4 March 2025
Women and religions in the Mediterranean. Religious dress: choice or constraint?
Rome, Pontifical Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI). Round table on 4 March 2025 at 5 pm. In French — in person and online. Please register at eventi@pisai.it
This round table brings together leading specialists to explore the multiple meanings of religious dress worn by women across the Mediterranean religions, as well as the reactions such dress can provoke.
Moderator: Valentine ZUBER, Director of Studies at the École pratique des hautes études, holder of the Religions and International Relations Chair (PSL)
Speakers:
Nicole PELLEGRIN, gender historian and anthropologist of dress at the CNRS
Stéphanie LAITHIER, research fellow, Institute for the Study of Religions and Secularism (EPHE, PSL)
Eleonora PEDE, associate researcher at the Luxembourg School of Religion & Society

Rome, Institut pontifical d’études arabes et d’islamologie (PISAI). Table ronde le 4 mars 2025 à 17h. En français – en présentiel et en ligne. Prière de s’inscrire à eventi@pisai.it
C’est à l’exploration des multiples significations du vêtement religieux arboré par les femmes, toutes religions méditerranéennes confondues, mais aussi aux réactions qu’elles peuvent engendrer, que nous nous attacherons à mettre en lumière au cours de cette table-ronde rassemblant les meilleures spécialistes du sujet.
Modératrice : Valentine ZUBER, directrice d’études à l’École pratique des hautes études, titulaire de la Chaire Religions et relations internationales (PSL)
Intervenantes :
Nicole PELLEGRIN, historienne du genre et anthropologue du vêtement au CNRS
Stéphanie LAITHIER, chargée d’études et de recherche, Institut d’études des religions et de la laïcité (EPHE, PSL)
Eleonora PEDE, chercheuse associée à la Luxembourg School of Religion & Society

روما، المعهد الحبري للدراسات العربية والإسلامية (PISAI). طاولة مستديرة يوم 4 مارس/آذار 2025 الساعة 17:00. بالفرنسية — حضورياً وعبر الإنترنت. يُرجى التسجيل على eventi@pisai.it
سنسعى في هذه الطاولة المستديرة، بمشاركة أبرز المختصّات في الموضوع، إلى استكشاف المعاني المتعدّدة للّباس الديني الذي تحمله النساء عبر مختلف الأديان المتوسطية، وكذلك ردود الفعل التي قد يُثيرها.
المديرة: Valentine ZUBER، مديرة أبحاث في المدرسة العملية للدراسات العليا، شاغلة كرسي «الأديان والعلاقات الدولية» (PSL)
المتدخّلات:
Nicole PELLEGRIN، مؤرّخة النوع الاجتماعي وأنثروبولوجية اللباس في CNRS
Stéphanie LAITHIER، باحثة في معهد دراسات الأديان والعلمانية (EPHE، PSL)
Eleonora PEDE، باحثة مشاركة في Luxembourg School of Religion & Society

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