'Gender Activists at Work' Speaker Series

  • Kavita Maya (Organiser)

Activity: OtherPublic engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Public Lecture/debate/seminar

Description

This autumn 2023 series of online talks features activists working in the arenas of culture, politics and the third sector speaking on how their commitments to equalities and social justice have influenced their activism and advocacy on a variety of intersectional issues relating to gender, race, sexuality, class and disability, and about the relationship between the personal and the political in the work they do.

All events will take place via MS Teams, UK time. Everyone welcome to attend – please email kavita.maya@rhul.ac.uk / gender@rhul.ac.uk for more details.

◊ Thursday 5th October, 13:00 - Gender and Disability Activism: Interview with Kate Nash, CEO and Founder of Purple Space

◊ Tuesday 17th October, 13:00 - Subhadra Das - Women and Eugenics, a Case Study from University College London at the Turn of the 20th Century

◊ Monday 23rd October, 13:00 - Janine Francois - Autobiography as Resistance: Reimagining the Colonial Archive through Black Feminist Photography

◊ Wednesday 31st October, 17:00 - Raju Rage - Queer/Trans of Colour Creative Resistance

◊ Monday 6th November, 14:00 - Rafia Zakaria - Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption

Period5 Oct 20236 Nov 2023
Held atGender Institute