Rate My Professor Bronwyn Winter

Winter obtained her PhD, Licence ès Lettres (LèsL), and Maîtrise ès Lettres (MèsL) from Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle, and a RSA Diploma in TEFLA from London. Her research specializations focus on transnational studies, feminist perspectives on security, violence, and same-sex marriage, as well as issues of secularism, Islamism, and women's human rights. Major publications include Hijab and the Republic: Uncovering the French Headscarf Debate (Syracuse University Press, 2008); Women, Insecurity, and Violence in a Post-9/11 World (Syracuse University Press, 2017); and The Political Economy of Same-Sex Marriage: A Feminist Critique (Routledge, 2020). She co-edited September 11, 2001: Feminist Perspectives (Spinifex Press, 2002) and Global Perspectives on Same-Sex Marriage: A Neo-Institutional Approach (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018). Influential articles comprise "Fundamental Misunderstandings: Issues in Feminist Approaches to Islamism" (Journal of Women's History, 2001), "The UN Approach to Harmful Traditional Practices" (International Feminist Journal of Politics, 2002), "Women, the Law, and Cultural Relativism in France: The Case of Excision" (Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 1994), and "Religion, Culture and Women's Human Rights: Some General Political and Theoretical Considerations" (Women's Studies International Forum, 2006). Winter has been honored with the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the French government. Her contributions extend to editorial work, including co-editing a special issue of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of European Studies on Reform and Revolution (2017), and participation in public academic events such as the Sydney Ideas series.