BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute Of Global Affairs\, and \;Maxwell \n\nAf rican Scholars Union present:Mary\nH. Moran\, \;Professor\nof Anthropo logy and Africana and Latin American Studies\, Colgate\nUniversity \;M y\nMother Wouldn't let Me: The Authority of Female Elders and Recruitment to Armed\nFactions in LiberiaThis\ntalk is part of a book-length project o n the re-negotiation of gender in\npost-conflict societies. I pose the que stion\; what does it \; mean to be a citizen of a "failed\nstate\;" th at has come under the trusteeship of outside entities like the\nUnited Nat ions and a host of NGOs? What does it mean when those outside\nentities de fine most men as suspected "perpetrators" of violence and\nmost women as i ts "victims" who are in need of empowerment? Where\ndoes this leave men wh o did not commit violence\, and women who did? In my\ninterviews with men who did not participate in violence during the 14-year\nLiberian civil war \, it emerged that female elders often prevented young men\nfrom joining t he armed factions. Many studies have addressed the ways young men\nand boy s have been recruited for violence but there is little scholarly work on\n the forces that keep them out of the fighting. \;\nI examine the "supp ly side\," of young male violence: the\nhouseholds where these young men g row up and the claims of women over their\nlabor.Mary\nH. Moran is\nProfes sor of Anthropology and Africana and Latin American Studies at Colgate\nUn iversity She conducted fieldwork in Liberia in 1982-83\, 2006\, 2008\, and 2009\nand with Liberians living in the United States in 1992-2004. Her ma jor\npublications include Civilized Women: Gender and\nPrestige in Southea stern Liberia (1990\,\nCornell University Press)\, Liberia:\nThe Violence of Democracy (2006\, University of Pennsylvania\nPress)\, and articles in Annual Review of Anthropology\,\nAfrican\nStudies Review\,\nAnthropologica l\nQuarterly\, and\nother journals and edited volumes.For\ninformation on accessibility\, or to request accommodation\, please contact Marc\nAlbert 315-443-9248Sponsored by the Maxwell African Scholars Union at the Moyniha n Institute of Global Affairs Co-sponsored\nby:\nDepartment of Anthropolog y DTEND:20180327T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260512T232138Z DTSTART:20180327T190000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Mary H. Moran - MASU UID:RFCALITEM639142104981321702 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Moynihan Institute Of Global Affairs\, and& nbsp\;Maxwell \n\nAfrican Scholars Union present:

Mary\nH. M oran\, \;Professor\nof Anthropology and Africana and Lati n American Studies\, Colgate\nUniversity \;

My\nMot her Wouldn't let Me: The Authority of Female Elders and Recruitment to Arm ed\nFactions in Liberia

This\ntalk is part of a book-length project on the re-negotiation of gender in\npost-conflict societies. I po se the question\; what does it \; mean to be a citizen of a "failed\ns tate\;" that has come under the trusteeship of outside entities like the\n United Nations and a host of NGOs? What does it mean when those outside\ne ntities define most men as suspected "perpetrators" of violence and\nmost women as its "victims" who are in need of empowerment? Where\ndoes this le ave men who did not commit violence\, and women who did? In my\ninterviews with men who did not participate in violence during the 14-year\nLiberian civil war\, it emerged that female elders often prevented young men\nfrom joining the armed factions. Many studies have addressed the ways young me n\nand boys have been recruited for violence but there is little scholarly work on\nthe forces that keep them out of the fighting. \;\nI examine the "supply side\," of young male violence: the\nhouseholds where these y oung men grow up and the claims of women over their\nlabor.

Mary\nH. Moran is\nProfessor of Anthropology and Africana and Lat in American Studies at Colgate\nUniversity She conducted fieldwork in Libe ria in 1982-83\, 2006\, 2008\, and 2009\nand with Liberians living in the United States in 1992-2004. Her major\npublications include Civilized W omen: Gender and\nPrestige in Southeastern Liberia (1990\,\nCornell Un iversity Press)\, Liberia:\nThe Violence of Democracy (2006\, Unive rsity of Pennsylvania\nPress)\, and articles in Annual Review of Anthro pology\,\nAfrican\nStudies Review\,\nAnthropological\nQuarterly\, and\ nother journals and edited volumes.

For\ninformation on accessibilit y\, or to request accommodation\, please contact Marc\nAlbert 315-443-9248

Sponsored by the Maxwell African Scholars Union at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

Co-s ponsored\nby:\nDepartment of Anthropology

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