Tobe Levin

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Prof. Dr. Tobe Levin Freifrau von Gleichen (born 16 February 1948 in Long Branch, NY) is an American professor of English and intactivist against FGM.

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At the Scientific Symposium on the day before the WWDOGA 2014, she gave a lecture on the topic of 'In fearful symmetries: essays and eyewitness accounts of female genital mutilation and male circumcision'[1].

Curriculum vitae

  • 1970 BA[a 1] in English from Ithaca College (NY)
  • 1979 Ph.D.[a 2] in comparative literature from Cornell University
  • Since 1979 teaching English and women's studies at the University of Maryland University College in Europe.
  • 1998 co-founder of FORWARD-Germany e.V (a non-profit focused on fighting FGM in Germany and dedicated to ending FGM worldwide)
  • 2002 won the Presidential Award of the University of Maryland University College for excellence in scholarship.
  • Associate W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research – Harvard University

Abbreviations

  1.   Bachelor of Arts, Wikipedia. Retrieved 13 October 2021. (BA or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium or artium baccalaureus.)
  2.   Doctor of Philosophy, Wikipedia. Retrieved 16 June 2021. (Also abbreviated as D.Phil.)

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