Gender ARC Public Lecture – Kris McDaniel-Miccio – ‘Fundamental rights and gender-motivated violence in the United States and Ireland: Lessons from recent legal battles and policy approaches’

Gender ARC Public Lecture – Autumn 2014

Kris McDaniel-Miccio

‰Û÷Fundamental rights and gender-motivated violence in the United States and Ireland: Lessons from recent legal battles and policy approaches’

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Kris McDaniel-Miccio is Professor of Law at Sturm College of Law, University of Denver. She is an expert in comparative law, focusing on family law in the U.S. and the Republic of Ireland and the respective jurisdictions’ legal and cultural positions on same sex-marriage and male intimate violence. Professor McDaniel-Miccio is currently a Visiting Research Professor at TCD undertaking research on lesbian and transgender identity in law and culture in the U.S. and Ireland. Previously, she was a Fulbright Scholar at UCD and was awarded an Honorary Life Membership of the Law Society, UCD Chapter. Forthcoming publications include: ‘Confronting the Gendered State: A Feminist Response to Gender Inequality and Gender Violence In the United States and the Irish Republic, Wisc. J. Law, Gender & Society, (2015) and ‘An American in St. Patrick’s Court: Gender-Violence, Gender Inequality and the Irish Feminist Response, in Domestic Violence: A Comparative Approach (Oxford Univ. Press 2016). Professor McDaniel-Miccio has written extensively, consulted widely and served as an expert on numerous legal cases involving gender-motivated violence, including a U.S. Supreme Court case, Castle Rock v Gonzales, which raised serious issues regarding the fundamental right to bodily integrity in cases involving male intimate violence. Professor McDaniel-Miccio and her wife were the lead plaintiffs in the same sex marriage lawsuit brought against the State of Colorado that on October 7, 2014, resulted in the extinguishment of the state’s gay marriage ban.

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To RSVP or for further information: Gillian.browne@nuigalway.ie

Co-sponsored by Global Women’s Studies and Gender ARC

Light refreshments – all welcome