Published Special Issue: Men and Masculinities: SAGE Journals
Published Special Issue: Men and Masculinities: SAGE Journals "Introduction - Arab Masculinities, Anthropological Reconceptions" by Marcia C. Inhorn and Konstantina Isidoros https://doi.org/10.1177/1097184X17748168 Part I: MASCULINITY IN REVOLUTIONARY TIMES "Men of...
read moreBioethics in Islam
Abortion. Right to die. Stem cell research. How do Muslims around the world approach modern bioethical dilemmas? This episode, we'll learn why some transgender Muslims are traveling to Bangkok for gender reassignment surgery. And we'll examine how Egypt became an...
read moreGlobal IVF Tourism
Professor Inhorn agrees that Australian culture is a drawcard for Americans traveling overseas for IVF, combined with the comparatively lower costs. But she suggests that the idea of IVF ‘tourism’ is deceptive. “I’m critical of the notion of tourism being...
read moreThe Eggology Club—Episode 5, Emotional Rollercoasters
The girls discuss the emotional aspects of egg freezing and how the general media or press usually miss understand why women freeze. Yale University research professor, Dr. Marcia Inhorn joins the conversation to explain her key research of why early egg...
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European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) in Geneva
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read moreEvent Review: The future of female fertility? Egg freezing and social change
03 April 2017 By Jamie RickmanAppeared in BioNews 895 More women are choosing to freeze their eggs than ever before (see BioNews 845). Social and demographic change means the average age of a first-time mother in the UK has risen to 30.3. Since a woman's fertility...
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Cosmopolitan Conceptions in Global Dubai: A 21st Century Reprohub
Society for Medical Anthropology Marcia C. Inhorn January 25, 2017 Source: Anthropology News, Society for Medical Anthropology Column. Since the beginning of the new millennium, the Arab world has experienced unprecedented levels of political violence and disruption....
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Wenner-Gren Workshop – “Arab Masculinities: Anthropological Reconceptions”
Wenner-Gren Workshop - “Arab Masculinities: Anthropological Reconceptions” Convenors: Konstantina Isidoros, Soraya Tremayne, Marcia C. Inhorn, Neffisa Naguib 9.30am-5pm, 22nd March 2017, Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College, Oxford Sponsors: Wenner-Gren Foundation...
read moreThe Hot Topic Of Egg Freezing And What You Should Know (Huffington Post)
As more women postpone having children until they’re older due to career or finding the right partner, some are choosing to freeze their eggs to use later, hoping to beat age-related fertility problems. Will the investment payoff? Maybe. Until recently, eggs were most...
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The Search for Low-Cost Solutions to Infertility
Ten percent of women experience infertility, but policymakers and health bodies don’t see it as a priority. Some experts say the inability to have children should be considered a human rights issue, and are looking for ways to get treatment to everyone who needs it....
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The MacMillan Report | Cosmopolitan Conceptions: IVF Sojourns in Global Dubai
Marica Inhorn, William K. Lanman, Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs, talks about Cosmopolitan Conceptions: IVF Sojourns in Global Dubai. A specialist on Middle Eastern gender, religion, and health, Professor Inhorn has conducted research on the...
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Should You Travel Abroad for IVF?
By Anna Medaris Miller Other countries offer more affordable care in appealing destinations, but couples should proceed with caution. Tens of thousands of U.S. residents are projected to have traveled overseas for reproductive health care this year. For three years,...
read moreThe New Arab Man: Emergent Masculinities, Technologies, and Islam in the Middle East
by BANAFSHEH MADANINEJAD Winner of the 2015 American Anthropological Association’s Robert B. Textor and Family Prize for Excellence in Anticipatory Anthropology and the 2014 JMEWS Book Award of the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies, The New Arab Man:...
read moreMore Women Are Freezing Their Eggs, But Will They Ever Use Them? NPR’s Morning Edition
Marcia Inhorn receives 2015 Robert B Texter and Family Prize for Excellence in Anticipatory Anthropology
Marcia C Inhorn is this year's recipient of the 2015 Robert B Texter and Family Prize for Excellence in Anticipatory Anthropology. Inhorn is currently the William K Lanman Jr Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs in the Department of Anthropology and...
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Q&A with Marcia Inhorn: IVF sojourners in Dubai
By Mike Cummings Millions of people visit Dubai each year on business and for pleasure. While Dubai has emerged as a global hub city for commerce and tourism, it also is becoming an international center for medical care, including in vitro fertilization (IVF). People...
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The Iranian (IVF) Revolution
Do you know about the Iranian IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) Revolution? Marcia Inhorn (pictured) does ... because she was alive to see it, and has studied it since in detail. A medical anthropologist at Yale University, she witnessed a massive shift in the Middle East...
read moreAnthropology of Dad
In honor of Father's Day, let's see what Yale Anthropologists have to say about dads in their ongoing research. Dr. Marcia Inhorn is a specialist on middle eastern gender and health issues and founding editor of the Journal of Middle East Women's Studies. Her...
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The most predictable disaster in the history of the human race
by Ezra Klein I. Bill Gates is an optimist. Ask him, and he'll tell you himself. "I'm very optimistic," he says. See? And why shouldn't Bill Gates be an optimist? He's one of the richest men in the world. He basically invented the form of personal computing that...
read moreMarcia Inhorn’s The New Arab Man won the 2014 JMEWS Book Award
The Journal of Middle East Women's Studies is pleased to announce that Marcia C. Inhorn's The New Arab Man: Emergent Masculinities, Technologies, and Islam in the Middle East is the winner of the 2014 JMEWS Book Award. This marvelous ethnography is exemplary in its...
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