Social Sciences Festival 2025 - Black Feminist Theory, Intersectionality and Collaboration: The Global Challenge to Decolonising Higher Education
When:
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Venue:
Birkbeck Central
This seminar and book launch will provide insights into how Black feminist theory is used by feminist scholars to decolonise the higher education Academy.
Join us to hear insights from the authors about their approaches, followed by discussion, book sales and reception.
Aims:
This seminar and book launch will provide insights into how Black feminist theory is used by feminist scholars to decolonise the higher education Academy.
Book title:
Feminist Scholars’ Experiences in Decolonising the Academy: Race, Class, and Identity in Narrative.
Join us for a keynote address by Professor Heidi Safia Mirza, Emeritus Professor, Equalities Studies in Education, UCL Institute of Education, followed by selected readings by the authors:
Dr Jan Etienne (Editor): Thinking Black and decolonial feminist in higher education
Joao Paulo Tinoco: Using Black feminist text in the writings of the self
Sue Dunn: Decolonising from the margins
Beverley Hayward: Conversations that change the decolonising world
Dr Kerry Harman: Resisting the neoliberal higher education Academy
Nandita Sirker: Combahee and beyond
Yasmin Adan and Nataliah Douglas: Black feminist practice for social justice and wellbeing
Dr Tanja Burkhard: Collaboration, Decolonization, intersectionality and Change
For more information, contact the event organiser: Dr Jan Etienne, j.etienne@bbk.ac.uk
Contact name:
Dr Jan Etienne