Since the late 1970s, the issue of women’s human rights in Islamic societies has become increasingly important to US foreign policy. By reframing US-Islamic relations with respect to women’s rights, Kelly Shannon challenges traditional interpretations of US foreign policy that assert the primacy of “hard power” concerns.

Co-sponsored by the Center for Cold War Studies, the Department of History, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and the Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies.