:Audit Room\, King’s College (and online) 
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