Intersectionality at 30: A Celebration 

The Department of Gender Studies, LSE (formerly known as the Gender Institute) was established in 1993 to address the major intellectual challenges posed by contemporary changes in gender relations.

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<H2>Intersectionality at 30: A Celebration</H2>
A Day Conference &amp; Evening Lecture (full-day or evening-only ticket options are available at check out)
In 1989, <A HREF="http://www.lse.ac.uk/gender/people/visiting-scholars/kimberle-crenshaw" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw</A> introduced the concept of 'intersectionality' in her article 'Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex'. Building on and resonating with black feminist academic and political work, the concept has travelled far and fast since its publication: across disciplines and locations, both as theory and methodology. It continues to generate political interventions in academia, public policy, and contemporary politics, transcending its theoretical and legal origins.
To commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of Professor Crenshaw's introduction of intersectionality, the Department of Gender Studies at LSE is holding a day of celebration. Simultaneously a homage and a demonstration of intersectionality's multivalence, the conference will ask local and international thinkers to reflect on the many lives of intersectionality through a series of cross- and trans-disciplinary panel interventions. The day will culminate with a public lecture by Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw.
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(Please select your ticket at checkout to attend the full day conference including evening lecture, OR only the evening lecture)
 
<H2>PROGRAMME </H2>
 
<H3>Day Conference:</H3>
<H3>9am-4:30pm in the <A HREF="https://www.google.com/maps/place/New+Academic+Building/@51.5152978,-0.1204626,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x48761b3551f2428f:0x96a73d5cb80025fc!8m2!3d51.5152945!4d-0.1182739" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sheikh Zayed Theatre</A> </H3>
Welcome and Introductions 9.10-9.30am
Minouche Shafik (LSE Director); Clare Hemmings (Gender, LSE) and Abeera Khan (Gender, SOAS); Engenderings Blog team (Gender, LSE)
Part I: Intersectional Knowledges 9.30am-12.30pm
Panel 1: 9.30-10.45am Politics of Location
Chair: Emma Spruce (Gender, LSE); Ulrika Dahl (Gender, Uppsala); Simidele Dosekun (Media, Sussex); Sumi Madhok (Gender, LSE); Rahul Rao (Politics, SOAS)
Coffee Break: 30 mins
Panel 2: 11.15am-12.30pm – Knowledge Struggles
Chair: Laleh Khalili, (Politics, SOAS); Yasmin Gunaratnam (Sociology, Goldsmiths); Marsha Henry (Gender, LSE); Barbara Tomlinson (Feminist Studies, Santa Cruz); Alyosxa Tudor (Gender, SOAS)
Lunch: 12.30-1.30pm
Part Two: Intersectional Practices: 1.30-4.30pm
Panel 3: 1.30-2.45pm – Fields and Interventions
Chair: Jacob Breslow (Gender, LSE); Awino Okech (Gender, SOAS, UK); Nirmal Puwar (Sociology, Goldsmiths; Wendy Sigle (Gender, LSE); Sara Felix-Camacho (TLC, LSE)
Coffee Break 30 mins 
Panel 4: 3.15-4.30pm – Politics and Practice 
Chair: Abeera Khan (Gender, SOAS); Danny HoSang (American Studies, Yale); Emilia Roig (Centre for Intersectional Justice, Berlin, Germany); Sumi Cho, (Law, DePaul)
Break 1 hour
 
<H3>Evening Lecture: </H3>
<H3>5.30-7.00pm – Kimberlé Crenshaw celebration lecture in the <A HREF="https://www.google.com/maps/place/LSE+Old+Building+-+Basement/@51.5140014,-0.11684,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x6b78687aa8daedf7?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi83djYuuvhAhXESBUIHYwGBIwQ_BIwDnoECA0QCA" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Old Theatre</A> </H3>
Thirty Years of Theorizing Justice: Intersectionality, Critical Race Theory, and Contemporary Challenges
Speaker: Kimberlé Crenshaw (LSE Centennial Professor, Gender) Respondent: Clare Hemmings (Gender, LSE) Chair: Sadie Wearing (Gender, LSE)
 
<H3>Reception:</H3>
<H3>7:00-8:00pm -  in the Shaw Library, Old Building</H3>
 
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