Summer Course on Feminist Intersectionality and Political Discourse
Central European University, Budapest, Hungary (July 5–9, 2010)
The concept of intersectionality has been attracting growing attention in
recent years for its theoretical, methodological, and practical value in
understanding multiple inequalities. Increasingly, debates on
intersectionality are present beyond feminist theorizing. They have emerged
in critical policy studies, social movement research, analyses of political
discourse and policy framing, research on institutions, and in legal
research. The notion of multiple inequalities is also used, to an
ever-growing extent, to inform policy and legal practice. This course aims
not only to unpack pertinent theoretical and conceptual debates, but also to
link theoretical thinking to doing intersectional research in an
increasingly intersectionalized policy environment. The course will explore
intersectionality and: comparative approaches, developing standards of
measurement, understanding institutional change, and discursive shifts from
a homogenous gender category to one that is embedded in a complex web of
multiple inequalities.
The course is aimed at advanced PhD students or postdoctoral researchers
working in the fields of Gender Studies, Sociology, Political Science,
Policy Studies, Law, or related subjects. Ideal applicants will have had
some previous engagement with the topic of intersectionality. Accepted
participants will be required to submit a piece of written work for
discussion during the course.
Course Directors:
Andrea Krizsan, Center for Policy Studies, Central European University,
Hungary Mieke Verloo, Political Science Department, Radboud University,
Nijmegen
Faculty:
Myra Marx Ferree, Department of Women Studies, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, USA Raluca Popa, Department of Gender Studies, Central
European University, Hungary Violetta Zentai, Center for Policy Studies,
Central European University, Hungary
Detailed information about the course and the application procedure can be
found at http://www.summer.ceu.hu/feminist.
Application deadline: February 15, 2010.
